Hold onto your prog-rock hats, folks! THE MARS VOLTA just dropped their new album Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio (which roughly translates to “Profit? Never heard of her”) and they’re taking this sonic rollercoaster on a 25-city joyride across North America. Fun fact: Did you know their band name came from a Federico Fellini film term for “the threshold moment” when reality gets flipped like a pancake? Yeah, that checks out.
The tour kicks off October 25th in Dallas – because what better place to start than a city that loves things big and loud? They’ll hit major spots like Chicago, Boston, and the always-picturesque checks notes Riverside, California. Shoutout to Toronto for being the sole Canadian rep – pack your maple syrup and a Dramamine for that first song’s tempo changes!
No openers announced yet, but let’s be real: Who could possibly warm up a crowd for these chaos wizards? Maybe they’ll surprise us with a mariachi version of “Cygnus… Vismund Cygnus.” (Another fun fact: Frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala once adopted a shelter dog he met during a tour stop. The dog now has better musical taste than your hipster cousin.)
THE MARS VOLTA’s “Hold My Avant-Garde Beer” 2023 Dates:
10/25 Dallas, TX The Bomb Factory
10/26 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
10/28 Houston, TX 713 Music Hall
10/31 Miami Beach, FL The Fillmore (Halloween show – come as your favorite time signature)
11/1 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Live
11/2 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy
11/4 Raleigh, NC The Ritz
11/5 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore
11/7 Portland, ME State Theatre
11/8 Boston, MA House of Blues
11/9 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Paramount
11/11 Toronto, ON HISTORY (their only Canada stop before customs confiscates their drum kit)
11/12 Newport, KY MegaCorp Pavilion
11/13 Detroit, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
11/14 Chicago, IL The Salt Shed
11/16 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
11/18 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom
11/20 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Boise
11/21 Portland, OR Revolution Hall
11/22 Tacoma, WA Temple Theatre
11/24 Sacramento, CA Channel 24
11/25 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
11/26 Pasadena, CA Pasadena Civic Auditorium
11/28 Riverside, CA Riverside Municipal Auditorium
11/29 San Diego, CA SOMA
Pro-tip: Bring earplugs, hydration, and a spare liver for their jazz-punk odysseys. Tickets are selling faster than you can say “Omar Rodríguez-López’s seventh guitar solo of the night!”
