Dates have been added in the south and west
Brooklyn originals They Might Be Giants bring their Big Show Tour across the United States through June 2025. The tour begins in Orlando on February 27th and will hit Nashville, Atlanta, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, and beyond. Pre-sale tickets are available starting Thursday, October 24th for those signed up to the TMBG mailing list, with public on-sale beginning at noon local time on Friday, October 25th.
Out of sensitivity to the difficult situation in Asheville and the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the band has committed to donating $1 from every ticket sold to the MANNA Food Bank in direct support of relief efforts.
TMBG will treat East Coast audiences to their beloved Big Show Tour this December. After an extraordinary extended run of sold-out dates from the midwest to Europe to Australia, this next tour leg kicks off on December 5th with two sold-out shows in Philadelphia and three sold-out shows in Washington DC. Then things get classy at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre and Boston’s Orpheum Theatre. One randomly selected date in each market will include a special celebration of the John Henry album – guaranteeing its appearance at the Brooklyn show on December 13th.
Energetic, spontaneous, sprawling, and enthralling; the show is a musical event unlike any other. TMBG’s superlative live band has now exploded to eight, with a three-piece horn section. With the Big Show Tour, They Might Be Giants will take full advantage of their multi-night stands in each city, with different shows each night. Each night spotlights an album from TMBG’s catalog mixed with an ever-changing selection of audience favorites new and old, including their original pop rock classics that dominated the alt-rock scene through the MTV years, as well as horn-dominated tracks displaying the band’s killer arrangements and improvisational skills.
They Might Be Giants are releasing a full-length live album titled Beast of Horns on Friday (Oct 25th). Culled from recent touring, this new set of horn-oriented tracks captures the majestic sound and progressive arrangements of the band’s fully expanded format. Long celebrated for their electrifying shows, here we find TMBG joined by a virtual murderers’ row of horn talent with Stan Harrison (Radiohead, David Bowie, Stevie Ray Vaughn) on sax, Dan Levine (David Byrne, Björk) on trombone and euphonium, and trumpet superstar Mark “Loveman” Pender (Ella Fitzgerald, Bruce Springsteen, Conan O’Brien). The album boasts 13 tracks including stand-outs “Doctor Worm,” “Museum of Idiots,” and “The Darlings of Lumberland.”
Interest in TMBG’s vinyl catalog reached historic new peaks last year, including a Grammy nomination for package design on their Book album. The band’s Idlewild Recordings release program is in full swing. Closing in on two dozen current releases, new and reissue titles continue to emerge. New Flood and Apollo 18 picture discs alongside lovingly restored reissues of Mink Car, Lincoln, The Spine, and fan-favorite Join Us. Multiple rarities sets capture a career of fascinating experiments, epitomized by the long-awaited vinyl issue of Long Tall Weekend, the first digital-only album ever released, back in August 1999 in the earliest days of internet music.
The full-length Beast of Horns LP will be an exclusive vinyl record, download, and compact disc available at brick-and-mortar record shops and at TMBGshop.com exclusively. A four-song sampler can be found on all the popular music streamers.
They Might Be Giants started with a Dial-A-Song service, powered by a lone phone machine out of their Brooklyn apartments. Since then, they have made 23 albums, and have secretly infiltrated your TV with original themes and incidental music to countless shows and commercials. Now everyone can enjoy They Might Be Giants’ free Dial-A-Song smartphone app which adds a new song every day.
They Might Be Giants 2025 US Tour Dates:
Feb 27 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham
Mar 1 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ The Parker at Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Mar 5 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ JoCo Cruise
Mar 21 – Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal
Mar 22 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
Mar 23 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
Mar 25 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
Mar 26 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
Mar 28 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
May 9 – San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
May 10 – San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
May 13 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
May 14 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
May 16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
June 6 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
June 7 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
June 10 – Salt Lake City @ The Depot
June 13 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune
June 14 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune