The Microphones Return with First Tour in 18 Years

Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum is hitting the road with his old project

BY Alex HudsonPublished Jul 6, 2021

Last year, Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum brought back his long-dormant moniker the Microphones for a new album, Microphones in 2020 (followed by an album of ambient background noise back in March). Now, he's announced his first tour with the project in 18 years.

The 2022 tour runs through next February and March. It includes 14 dates stretching from coast-to-coast, including two Canadian stops: Toronto's Great Hall on March 4 and Montreal's La Sala Rossa on March 5. Ragana will open the West Coast dates, while Emily Sprague will open the remainder of the shows.

In a statement, Elverum suggested that the shows would primarily consist of the one epic-length song from last year's Microphones in 2020:

We, the band called 'the Microphones,' are planning to go on a tour playing concerts in some North American towns for a few weeks in the spring of 2022. This will be the first 'Microphones' tour in 18 years, but as listeners to our last record (Microphones in 2020) will have hopefully heard, this doesn't mean much. This has always been a project steering toward present-moment raw wound engagement, disappointing the nostalgics, splashing into the unfamiliar. It's not a reunion (nothing to reunite) and it's not commemorative. It's a living thing. We're playing our one long song, F#m and D for a super long time, and inviting everyone to come get thumped by it. Who knows what else will happen?

Tickets go on sale on Friday (July 9) at 10 a.m. local time via P.W. Elverum & Sun's website.

The Microphones 2022 Tour Dates:

02/17 Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriets *
02/18 Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room *
02/26 Portland, OR - Polaris Hall *
02/28 Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre *
03/01 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center #
03/02 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall #
03/03 Grand Rapids, MI - Wealthy Theatre #
03/04 Toronto, ON - Great Hall #
03/05 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa #
03/06 Portland, ME - Space #
03/07 Somerville, MA - Somerville Theatre #
03/08 Brooklyn, NY - St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
03/09 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Sanctuary #
03/10 Washington, DC - Miracle Theatre #  

* with Ragana supporting
# with Emily Sprague

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