Special guest Cold Cave will open dates
AFI has announced an extensive run of 2022 US headline tour dates in support of their recently-released 11th studio album Bodies via Rise Records. The Bodies Tour 2022 kicks off February 11th in San Diego with stops in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Washington DC, Boston, Detroit, Denver and others before wrapping up March 25th in Los Angeles. Cold Cave will support all dates.
Tickets will be on sale to fan club members this Wednesday, June 23rd from 10 am-10 pm local time. Local pre-sales will take place this Thursday, June 24th from 10 am-10 pm local time, and the official on-sale begins on Friday, June 25th at 10 am local time via Ticketmaster.
“So anxiously, we’ve awaited the ability to perform our eleventh record for you,” says AFI’s Davey Havok. “This winter, please join us in the Bodies celebration long overdue.”
The band recently shared a video for Bodies highlight “On Your Back,” which was filmed during the recording of their BBC Radio 1 session and aired on Radio 1’s Rock Show with Dan Carter.
The band initially summoned a steady subcultural groundswell in the mid-90s, devoid of careerist ambitions. It first made music as teenaged misfits in an obscure Northern California town, steadily assembling a dense catalog over the years marked by its diversity and authenticity.
AFI never stepped into the mainstream; the masses came to them. The platinum success of Sing the Sorrow blazed a path for a generation of hardcore-punk weaned bands to similarly crossover. 2006’s Decemberunderground upended expectations again and earned AFI a second platinum plaque. Crash Love was another adventurous turn, with expansive and almost optimistic-sounding melodies, glistening with emotion. The haunting Burials arrived four years later, debuting in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. The self-titled follow-up, commonly referred to as The Blood Album, became AFI’s second-highest charting album since their inception, debuting at No. 5 in 2017. After the release of AFI (The Blood Album), the band was hardly content to rest on its laurels. AFI then released yet another highly-praised addition to their discography, 2018’s The Missing Man EP.
AFI Bodies Tour 2022:
2/11 – SOMA – San Diego, CA
2/12 – The Theater at Virgin Hotel – Las Vegas, NV
2/14 – Marquee Theatre – Phoenix, AZ
2/15 – The Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ
2/18 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX
2/19 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
2/20 – Emo’s – Austin, TX
2/22 – Buckhead Theatre – Atlanta, GA
2/23 – House of Blues – Orlando, FL
2/25 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
3/1 – Royale – Boston, MA
3/3 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY
3/5 – Franklin Music Hall – Philadelphia, PA
3/8 – Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA
3/9 – Agora Theatre – Cleveland, OH
3/11 – Royal Oak Theatre – Detroit, MI
3/12 – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
3/13 – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL
3/15 – Fillmore – Minneapolis, MN
3/17 – Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO
3/18 – Union Event Center – Salt Lake City, UT
3/19 – Revolution Center – Boise, ID
3/21 – Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA
3/22 – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
3/24 – Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
3/25 – Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA
