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Pixies are doubling down in 2025.
Starting in June, the surf punk pioneers will embark on a North American summer tour where they play two unique concerts in each city they visit.
At each first show on the run, the quartet will perform their classic 1990 album “Bossanova” and 1991’s “Tromp Le Monde” cover to cover. Night two gigs will reportedly consist of the band’s greatest hits — we’re guessing “Where Is My Mind,” “Monkey Gone To Heaven,” “Debaser,” “Here Comes Your Man” and “Gigantic” will likely make the set list — along with tracks from their 2024 record “The Night The Zombies Came.”
And, yes, Pixies are coming to New York.
Midway through this ambitious nationwide trek, Black Francis, Joey Santiago, David Lovering and Emma Richardson are scheduled to bring their traveling two-night extravaganza to the newly opened Brooklyn Paramount on Tuesday, July 15 and Wednesday, July 16.
Kurt Vile and the Violators will serve as support at all shows on the summer jaunt.
Five months before the double album/greatest hits excursion gets underway, Black Francis is heading out on a solo run of his own celebrating the 30th anniversary of his 1994 album “Teenager Of The Year.” That tour swings into Brooklyn Steel on Saturday, Feb. 1.
Want to go?
Fans can purchase tickets for all upcoming North American Pixies shows on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale for the new dates is Friday, Nov. 1.
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Pixies tour schedule 2025
A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.
Black Francis solo tour
For those hoping to catch Black Francis doing his own thing in early 2025, here’s where you’ll be able to find him in January and February.
Pixies set list
Although we don’t know exactly what will make the set list on the second night of their two-day residencies, here’s an educated guess based on what Pixies played at their most recent gig in Cambridge, MA on Oct. 24, courtesy of Set List FM.
01.) “Cactus”
02.) “Brick Is Red”
03.) “Break My Body”
04.) “Vamos”
05.) “Ana”
06.) “Mr. Grieves”
07.) “Death Horizon”
08.) “Here Comes Your Man”
09.) “Motorway to Roswell”
10.) “Velouria”
11.) “The Happening”
12.) “Chicken”
13.) “The Vegas Suite”
14.) “Mercy Me”
15.) “Motoroller”
16.) “Gouge Away”
17.) “Bone Machine”
18.) “Subbacultcha”
19.) “Hey”
20.) “Caribou”
21.) “No. 13 Baby”
22.) “Monkey Gone to Heaven”
23.) “Crackity Jones”
24.) “Isla de Encanta”
25.) “Debaser”
26.) “Tame”
27.) “Wave of Mutilation”
28.) “In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)” (Peter Ivers & David Lynch cover)
29.) “Where Is My Mind?”
Pixies new music
On Oct. 25, Pixies put out their ninth studio album “The Night The Zombies Came.”
The polished 13-track record is a bit more on the mournful side than their wild-eyed earlier efforts but that isn’t to their detriment; the subdued maturity on display here is a welcome change of pace from the anarchic elder statesmen.
If you haven’t checked out “TNTZC,” we’d implore you to try the hypnotic call and response “Jane (The Night The Zombies Came),” twinkly, stargaze-ready “Chicken” and muscly rocker “Oyster Beds” which sounds like prime Pixies.
To find the song that most suits you, you can find “The Night The Zombies Came” in its entirety here.
Kurt Vile
As noted above, the 43-yea-old lo-fi indie icon is handling opening duties at each and every show.
For the uninitiated, you can’t go wrong with his jangly “Pretty Pimpin,” laid back “Wakin on a Pretty Day” or bluesy “Loading Zones.”
Want to dive deeper? Click here to check out Vile’s complete discography.
Can’t miss rockers on tour in 2024-25
Many genre-bending rule breakers are taking their stylish sounds on the road this year and next.
Here are just five of our favorites you won’t want to miss live.
• Deftones
• Sessanta featuring Primus, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer
• BEAT with Belew, Levin and Carey (performing ’80s King Crimson albums)
• Ghost
Who else is out and about? Take a look at our list of the 50 biggest concert tours in 2024 to find the show for you.
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