Tour news: LIl Wayne & Hot Boys, Jorja Smith, Marc Ribot, Belphegor, Kassie Krut, more

Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.

LIL WAYNE & HOT BOYS

After reuniting his ’90s/early 2000s group Hot Boys (with Juvenile, B.G., and Turk) at his Lil Weezyana Fest in New Orleans in November, Lil Wayne is now taking the group on a short tour, with stops in Tampa, Charlotte, and St. Louis.

NINE INCH NAILS

Nine Inch Nails have announced full details of their big 2025 tour.

JORJA SMITH

Jorja Smith will be on tour starting February 18 in Austin, and she’s added a few dates since the tour was announced, including a second NYC show at Brooklyn Paramount on March 11 (she also plays March 10). Updated dates are here.

YUKIMI (LITTLE DRAGON)

Yukimi of Little Dragon announced her debut solo album last week, and now she’s announced a North American tour.

MARC RIBOT QUARTET: HURRY RED TELEPHONE

Marc Ribot will be taking his new group Marc Ribot Quartet: Hurry Red Telephone (with Ava Mendoza, Sebastian Steinberg, and Chad Taylor) on tour in Europe and they’ll play a few Northeast US shows beforehand: Brooklyn’s LunÀtico on 2/20, Boston’s Arts at the Armory on 2/21, and Hudson, NY’s Hudson Hall on 2/22.

ALABASTER DEPLUME

The UK jazz and art pop musician Alabaster DePlume just announced a new album and he’ll tour the US for it with  Shahzad Ismaily (and more TBA) in his band, and support from Patrick Shiroishi.

BAYSIDE

Emo/punk vets Bayside formed in their namesake neighborhood of Bayside, Queens in the year 2000, and this year they’ll celebrate their 25th anniversary with the ’25 Years Of Bayside: The Errors Tour.’ They’ll do two nights in each city and will perform songs from 2004’s Sirens and Condolences, 2005’s self-titled LP, 2007’s The Walking Wounded, and 2008’s Shudder on night one; and songs from 2011’s Killing Time, 2014’s Cult, 2016’s Vacancy, 2019’s Interrobang, and 2024’s There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive on night two.

KASSIE KRUT (DATES WITH PANDA BEAR & TORO Y MOI, SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE, MORE)

NYC trio Kassie Krut will be on tour this year in support of their recently released self-titled EP, including headline shows and support slots with Panda Bear + Toro y Moi and Spirit of the Beehive. They’ll be with Spirit of the Beehive at Brooklyn’s Warsaw on March 6.

JEFFREY LEWIS & THE VOLTAGE

Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage will be on the road this year in support of their new album, The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis.

BELPHEGOR

Austrian blackened death metal vets Belphegor have announced their first North American tour in five years. The tour, which is with Arkona, Hate and Vale of Pnath, starts on March 19 in Boston and wraps up on April 13 at Gramercy Theatre in NYC.

THE ACACIA STRAIN

The Acacia Strain have announced a 2025 tour dubbed ‘It Can Always Get Worse’ and as we’ve come to expect from these metalcore/deathcore veterans, they’ve put together a pretty incredible lineup of newer bands from the death metal/metallic hardcore orbit: Frozen Soul, Gates To Hell, Snuffed On Sight, and Maul.

RÖYKSOPP

Norwegian dance duo Röyksopp will be on a DJ tour this spring in support of their new album The True Electric.

LORD HURON (W/ FEIST, WAXAHATCHEE, MORE)

Lord Huron have announced a big 2025 tour that will have them on the road throughout the summer and fall, playing amphitheaters and arenas with some great support. Waxahatchee, Feist, Kevin Morby, Lee Fields, Indigo De Souza, and S.G. Goodman will each join them for select North American dates.

BATHE OPENING FOR CYMANDE

Bathe, the Brooklyn-based R&B duo of singer-songwriter Devin Hobdy and guitarist-producer Corey Smith-West, just announced their debut album and will be on tour in February with UK funk legends Cymande. The tour starts in NYC on 2/13 at Irving Plaza. Check out Bathe’s new single:

MALLRAT

Mallrat‘s new album Light hit my face like a straight right comes out next month, and she’s announced a spring North American tour supporting it.

RIVERBEAT 2025 LINEUP

Memphis, TN festival RiverBeat has announced the lineup of its 2025 edition, which happens on May 2-4  with headliners Missy Elliott, The Killers, and Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, and more.

SXSW

South by Southwest is coming up quick and they’ve just added more than 200 more showcasing artists to the 2025 lineup.

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