A few days ago we published an article on the wide spread rumour that At The Drive-In were set to announce either a new tour or some new material (see the article here) we can now fully confirm that At The Drive-In are not only reuniting for a worldwide tour, but they are also hoping to release some new music for the first time in over 16 years! Tremendous news indeed.
WORLD TOUR. NEW MUSIC. 2016. https://t.co/42tFDYgidr pic.twitter.com/SbxH68vFY6
— At The Drive-In (@AtTheDriveIn) January 21, 2016
The confirmed dates and locations are as follow:
EU/UK
26/3 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
27/3 – London, UK – Roundhouse
29/3 – Paris, France – Trianon
30/3 – Cologne, Germany – Palladium
31/3 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg
1/4 – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
2/4 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Den Atelier
4/4 – Berlin, Germany – Columbiahalle
5/4 – Vienna, Austria – Arena Vienna
7/4 – Milan, Italy – Fabrique
8/4 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Impetus Festival
8/4 – Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz
and
North American Tour
23/3 – Los Angeles, California – The Fonda
13-15/5 – Atlanta, Georgia – Shaky Knees Festival
17/5 – Nashville, Tennessee – Marathon Music Works
19/5 – Chicago, Illinois – Riviera Theater
20-22/5 – Columbus, Ohio – Rock on the Range
3/6 – San Francisco, California – The Warfield
6/6 – Portland, Oregon – Crystal Ballroom
7/6 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom
8/6 – Seattle, Washington – Showbox Sodo
13/6 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – The Fillmore
14/6 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
17/6 – New York, New York – Terminal 5
18/6 – Boston, Massachusetts – House of Blues
21/6 – Detroit, Michigan – St. Andrews
23/6 – Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Concert Hall
Details on when new music is set to be released are still not known; however in an interview at fuse.tv, band members Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Tony Hajjar had this to say:
“Aside from right after the split-up and the time that it took to heal and understand where we were all coming from, we’ve always done that, sent stuff back and forth. It’s an ongoing part of our narrative that we really try and celebrate. There’s never been an end goal in mind, besides trying to participate in each other’s lives. The upside to that is that now, as we do start to think more results-oriented — like, how about an album? — we have tons of material to pick from.”
The good news for fans is that the band have seemingly put aside differences and seem to have fallen back in love with the band that brought them all stardom and the platform to perform:
“We came together in this small town where I still live,” says Rodríguez-López. “We found each other, and were passionate about what we were doing — and in a very positive way, we didn’t give a fuck. We did all these years of work where we played to five people. It didn’t matter if there was one person or five thousand [watching us]. It was about the fact that we were together, whatever we were doing. And we’re doing it.”
