Last spring, after 11 years of performing and recording under his own name, Dave Bazan’s growing fatigue with working alone hit a tipping point. “I missed the energy of making music with other people on stage and constantly traveling alone was starting to really sting”, Bazan recalls. “I needed to be in a band again”.
At that point, assuming this new band would be billed as “David Bazan Band” or similar, he began to set the wheels in motion to make it happen. He rented a rehearsal space again, hired a couple buddies for upcoming tours, and started fleshing out demos for the band to cue off of.
He didn’t realize it at first, but by mid-summer something big started to dawn on him: he had stumbled back into the very same process that yielded the first three Pedro the Lion records. “To my surprise, it felt a bit like coming home.”
Bazan is very excited to be back playing rock & roll as Pedro the Lion again. The setlist for the six previously-announced sold-out shows in the Pacific Northwest later this month and the full US tour in 2018 will span every Pedro the Lion record and then some.
Pedro the Lion Tour Dates:
12.16.17 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios (Sold Out)
12.17.17 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios (Sold Out)
12.18.17 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios (Sold Out)
12.20.17 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern (Sold Out)
12.21.17 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern (Sold Out)
12.22.17 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern (Sold Out)
12.31.17 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
02/08/18 – St Louis, MO @ Old Rock House
02/09/18 – Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
02/10/18 – Tulsa, OK @ The Vanguard
02/12/18 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
02/13/18 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
02/14/18 – Houston, TX @ Rockefellers
02/16/18 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
02/17/18 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
02/18/18 – Gainesville, FL @ High Dive
02/19/18 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
02/21/18 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
02/22/18 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
02/23/18 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
05/08/18 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
05/09/18 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
05/12/18 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
05/13/18 – Oakland, CA @ Starline
05/14/18 – Los Angeles @ CA @ Teragram
05/17/18 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
05/18/18 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
05/20/18 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre
05/21/18 – Fort Collins, CO @ Washington’s
05/22/18 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
05/23/18 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
05/24/18 – Missoula, MT @ Top Hat
08/06/18 – Indianapolis, IN @ The HI-FI
08/07/18 – Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch
08/08/18 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
08/10/18 – Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
08/11/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
08/12/18 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
08/14/18 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
08/15/18 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
08/16/18 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small’s Theatre
08/17/18 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
08/18/18 – Newport, KY @ Southgate House – Revival Room
08/20/18 – Davenport, IA @ Raccoon Motel
08/21/18 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
08/22/18 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
08/23/18 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
08/24/18 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
