FULL BAND TOUR STARTS TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWS & UPDATED UK TOUR DATES
Party God Andrew W.K. is thrilled to announce his first new full length album in over a decade. The LP showcases Andrew’s signature style of blasting triumphant rock music, with an ever more epic expanses of energizing emotional ecstasy. “I’m going for the sound of pure, unadulterated power; every emotion, every thought, every experience, every sensation, every fear, every joy, every clarity, every confusion, every up, every down… all extruded and concentrated into one thick syrup of super life-force feeling, and then psychically amplified by the celebratory spirit of glorious partying,” explans Andrew. The new release is out March 2, 2018 via Sony Music worldwide. Album title and cover art to follow.
This week, Andrew W.K. officially begins his first full-band concert outing in five years with “The Party Never Dies Tour.” Starting tonight in Minneapolis, Andrew brings his party-centric positivity across America, with additional shows added due to high demand in San Francisco and Boston as well as a new Chicago headlining show (following the success of their stage-closing Riot Fest performance just last night). The previously announced UK tour dates are now moving from November to April, 2018. All tickets bought for the November tour will still be honored at the new dates, or can be refunded at the point of purchase. A full list of all dates can be found below.
A one-man music machine possessed by a single-minded, monomaniacal focus on euphoric joy, Andrew lives to spread a singular message: That to party is to exist, and to exist is to party. Andrew continues to passionately deliver his extremely high-energy brand of uplifting entertainment, with a unrelenting commitment to continuing the mission he first embarked upon in 2001, with the release of his debut single and signature tune “Party Hard”, and has never swerved from since. Despite taking on a dizzying array of additional roles that took him into virgin territory for a rock ’n’ roll musician (ie: advice columnist for the Village Voice and Vice, host of a Cartoon Network kid’s game show, lecturer at Yale, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon and the UK’s Oxford University), Andrew has always remained true to his positive-partying cause. It’s safe to say, Andrew’s hard partying spirit is showing no signs of softening.
Andrew W.K. Tour Dates
North America
Sep 18 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Sep 20 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
Sep 21 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
Sep 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
Sep 23 – Big Bear Lake, CA – Hot Dawgz & Hand Rails
Sep 24 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
Sep 25 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Sep 27 – San Francisco, CA – Independent – SOLD OUT
Sep 28 – San Francisco, CA – Independent
Sep 29 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent
Sep 30 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
Oct 01 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
Oct 03 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
Oct 04 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
Oct 05 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Oct 07 – St. Louis, MO – Grovefest
Oct 08 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
Oct 09 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr Smalls
Oct 11 – Philadelphia, PA – Theater of Living Arts
Oct 12 – Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel – SOLD OUT
Oct 13 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw – SOLD OUT
Oct 14 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall – SOLD OUT
Oct 15 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Oct 17 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
Oct 18 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
Oct 19 – Columbus, OH – A&R Bar – SOLD OUT
Oct 20 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
Oct 23 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West – Tickets (Rescheduled from 9/14, all tickets honored)
May 12 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre – Tickets – (Rescheduled from 10/21, all tickets honored)
Mexico
Nov 18 – Mexico City, MEX – Corona Capital – Tickets
UK (MOVED FROM NOVEMBER – All Tix Honored or Available for Refund)
Apr 13 – Cardiff, UK – Great Hall – Tickets
Apr 14 – London, UK – 02 Forum Kentish Town – Tickets
Apr 15 – Birmingham, UK – 02 Academy 2 – Tickets
Apr 18 – Norwich, UK – Waterfront – Tickets
Apr 19 – Portsmouth, UK – Wedgewood Rooms – Tickets
Apr 20 – Manchester, UK – 02 Ritz – Tickets
Apr 21 – Glasgow, UK – Garage – Tickets
Media coverage:
Rolling Stone – “Andrew W.K. Plots First New LP in 9 Years.“
Pitchfork – “Andrew W.K. Announces First New Album in 8 Years.“
Kerrang – “Andrew W.K. Announces New Full-Length Album.“
Spin – “Andrew W.K. Announces First New Album Since 2009.“
Loudwire – “Andrew W.K. To Release New Album in 2018.“
Aesthetic Magazine – “Andrew W.K. Announces New Album.“
Exclaim! – “Andrew W.K. Sets Release Date for New Album.“
Clash – “Andrew W.K. to Release New Album in Over a Decade.“
Riff Magazine – “The King of Partying on His New Album.“
The Current – “Party Fiend Andrew W.K. Announces New Album.“
The Prelude Press – “Andrew W.K. Announces Album Release Date March 2nd, 2018.“
Genre Is Dead – “Andrew W.K. Reveals New Album For 2018.“
(Photo Credit: Nina Ottolino)
