Scottish rock outfit We Were Promised Jetpacks have announced their signing to record label Big Scary Monsters, alongside an enormous tour in the UK, Europe and US throughout September, October and November (full list of dates below).
First emerging a group of 20-year-olds in 2009, with their exciting debut These Four Walls, the four members went on to release two further widely lauded albums throughout their ‘20s, 2011’s In the Pit of the Stomach and 2014’s Unravelling. Each band member recently turned 30 and felt like vastly different people to the four 20-year-olds that they were when they first started releasing music.
Having spent ten years almost consistently writing and touring, it was time to decamp home to Scotland and take a breath. They reverted back to their original four members and dealt with several behind the scenes changes. They celebrated a few marriages and tried to remember who they were when not on the road. Now the acclaimed group have returned with a teaser video, freshly signed to Big Scary Monsters and ready to embark on their first huge headline tour in a number of years.
TOUR DATES:
US
19 Sep – Portland ME, Port City Music Hall
20 Sep – Portsmouth NH, 3S Artspace
21 Sep – Montreal QC, Bar Le “Ritz” P.D.B.
22 Sep – Toronto ON, Lee’s Palace
23 Sep – Ann Arbor MI, Blind Pig
25 Sep – Chicago IL, Lincoln Hall
26 Sep – Chicago IL, Lincoln Hall
27 Sep – Madison WI, Majestic Theater
28 Sep – St Paul MN, Turf Club
29 Sep – Fargo ND, The Aquarium
1 Oct – Billings MT, The Pub Station
2 Oct – Spokane WA, The Bartlett
3 Oct – Seattle WA, Neumos
4 Oct – Portland OR, Wonder Ballroom
5 Oct – Bellingham WA, The Wild Buffalo
6 Oct – Eugene OR, WOW Hall
8 Oct – Chico CA, The Big Room
9 Oct – San Francisco CA, Great American Music Hall
11 Oct – Los Angeles CA, El Rey Theatre
12 Oct – San Diego CA, Irenic
13 Oct – Phoenix AZ, The Crescent Ballroom
15 Oct – Dallas TX, Club Dada
16 Oct – Austin TX, Mohawk
17 Oct – Houston TX, White Oak Music Hall
18 Oct – New Orleans LA, House of Blues – The Parish
19 Oct – Chattanooga TN, Songbirds
20 Oct – Atlanta GA, Terminal West
22 Oct – Carrboro NC, Cat’s Cradle
23 Oct – Washington DC, 930 Club
24 Oct – Asbury Park NJ, Asbury Lanes
26 Oct – Allston MA, Brighton Music Hall
27 Oct – Philadelphia PA, Foundry
28 Oct – Lancaster PA, Chameleon Club
29 Oct – Brooklyn NY, Brooklyn Steel
UK
14 Nov – Aberdeen UK, The Lemon Tree
15 Nov – Glasgow UK, Saint Luke’s
18 Nov – Leeds UK, Brudenell Social Club
19 Nov – Manchester UK, The Deaf Institute
21 Nov – London UK, Bush Hall
EU
22 Nov – Luxembourg City LUX, Rotondes
23 Nov – Hamburg DE, Molotow
24 Nov – Berlin DE, Lido
26 Nov – Vienna AT, Chelsea
27 Nov – Graz AT, Postgarage
28 Nov – Munich DE, Ampere
29 Nov – Heidelberg DE, Karlstorbahnhof
30 Nov – Cologne DE, Luxor
1 Dec – Amsterdam NL, Bitterzoet