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Pavement announce 2022 reunion tour across UK & Europe

Wed 8 September 2021 10:00, UK

Pavement, one of the most critically acclaimed and popular bands to emerge from the American underground scene in the last three decades, have just announced that they will be embarking on a reunion tour in the UK and Europe starting in autumn 2022.

The tour will see the classic lineup of Stephen Malkmus, Scott ‘Spiral Stairs’ Kannberg, Mark Ibold, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West play their first shows together since 2010.

Beginning in Leeds on October 17th, Pavement’s reunion tour will sweep the breadth of the UK, hitting Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester, before culminating with a four-night residency at London’s Roundhouse. They will then continue with dates in Paris, Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Aarhus, Bremen, Berlin, Brussels, Amsterdam and Dublin. In addition to the UK and European tour, Pavement will also headline the ES Primavera Sound Barcelona and Porto festival 2022.

Pavement can lay claim to five era-defining albums: 1992’s Slanted And Enchanted, 1994’s Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1995’s Wowee Zowee, 1997’s Brighten The Corners, and Terror Twilight, which was released in 1999 just before they disbanded. In 2010, the group reunited and played four sold-out benefit concerts in New York’s central park, hosted a four-night residency in London’s Brixton Academy, and topped the bill of some of the world’s biggest festivals, including the Roskilde and Pitchfork.

In the intervening ten years, Pavement have lay fairly low, seeing their B-side, ‘Harness Your Hopes’, turn into an unlikely “hit” on digital platforms a few years back. Having released a wealth of bonus material and rarities via Matador, Domino, Drag City, and Treble Kicker, Pavement are now represented solely by Matador. Their influence on modern guitar music cannot be understated and can be felt in the dizzying array of bands emerging from the UK’s underground music scene.

Check out Pavement’s tour dates below.