The Walkmen by Billy Pavone
The Walkmen began their comeback tour in New York last month.
The Walkmen will head back out on the road in the autumn for more North American tour dates.
Peter Matthew Bauer has been writing about how much the band have been enjoying their return to the stage upon the announcement of these extra shows which are due to begin in Nashville on September 16th.
“The last few weeks have been an absolute blast,” Bauer enthused. “Honestly, when we decided to get back together to play these shows, we had no idea if anyone would even show up. It’s been an incredible joy seeing all these people out there, playing these shows, getting to run into old friends from all over the world.”
There was a review of our first show back that said something really nice- that it felt like ‘time was bending back on itself’. It really has and it’s been the strangest feeling. We all flew to New York, had dinner at Hamilton’s house with his family and actually did not practice as promised. The next day we played the Stephen Colbert show live on television. I think each of us hold on to playing Letterman as a very important memory.
“So, to be back at the Ed Sullivan Theater and be playing this song for the first time in ten years with your friends was like an out of body experience.”
“We are just getting going and I’m not really sure we want it to end. I will say, after being the dummy who I guess broke the band up last time saying something about an ‘extreme hiatus’, I’m going to avoid saying anything like that again.”
I will say, what makes it all special is when you don’t know what’s going to happen next and when you can actually wonder if this is the last time you’re ever going to get the chance to do this. Everything feels ragged and lively which is what all of us thought was good about the band in the first place.
“So, I don’t know what happens next but I do know these shows are just about the end of what’s happening now. We are headed west across the USA this fall.”
The Walkmen tour dates:
May
17,18,19,20 Chicago, IL, The Metro
23,24,25,26 Washington, D.C., 9:30 Club
28 Boston, MA, Boston Calling Music Festival
31 Washington, D.C., The Atlantis
June
10 Copenhagen, DK, Syd For Solen
August
17-20 Crickhowell, UK, Green Man Festival
17 Paredes de Coura, PT- Paredes de Coura Festival
21 Glasgow, UK, SWG3 Galvanizers
23 Dublin, IRE, Vicar Street
26 Manchester, UK, New Century
29,30,31 London, UK, KOKO
September
16 Nashville, TN, Brooklyn Bowl
18 Minneapolis, MN, First Avenue
21 Denver, CO, Ogden Theatre
24 Seattle, WA, The Showbox
26 Portland, OR, Aladdin Theater
29 Oakland, CA, Fox Theater
October
2,3 Los Angeles, CA, The Fonda Theatre
6-8 Austin, TX, Austin City Limits
11 Toronto, ON, HISTORY