Grammy Award-nominated British rock band, Porcupine Tree, will celebrate their long-overdue return to the global stage with new dates confirmed in North and South America.
The legendary group’s first tour since October 2010 in support of their latest album Closure/Continuation, will kick off September 10 at Toronto, Ontario’s Meridian Hall, followed by concerts in Montreal, QC; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; Irving, TX; Denver, Co; San Francisco, CA and Los Angeles, CA; continuing with eagerly awaited October performances in Mexico City, Mexico (October 4) and Santiago, Chile (October 7). The North and South American show dates are presented by Live Nation and Paladin Artists.
Already announced performances in Europe and the UK begin October 21 in Berlin, Germany, and then culminate at London’s world-famous SSE Arena, Wembley on November 11. Full routing is available below.
General on-sale for Porcupine Tree: Closure/Continuation North American dates begin Friday, March 11 at 10 AM, local time at ticketmaster.com. Mexico and Chile general on-sales begin Wednesday, March 16 at 11 AM, local time at Ticketmaster.com.mx (Mexico) and PuntoTicket.com (Chile).
Fans who pre-order the album will have access to a special pre-sale for the newly announced dates in both North & South America beginning Wednesday, March 9 at 10 AM through Thursday, March 10. Full details are available here.
Tour dates:
September
10 - Toronto, ON - Meridian Hall*
12 - Laval, QC - Place Bell*
14 - Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall at Fenway*
16 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall*
17 - Philadelphia, PA - The Met Philadelphia*
18 - Washington, DC - The Anthem*
20 - Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre*
23 - Irving, TX - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory*
25 - Denver, CO - Bellco Theatre*
28 - San Francisco, CA - The Masonic*
30 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre*
October
4 - Mexico City, Mexico - Pepsi Center^
7 - Santiago, Chile - Movistar Arena^
21 - Berlin, Germany - Max Schmelinghalle
23 - Vienna, Austria - Gasometer
24 - Milan, Italy - Forum
27 - Stockholm, Sweden - Globe
28 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Falkoner Theatre
30 - Katowice, Poland - Spodek Hall
November
2 - Paris, France - Le Zenith
4 - Stuttgart, Germany - Porsche Arena
6 - Oberhausen, Germany - KP Arena
7 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggodome
9 - Zurich, Switzerland - Halle 622
11 - London, England - SSE Arena, Wembley
* On sale Friday, March 11 at 10 AM, Local Time
^ On sale Wednesday, March 16 at 11 AM, Local Time
For complete tour and ticket information, head here.
Porcupine Tree – Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri, and Gavin Harrison – has shared “Of The New Day,” the latest track from their hugely anticipated new album, Closure/Continuation, due via Music For Nations/Megaforce Records on Friday, June 24.
“‘Of The New Day’ is a song of rebirth, emerging from darkness,” says Porcupine Tree founder Steven Wilson. “It sounds deceptively simple, a recognizably atypical Porcupine Tree ballad. That is until you realize that the length of the bars is constantly changing, flipping between bars of regular 4/4 time to 3/4, to 5/4 to 6/4, 11/4, so that the track never settles into any steady time. It’s what Porcupine Tree can sometimes do really well, come up with a basic idea that’s almost intellectual or mathematical, but carry it off in a way that sounds completely natural and accessible. At least I hope there's no sense of us being clever for the sake of it or putting technique over musicality. That is unless you want to specifically home in on that side of the composition.”
Closure/Continuation will be available on standard CD, standard black vinyl 2x12” LP, white vinyl 2x12” LP, transparent blue vinyl 2x12” LP, and white cassette. In addition, a limited audiophile deluxe LP will also be available, cut at 45rpm on 3x12” clear vinyl in 12” slipcase box with two bonus tracks; a limited audiophile deluxe CD in 12” slipcase box will include the standard CD, a second disc with three bonus tracks and instrumentals, Blu-ray disc with 5.1/Dolby Atmos and HD audio versions of the album, and an exclusive album art book. Pre-orders are available now, here.
Tracklisting:
"Harridan"
"Of The New Day"
"Rats Return"
"Dignity"
"Herd Culling"
"Walk The Plank"
"Chimera’s Wreck"
Bonus Tracks:
"Population Three" * †
"Never Have" * †
"Love In The Past Tense" †
* Limited Audiophile Deluxe LP
† Limited Audiophile Deluxe CD
“Harridan” lyric video:
One of the most forward-thinking, genre-defying rock bands of any era, Porcupine Tree was founded in 1987 by renowned musician/producer Steven Wilson as an outlet for the experimental recordings he was making outside of his acclaimed post-rock duo, No-Man. With the addition of keyboard player Richard Barbieri and drummer Gavin Harrison, Porcupine Tree soon evolved into a proper band, releasing 10 studio albums between 1992 and 2009. Each new release saw Porcupine Tree exploring new musical ideas, their expansive music shifting from pastoral psychedelic rock and ambient electronic soundscapes to experimental pop and propulsive metal. Later releases like 2007’s Grammy Award-nominated Fear Of A Blank Planet and 2009’s The Incident - the band’s biggest seller thus far, reaching the top 25 in both the US and the UK - saw Porcupine Tree effortlessly melding distinctive genres to create a groundbreaking musical universe all their own.
Recorded quietly and sporadically over the last decade and finished during a period when touring was curtailed in 2020/21, Closure/Continuation marks the most collaborative album of Porcupine Tree’s highly lauded career. From its restless, often troubled lyrics to its gorgeous cyclonic sound, the album stands tall as a stunning and timely return of rock’s most consistently innovative and influential bands, an album of forward-thinking music fed through myriad electronic filters, equal parts squalling noise and soaring, melancholy melody.
(Photo - Alex Lake)
