The Church and The Afghan Whigs have unveiled their plans this morning for a co-headline tour of North America this summer. The two legendary groups will team up for shows starting on June 18th in Glenside, PA and concluding on July 13th in Los Angeles. Tickets for all shows go on sale this Friday, February 9th. Special Guest Ed Harcourt supports all dates except Brooklyn where Kristin Hersh will open the show.
The Church will also be offering a limited number of VIP packages on this tour, which will include a show ticket, early venue access, an invitation to the band’s soundcheck, a special meet & greet with the band, exclusive merch items, and watching a portion of the show itself from the side of the stage (where available).
In addition, The Church is set to officially release their 27th studio album Eros Zeta And The Perfumed Guitars on March 29, 2024. A companion album of sorts to their most recent, critically-hailed album The Hypnogogue (2023), Eros Zeta was previously only available at the merch table on their worldwide tour last fall. Throughout fifteen tracks, it serves as a continuation of the dystopian storyline. Picking up the loose narrative thread of a failed rockstar (“Eros Zeta”) trying to reclaim his faded glory through the use of a dream extractor, “the Hypnogogue.” The second single from the collection, “A Strange Past,” (out today) follows the initial single “Realm of Minor Angels” which was released last September. Says Church founder/vocalist/bassist Steve Kilbey enigmatically of the track, “A foolish man who needs to wise up looks back in regretful nostalgia upon a fling he should’ve flung away. The musical genesis of this piece was a while ago via [guitarist Jeffrey Cain], but when the Hypnogogue reared its dystopian but not ugly head we felt ‘A Strange Past’ had found its true home.”
A companion book, Eros Zeta and The Hypnogogue written by Kilbey in his lyrical and elegant prose, expanding the universe that he created with these two albums, is now available wherever eBooks are sold.
THE CHURCH & THE AGHAN WHIGS
Tour Dates
| JUNE 18 | Glenside, PA at Keswick Theatre |
| JUNE 20 | Brooklyn, NY at Brooklyn Paramount |
| JUNE 21 | Boston, MA at Royale |
| JUNE 22 | Washington, DC at Lincoln Theater |
| JUNE 24 | Toronto, ON at Danforth Music Hall |
| JUNE 25 | Detroit MI at The Majestic |
| JUNE 27 | Indianapolis, IN at HiatFi Annex |
| JUNE 28 | Chicago, IL at The Vic |
| JUNE 30 | Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue |
| JULY 02 | Denver, CO at Ogden Theater |
| JULY 03 | Bellvue, CO at Mishawaka Amp |
| JULY 05 | Seattle, WA at Showbox |
| JULY 06 | Portland, OR at Crystal Ballroom |
| JULY 09 | San Francisco, CA at The Fillmore |
| JULY 11 | San Diego, CA at The Observatory |
| JULY 12 | Anaheim, CA at House Of Blues |
| JULY 13 | Los Angeles, CA at Theatre @ Ace Hotel |
