04-02-2025
Rilo Kiley Expand Reunion, Reissuing Sophomore LP
After announcing appearances at the Just Like Heaven and Kilby Block Party festivals this spring, Rilo Kiley have added a host of dates to their first tour in 17 years. The Jenny Lewis-led group will return to the stage May 5 in San Diego and has shows booked through May 23 in Portland, Or., with additional touring expected to follow this year.
Julien Baker and TORRES will open a May 14 show at Red Rocks outside Denver, with additional support acts to be announced. Tickets go on sale Friday (Feb. 7).
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In addition, Rilo Kiley will reissue their 2002 sophomore album The Execution of All Things on April 25 through Saddle Creak. The so-called 'Frozen Lake Edition' will be available as a single LP, a deluxe LP with a bonus 7-inch vinyl single and on CD. Click here to pre-order.
'It's going to be wonderful for us, like going back to the purest version of yourself — that early '20s place where everything is possible,' says Lewis, who is flanked in Rilo Kiley by Blake Sennett, Pierre De Reeder and Jason Boesel. 'You're in a van and Jason's got the map, Pierre is behind the wheel, and I'm on the shitty acoustic guitar on the bench seat working out a new song with Blake. I don't think it's ever been as good as that, when it was just us against the world.'
Rilo Kiley released four well-regarded albums between 2001 and 2007, after which Lewis has focused on her solo career and participated in two, 10-years-apart reunions of the Postal Service. The closest the group has come to reuniting was in 2015, when Sennett made a surprise appearance during Lewis' solo Coachella set to play the Rilo Kiley song 'Portions for Foxes.'
In 2012, they teased fans with a Facebook message saying that a 'record is almost finished,' but the project in question turned out to be the rarities collection Rkives, which was eventually released the following year.
5/05/25 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Fremont Theatre5/07/25 – Ojai, CA – Libbey Bowl5/10/25 – Pasadena, CA – Just Like Heaven5/12/25 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren5/14/25 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre5/16/25 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Block Party5/17/25 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Fest5/19/25 – Jackson, WY – Center for the Arts5/21/25 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom5/23/25 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Grand Lodge
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