Baroness to Tour the U.S. This Summer

Remember when Baroness released their latest album STONE a few months ago? If you don’t, then you should because it was excellent. If you’ve somehow already forgotten that fact, or you just haven’t caught those songs in a live setting yet, then you’re in luck because they just announced a U.S. tour starting up in just a few weeks.

Set to kick off on May 31 in Portland, Maine and coming to an end on June 30 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, this latest run of dates not only gets the band back to parts of the country they might have missed during their previous run, but it’s also being used as a warm up for their upcoming European trek.

“We are gearing up for our first big summer tour in the U.S. in five years, and we’re incredibly exciting to be playing so many cities that we have never played before, and returning to so many that we haven’t spent nearly enough time visiting. Come out and join us! Till the wheels fall off…”

As always, we’re sure they’re going to have an insanely awesome tour that you won’t want to miss. As long as they avoid some of the pitfalls that befell them on their worst show ever, they’ll be perfectly fine.

In addition to general tickets, the band’s also going to have a pre-show experience on offer, where attendees get a ticket to the show, a three-song acoustic performance, an exclusive art print, a Baroness slipmat, commemorative VIP laminate, the chance to have two items signed, and early access to the venue.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale this Friday, April 26 at 10 a.m. local time.

Baroness – U.S. Summer Tour dates:

May 31 Portland, ME State Theatre
June 1 Norwalk, CT District Music Hall
June 2 Rochester, NY Essex
June 4 Grand Rapids, MI The Pyramid Scheme
June 5 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue Theatre
June 7 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
June 8 Palatine, IL Durty Nellie’s
June 9 Chicago, IL House of Blues
June 10 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
June 12 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
June 14 Memphis, TN Growlers
June 15 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
June 17 Little Rock, AR The Hall
June 18 Nashville, TN The Basement East
June 19 Birmingham, AL Saturn
June 21 Richmond, VA The Broadberry
June 22 Charlottesville, VA The Jefferson Theater
June 23 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
June 24 Millvale, PA Mr. Small’s Theater
June 26 Patchogue, NY 89 North
June 27 Bensalem, PA Broken Goblet
June 30 Stroudsburg, PA Sherman Theater

Baroness Sweet Oblivion Tour European Leg

July 24 Vienna, AT Simm City
July 26 Plovdiv, BG Hills of Rock *
July 28 Zagreb, HR Vintage Industrial Bar
July 30 Budapest, HU A38 Ship
August 1 Transylvania, RO Rockstadt Extreme *
August 2 Wacken, DE Wacken Open Air *
August 3 Karlsruhe, DE Substage
August 5 Saarbrucken, DE Garage
August 6 Aschaffenburg, DE Colos-Saal
August 8 Hradec Kralové, CZ Brutal Assault *
August 9 Leipzig, DE Werk 2
August 11 Kortrijk, BE Alcatraz Open Air  *
August 13 Nijmegen, NL Doornroosje
August 15 Bristol, UK ArcTanGent *
August 16 Southampton, UK The 1865
August 18 Carhaix, FR Motocultor Festival *

* – Festival appearance