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06-05-2025
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Grandaddy Plot First Tour in 20 Years to Celebrate ‘The Sophtware Slump'
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways Grandaddy circa 2000, with Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Jim Fairchild, Tim Dryden, Kevin Garcia (from left). - Credit: Courtesy of Grandaddy Turn-of-the-millennium indie favorites Grandaddy have announced their first North American tour in 20 years. The fall trek will find the group not only supporting their 2024 album, Blu Wav, but celebrating the 25th anniversary of their classic 2000 album, The Sophtware Slump. The tour kicks off Sept. 11 at the Observatory North Park in San Diego and wraps Oct. 18 at Union Transfer in Philadelphia. Tickets for all shows will go on sale Friday, May 9 at 10 a.m. local time, with full info on the band's website. More from Rolling Stone Pedro the Lion will provide support for most of the first half of the tour, while Greg Freeman will open during most of the second half. Openers for Grandaddy's Sept. 18 show in Seattle and Oct. 17 show in Washington, D.C. will be announced at a later date. Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle wrote and recorded much of The Sophtware Slump alone with — as legend has it — music equipment he had to return to the electronics store before the refund window expired. Arriving in May 2000, the album perfectly captured the inflection point of the early internet era as digital and human worlds, past and present, began to intersect. In an interview with Rolling Stone in 2020, Lytle even joked about predicting Google Earth on the song, 'Miner at the Dial-a-View,' which tells the story of a laborer digging for ore on a distant planet. 'He goes into a bar and puts money in [a machine that resembles tabletop video poker] and punches in the coordinates on Earth of his house, so he's looking at his house and he sees this other dude pulling into the driveway and hanging out with his wife,' Lytle said. 'So that's what the song is about, and [years later] I was just like, 'That's fucking Google Earth.' So maybe somebody working at Google is a Grandaddy fan and owes me some money.' As for their most recent project, Grandaddy released Blu Wav last February, with the album marking the group's first since LP of all new material since 2017's Last Place. Grandaddy 2025 Tour Dates Sept. 11 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park (with Pedro the Lion) Sept. 12 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre (with Pedro the Lion) Sept. 13 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House (with Pedro the Lion) Sept. 14 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriet's (with Pedro the Lion) Sept. 16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom (with Pedro the Lion) Sept. 18 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre (opener TBD) Sept. 20 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall (with Pedro the Lion) Oct. 8 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue (with Greg Freeman) Oct. 9 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall (with Greg Freeman) Oct. 10 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew's Hall (with Greg Freeman) Oct. 11 – Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall (with Greg Freeman) Oct. 13 – Montreal, QC @ Le Studio TD (with Greg Freeman) Oct. 14 – Boston, MA @ Royale (with Greg Freeman) Oct. 15 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel (with Greg Freeman) Oct. 17 – Washington, DC @ The Howard Theatre (opener TBD) Oct. 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer (with Greg Freeman) Best of Rolling Stone Sign up for RollingStone's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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06-05-2025
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Grandaddy Announce The Sophtware Slump 25th Anniversary Tour
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways The post Grandaddy Announce The Sophtware Slump 25th Anniversary Tour appeared first on Consequence. Grandaddy are embarking on their first North American tour in 20 years to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their acclaimed second album, The Sophtware Slump. The Jason Lytle-led outfit will play shows across the United States and Canada this fall, kicking things off on September 11th in San Diego. Following a five-show stint across their native California, they'll head eastward, playing concerts in Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Brooklyn, and more. The final show of the tour is on October 18th in Philadelphia. Pedro the Lion and Greg Freeman are set as the tour's opening acts. Get Grandaddy Tickets Here Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, May 9th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster and the band's official website. There will be several pre-sales beforehand, including an artist pre-sale (sign up here) beginning on Tuesday, May 6th at 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT and a Live Nation pre-sale for select dates (use code FREESTYLE) beginning on Wednesday, May 7th at 10:00 a.m. local time. Like many albums released in 2000, The Sophtware Slump leaned into Y2K themes like the increasing impact of technology on the environment. Fast forward to the present, and this topic remains just as relevant — if not more so. Back in 2020, Grandaddy reissued The Sophtware Slump to mark its 20th anniversary. Their latest album, Blue Wav, was released in 2024 via Dangerbird. Grandaddy 2025 Tour Dates: 09/11 — San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park # 09/12 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre # 09/13 — Pomona, CA @ The Glass House # 09/14 — Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriet's # 09/16 — San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom # 09/18 — Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre 09/20 — Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall # 10/08 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue * 10/09 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall * 10/10 — Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew's Hall * 10/11 — Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall * 10/13 — Montreal, QC @ Le Studio TD * 10/14 — Boston, MA @ Royale * 10/15 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel * 10/17 — Washington, DC @ The Howard Theatre 10/18 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer * # = w/ Pedro the Lion * = w/ Greg Freeman Grandaddy 2025 North America Tour First tour in 20 years 25th Anniversary of the Sophtware Slump Popular Posts Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
