News / Tours
Echo & the Bunnymen + Violent Femmes

Posted by Loren on July 21, 2018

Echo & the Bunnymen + Violent Femmes
photo by Loren Green

Alt-rock heavyhitters the Violent Femmes and Echo & the Bunnymen are sharing the stage in a coheadlining tour of the US, currently wrapping up in the southeastern portion of the country. Later this fall, the Violent Femmes will hit the road again, starting Oct. 26 in Pittsburgh.

SPB caught a live show by the band last year in Sydney, Australia.

VIOLENT FEMMES ON TOUR 2018

JULY
20 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues %
21 - St. Augustine, FL - Saint Augustine Amphitheatre #
23 - Richmond, VA - The National %
24 - Norfolk, VA - Norva #
25 - Washington, DC - The Anthem %

OCTOBER
26 - Mr. Smalls - Pittsburgh, PA
27 - Radio 104.5's Halloween Hootenany (The Block at Harrah's) - Philadelphia, PA
28 - Brooklyn Steel - Brooklyn, NY
30 - The Royale - Boston, MA
31 - MTELUS - Montreal, QC

NOVEMBER
2 - Queen Elizabeth Theater - Toronto, ON
3 - Majestic - Detroit, MI
4 - The Vic - Chicago, IL

% - Echo & The Bunnymen close
# - Violent Femmes close

Echo & the Bunnymen + Violent Femmes
photo by Loren Green

Related news stories

The Violent Femmes turns 40

Posted in Records on October 15, 2023

Album #10 from Violent Femmes

Posted in Records on May 4, 2019

X + Violent Femmes on the road together

Posted in Tours on February 23, 2019

Related album reviews

Echo & The Bunnymen

The Fountain
Ocean Rain Records (2009)

New record from the band blasts off with the first single "Think I Need It Too" and doesn't look back. Will Sergeant's guitar is prominent throughout, and Ian's vocals still impress after all these years. "Do You Know Who I Am?" may be the hardest rocker on this collection, with driving drums powering the song along. But the quieter moments … Read more