“The Band That Lives Inside Your TV” are back! Polaris, the house band from cult-classic Nickelodeon show The Adventures of Pete & Pete, are escaping from your childhood television set and busting out on a national tour for only the second time ever.
Polaris are Mark Mulcahy (Muggy), David McCaffrey (Jersey), and Scott Boutier (Harris). The three were longtime bandmates in underground favorite Miracle Legion, who’ve also reunited in recent years. Post-Polaris, Mulcahy went on to start an eclectic solo career, becoming one of the most celebrated and revered songwriters making records today. McCaffrey and Boutier played bass and drums together in several acts including Frank Black and the Catholics.
The “21st Century Tour” will find Muggy, Jersey and Harris venturing out to 14 US cities between May and August. They’ll bring a mix of Polaris and Miracle Legion songs, plus some surprises to the sets. These shows will be the first since the band’s highly successful “Waiting for October Tour” in 2014-15, a jaunt across the country that found a generation of now grown-up Nickelodeon fans singing along to every word. The joyful reunion tour culminated in the beautifully recorded and packaged Live at Lincoln Hall double album.
In addition to touring, Polaris’ hit vinyl record, Music from the Adventures of Pete & Pete, will be receiving a special reissue to mark the occasion. The release will be a deluxe vinyl package, including a CD of original demos dating between 1992-95, liner notes from Pete & Pete co-creator Will McRobb, and a complete album lyric sheet. It’s the ultimate edition of a record that Consequence of Sound called “a collection of songs that perfectly capture the confusion, whimsy, and wonder of adolescence.”
The “21st Century Tour” begins on May 14th in Pawtucket, RI, at The Met and wraps up on August 8th in Maquoketa, IA, at Codfish Hollow. See below for the full itinerary, and keep an eye out for additional dates and news from Mezzotint.com as more information becomes available.
2020 Polaris Tour Dates
May 14 – The Met – Pawtucket, RI
May 15 – Gateway City Arts – Holyoke, MA
May 16 – Spaceland Ballroom – Hamden, CT
May 29 – The Foundry – Philadelphia, PA
May 30 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY
June 4 – The Sinclair – Boston, MA
July 7 – The Crocodile Seattle, WA
July 8 – Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR
July 10 – The Chapel – San Fran, CA
July 11 – The Hi Hat – Los Angeles, CA
July 12 – Soda Bar – San Diego, CA
Aug 6 – 7th St Entry – Minneapolis, MN
Aug 7 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
Aug 8 – Codfish Hollow – Maquoketa, IA
Photo credit: Tony Healey
