Fruit Bats are playing Merge Records’ 35th anniversary festival in July and are on tour surrounding that appearance. They’ve just added two NYC shows happening just before Merge 35 that they’re calling the “Gotham Doubleheader,” playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on July 23 and Racket on July 24.
Tickets for both of those Fruit Bats shows go on sale Friday, April 5 at 10 AM. All dates are listed below.
In other news, Fruit Bats will release Starry-eyed, in Stereo: Selected Live Recordings 2022-2023 on May 10. Says head Fruit Bat Eric D Johnson, “In early 2022, when we embarked on a national tour in support of the Sometimes a Cloud… compilation, our longtime sound guy / best bud / spiritual advisor Nathan Vanderpool thought it might be a cool idea to run some proverbial ‘tape’ at any venue that could provide such a thing. In the scattered opportunities when we could, we did…and that directive then ran over into the A River Running to Your Heart tour last year, too. These songs are from a random assortment of shows in a wide spectrum of cities. A different vibe with each song and each night—very much how tour kinda feels… It’s a nice little memento of a couple of crazy and often magical years of live shows.”
You can listen to “On the Avalon Stairs” from the live album below.
FRUIT BATS – 2024 TOUR DATES
MAY 6, 2024 – Henry Miller Memorial Library – Big Sur, CA
MAY 7, 2024 – Henry Miller Memorial Library – Big Sur, CA
MAY 8, 2024 – Ojai Deer Lodge – Ojai, CA
MAY 9, 2024 – Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA
MAY 10, 2024 – SLO Brew – San Luis Obispo, CA
MAY 10, 2024 – MAY 12, 2024 – Wonderfront Festival – San Diego, CA
MAY 11, 2024 – MAY 12, 2024 – Mill Valley Music Festival – Mill Valley, CA
MAY 15, 2024 – Aladdin Theater – Portland, OR
MAY 16, 2024 – Aladdin Theater – Portland, OR
MAY 17, 2024 – The Crocodile – Seattle, WA
MAY 18, 2024 – The Crocodile – Seattle, WA
MAY 19, 2024 – The Wilma – Missoula, MT
JUL 17, 2024 – Fox Theatre – Boulder, CO
JUL 18, 2024 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO
JUL 19, 2024 – Lemonade Park – Kansas City, MO
JUL 20, 2024 – The Big Top – St. Louis, MO
JUL 21, 2024 – HI-FI Indy – Indianapolis, IN
JUL 23, 2024 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
JUL 24, 2024 – Racket – New York, NY
JUL 25, 2024 – Merge 35 – Carrboro, NC
JUL 26, 2024 – The Outpost – Asheville, NC
JUL 27, 2024 – The Burl (Outdoors) – Lexington, KY
JUL 28, 2024 – The Caverns – Pelham, TN