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Sparta to join The Get Up Kids

Posted by Loren on June 18, 2022

Sparta to join The Get Up Kids
photo by Loren Green

Sparta, already announced for Riotfest '22, will be touring North America in late summer, including dates in support of The Get Up Kids on the 25th anniversary of their Four Minute Mile Tour anniversary.

Sparta returned with a new album in 2020, Trust The River (Dine Alone Records), which was the band's first full-length stuiod album since the release of Threes in 2006. Member M. Ward also released a solo album, Daggers, in recent years (also on Dine Alone).

TOUR DATES:

8/22 Dallas, TX @ Amplified Live

8/23 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall

8/24 Austin, TX @ Mohawk

8/26 Mesa, AZ @ Nile

8/27 Pomona, CA @ Glass House

8/28 Los Angeles, CA @ Regent

8/29 San Francisco, CA @ UC Theatre

8/31 Portland, OR @ Revolution

9/1 Seattle, WA @ Neptune

9/3 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge

9/4 Denver, CO @ Gothic

9/17 Chicago, IL @ RIOT FEST

9/20 Pontiac, MI @ Crofoot

9/21 Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls

9/23 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom

9/24 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

9/25 NYC @ Irving Plaza

9/27 DC @ Soundstage

9/28 Asbury Park, NJ @ House of Independents

9/29 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

Sparta to join The Get Up Kids
photo by Loren Green

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