Simply weeks after confirming a reunion tour, Rilo Kiley have expanded their tour and introduced a brand new compilation album.
After having their plans for a reunion tour announcement prematurely leaked on account of an early reveal of the lineup to California’s Simply Like Heaven pageant, Rilo Kiley formally confirmed their comeback in early February by detailing a ten-date run of U.S. reveals.
“It’s going to be fantastic for us, like going again to the purest model of your self, that early 20s place the place all the pieces is feasible,” defined vocalist Jenny Lewis. “You’re in a van and Jason’s received the map, Pierre is behind the wheel, and I’m on the shitty acoustic guitar on the bench seat understanding a brand new track with Blake. I don’t suppose it’s ever been nearly as good as that, when it was simply us towards the world.”
Dubbed the Generally When You’re On, You’re Actually Fucking On Tour in honor of their monitor “A Higher Son/Daughter,” the tour’s announcement additionally got here accompanied by phrase the band can be reissuing their second album, The Execution of All Issues. This new model – subtitled the Frozen Lake Version – will arrive by way of Saddle Creek Data on April 25.
Now, the band have expanded their plans additional, persevering with their reunion with a further sequence of reveals in September. Increasing their authentic run with an additional date in Seattle on Could 24, Rilo Kiley will reconvene after summer time and carry out 13 reveals all through September. Few help acts have been introduced for the upcoming gigs, with the band’s Could date at Colorado’s iconic Purple Rocks Amphitheatre seeing them joined by Julien Baker and Torres, and their efficiency at Raleigh’s Purple Hat Amphitheater that includes the Mountain Goats.
“Planning this reunion over these previous months has been like reconnecting with household. We haven’t missed a beat,” bassist Pierre de Reeder stated in an announcement. “The stakes are solely to have time, to revel on this nostalgia. Attending to revisit and rejoice the music from that particular time of our lives whereas experiencing it alongside lots of people that lived it with us again when, and new people alike.”
The brand new dates have additionally been paired information of a brand new biggest hits-style compilation album, with That’s How We Select to Keep in mind It scheduled to reach by way of Saddle Creek on Could 9.
Rilo Kiley first shaped in 1998 with actress and musician Lewis joined by Reeder, guitarist Blake Sennett and drummer Dave Rock. Jason Boesel would substitute rock in 2001.
The group rose to fame all through the ’00s, releasing a complete of 4 albums, together with their 2001 debut Take Offs and Landings and its 2002 follow-up The Execution of All Issues. Whereas 2004’s Extra Adventurous would give them their debut on the Billboard 200 (albeit at No. 161), 2007 album Underneath the Blacklight was their most commercially profitable, reaching No. 22 on the charts.
The group would play their ultimate present in June 2008, later saying they’d embarked upon a hiatus. In 2013, nevertheless, it was confirmed they’d in truth disbanded. Throughout their hiatus, Lewis centered on her solo profession, releasing a complete of 4 albums since 2008, and reuniting with The Postal Service for reveals in 2013 and 2023.
Rilo Kiley – Generally When You’re On, You’re Actually Fucking On Tour Dates
Could 5 – Fremont Theatre, San Luis Obispo, CA
Could 7 – Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
Could 10 – Simply Like Heaven, Pasadena, CA
Could 12 – The Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ
Could 14 – Purple Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Could 16 – Kilby Block Social gathering, Salt Lake Metropolis, UT
Could 17 – Treefort Music Fest, Boise, ID
Could 19 – Heart for the Arts, Jackson, WY
Could 21 – Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Could 23 – McMenamins Grand Lodge, Portland, OR
Could 24 – Chateau Ste. Michelle, Seattle, WA
September 3 – Faculty Avenue Music Corridor, New Haven, CT
September 4 – The Met Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
September 7 – MGM Music Corridor at Fenway, Boston, MA
September 8 – SummerStage @ Central Park, New York, NY
September 10 – The Anthem, Washington, DC
September 11 – Roxian Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
September 13 – Bourbon & Past, Louisville, KY
September 16 – Palace Theatre, Saint Paul, MN
September 17 – The Astro, La Vista, NE
September 21 – Sing Out Loud Competition, St. Augustine, FL
September 23 – The Pinnacle, Nashville, TN
September 24 – Purple Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC
September 26 – The Jap, Atlanta, GA
