Umphrey’s McGee will return to Colorado for a four-night, two-venue New Year’s Eve blowout to close out 2024. The prog-jam sextet will begin the run at Denver’s Ogden Theatre on December 28th and 29th before heading to Boulder’s Boulder Theater on December 30th and 31st.
umVIP tickets for the Umphrey’s McGee 2024 New Year’s Eve run go on sale Wednesday, July 17th at 10 a.m. MT. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, July 19th at 10 a.m. MT. Visit the band’s website for tickets and a full list of tour dates.
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This year will mark Umphrey’s McGee’s first Centennial State NYE celebration since 2019 when the band rang in 2020 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver. In the intervening years, UM has played year-ending shows in Atlanta in 2022 and Chicago in 2023 (a 2021 New Year’s run in Miami was thwarted by a wave of COVID cases brought on by the Omicron variant).
This will also mark drummer Kris Myers‘ first full New Year’s Eve performance with the band since 2022 in Atlanta. The band’s longtime drummer was forced to sit out much of 2023 to undergo rotator cuff surgery, with the band replacing him with a string of ringers including Ben Atkind (formerly of Goose), Duane Trucks (Widespread Panic), and others. At the 2023 Umphrey’s New Year’s Eve run, the band had Atkind, Rory Dolan (lespecial), and Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) on hand, but when the clock struck midnight and the calendar flipped to 2024, Umphrey’s welcomed Myers back behind the kit for a surprise sit-in with his own band on “Wizard Burial Ground”. Revisit Live For Live Music‘s coverage of the 2023 Umphrey’s McGee New Year’s Eve run here.
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