mclusky tour

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

mclusky take their chances and schedule north american 2026 tour

 

tickets on-sale this friday

sept. 10, 2025 – mclusky return to north america in spring 2026, bringing their explosive live performances to venues across the continent, with the dates marking the band’s first outings on u.s./canadian soil since the release of their enchanting new album, the world is still here and so are we.

tickets are on-sale this friday at 10 a.m. local time via ipecac.com/tours.

falco (andrew falkous) shares of the impending visit:

“nostalgia – which is a powerful drug, it turns out – brought us back to your shores just a couple of years ago. some people got to remember what they were like when they were twenty – their hopes, their dreams, their fully operational knee joints. also, there were attendees who weren’t there the first time out – i know, cos i can count. it was very lovely. the band – well, i, certainly – nostalgia’d all over the place too – it was difficult not to. it was fun (this is an understatement).

 

well, now we all get a chance to break free from nostalgia, to prove to ourselves that we’re more than the cast of cocoon sporting telecasters. we (the band) get to play the old songs – the ‘hits’ as a much loved grandparent might have it – and the new ones too (well, probably five or six of them over the course of a set, that’s the magic number for ‘new’). you, hopefully, come along and watch, listen and interact as per the social contract of such events. what do you say? the support bands – which we can’t tell you about yet – are great too. i promise to respond to heckles in a british accent which makes anything i say 23 percent funnier (i’ve checked this with nate silver). damien will dance and flex and repeat ad infinitum. jack will be the butt of all jokes (on stage, though not in private). 

 

hope to see you there, unless you’ve got something better on – but i honestly can’t imagine what that could be.”

mclusky north american tour dates:

march 24 denver, co marquis theater

march 26 seattle, wa the crocodile

march 28 portland, or aladdin theater

march 30 san Francisco, ca the chapel

march 31 los angeles, ca the regent theater

april 2 austin, tx empire control room & garage

april 3 minneapolis, mn fine line

april 4 chicago, il metro

april 6 toronto, on mod club

april 10 philadelphia, pa underground arts

april 11 washington, dc black cat

international dates:

october 2 antwerp, be trix

october 4 brugge, be cactus

october 6 paris, fr le petit bain

october 7 orléans, fr l’astrolabe

october 8 lyon, fr le marché gare

october 9 winterthur, ch gaswerk

october 11 bologna, it covo club

october 12 milano, it arci bellezza

october 13 strasbourg, fr la grenze

october 17 newcastle, uk the cluny

october 18 glasgow, uk the classic grind

october 19 nottingham, uk the bodega

november 7 hannover, de café glocksee

november 8 wiesbaden, de kulturzentrum

november 9 berlin, de SO36

november 11 dresden, de beanpole

november 12 hamburg, de Molotov

november 13 köln, de gebäude 9

november 14 trier, de mergener hof

november 27 oxford, uk the bullingdon

november 28 brighton, uk chalk

december 19 cardiff, uk clwb lfor back

january 6 melbourne, au  corner

january 9  adelaide, au  lion arts factory

january 10 sydney, au  factory theatre

january 11 brisbane, au  crowbar

“autofocus on the prime directive” video

released in may via ipecac recordings, the world is still here and so are we was hailed by all, possibly even you. npr dubbed it “progressive, weird, snotty post-punk” before claiming it’s “bursting with creativity.” brooklyn vegan said the tracks are “as sneering and sarcastic as ever,” and pitchfork said mclusky “sound just as noisy on their comeback album.”

photo credit: damien sayell

formed in cardiff, wales in the late ‘90s, mclusky quickly became one of the most beloved underground punk bands of their era, known for their biting lyrics, angular riffs, and chaotic live shows. The band has released four critically-acclaimed albums – mclusky do dallas (2002), the difference between me and you is that I’m not on fire (2004), my pain and sadness is more sad and painful than yours (2000), and the world is still here and so are we (2025). mclusky is damien sayell (bass, vocals), jack egglestone (drums, vocals, percussion), and andrew falkous (guitar, vocals).

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