Rock tour moves announced
Tour season is heating up: Pixies extended their road run with seven September shows, Angel launched a farewell tour tied to a new album, and Neal Morse Band revealed dates for L.I.F.T. — a busy late‑summer into fall run for alternative acts. (x.com) UK band Sorry is also bringing their genre‑bending COSPLAY project to festivals, reinforcing the live‑music rebound. (x.com)
Pixies added a seven‑show U.S. swing running Sept. 15–26 with stops at Greenville’s Peace Center, Wilmington’s Wilson Center, Borderland Music Festival (East Aurora), Sea.Hear.Now (Asbury Park), Louisville’s Iroquois Amphitheater, Columbia, MO’s Rose Park and venues in Santa Fe and Tucson. (news.pollstar.com) Tickets for those U.S. dates were scheduled to go on sale Friday, March 27 at 10 a.m. local time through the band’s site, and the run is being promoted as part of the Pixies’ 40th‑anniversary touring slate following their most recent album release. (backstageaxxess.com) Angel has posted initial farewell‑tour dates with a March 27 show at the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Illinois, and an Aug. 7 engagement at the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood as part of a 2026–2027 final‑run schedule. (ultimateclassicrock.com) The band also confirmed it is finishing a new 12‑song studio album slated for release later this year on Cleopatra Records while taking the farewell dates on the road. (blabbermouth.net) The Neal Morse Band announced a short U.S. run in support of L.I.F.T. — five shows including Aug. 11 at Keswick Theater (Glenside, PA), Aug. 12 at the Arcada Theater (St. Charles, IL), Aug. 14 at House of Blues (Anaheim), Aug. 16 at The Triple Door (Seattle) and appearances around Morsefest in Nashville. (progreport.com) The NMB lineup for those dates lists Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Eric Gillette, Bill Hubauer and Randy George, and the L.I.F.T. album rollout includes physical editions (2CD digipak, single CD, gatefold 2LP) alongside digital formats. (progreport.com) Sorry’s COSPLAY arrived Nov. 7 via Domino and the band has been placing COSPLAY tracks into festival billing — they headlined BBC 6 Music Festival in March and are listed for U.K. festival dates including Green Man (Aug. 20–23, 2026) and Truck Festival’s 2026 lineup. (dominomusic.com)
