Tame Impala will return to the U.S. this fall in support of its upcoming album, Deadbeat. The eight-show, six-city Tame Impala Deadbeat tour will follow the Kevin Parker-led, Australian psych-pop project’s album experiment in rave, out November 17th [ticket details].
The tour will focus solely on major markets from coast to coast, starting on Halloween night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. After another Barclays show the following night, Tame Impala will head to Chicago’s United Center (11/3), Austin’s Moody Center (11/6), and San Diego’s Pechanga Arena (11/9) ahead of a two-night run at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum (11/11–11/12). Finally, the Deadbeat tour will wrap on November 14th at California’s Oakland Arena.
Fans can sign up here for access to the Tame Impala Deadbeat tour pre-sale, set to begin Wednesday, September 10th at 12 p.m. local venue time. Tickets will go on sale to the general public Friday, September 12th at 12 p.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
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Tame Impala announced Deadbeat in July with the lead single, “End of Summer“. The sprawling, seven-minute track introduced Parker’s vision for the fifth Tame Impala studio album, one heavily inspired by Western Australia rave and bush doof (outdoor dance parties with electronic music held in the rainforest or surrounding bush) cultures.
The new album melds Tame Impala’s long-established psych-pop motif with acid house and club beats, accompanied by self-deprecating lyrics, creating a negative feedback loop as incessant as the monotonous rhythms. Whereas 2020’s chart-topping The Slow Rush took a heady view of time on a macro scale, Deadbeat zooms all the way in to the mundane, and often morose, inner machinations of the mind, pitching “raving as self-enquiry, self-medication in lieu of self-care. … Reality can wait another day (or two),” per a press release.
Check out the music videos for the first two Deadbeat singles below and pre-order the new Tame Impala album on your preferred platform here or on CD or vinyl through the band’s website.
Tame Impala — “End Of Summer” [Official Video]
Tame Impala — “Loser” [Official Video]
Tame Impala Tour Dates
10/31 – Barclays Center – Brooklyn, NY
11/1 – Barclays Center – Brooklyn, NY
11/3 – United Center – Chicago, IL
11/6 – Moody Center – Austin, TX
11/9 – Pechanga Arena – San Diego, CA
11/11 – Kia Forum – Los Angeles, CA
11/12 – Kia Forum – Los Angeles, CA
11/14 – Oakland Arena – Oakland, CA
