Back To The ‘Futures’ With Jimmy Eat World

Let’s take a little journey back to October 2004, the month Jimmy Eat World released its fifth studio album. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Futures, the alternative rock band is performing the LP from start to finish during a fall U.S. tour.

Of course the excursion takes place in October!

Photo: Dustin Whitlow for the 9:30 Club
9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.

Jimmy Eat World is reissuing Futures, as well as two other titles, on double LP via Universal Music Enterprises in partnership with SRCvinyl. Each LP – which is re-mastered on the highest quality 16-bit/44.1 khz recording and cut as 33 1/3 RPM – includes a bonus song or two. Futures comes out Sept. 30. You can get 1996’s Static Prevails on Aug. 19 and 1999’s Clarity on Sept. 2.

All three re-mastered albums are available for pre-order now at Jimmy Eat World’s website and SRCvinyl.com. Exclusive pre-order bundles, including a limited edition numbered T-shirt, can be found at JimmyEatWorld.com.

Here’s the plan for the tour, with the promise of more dates to be announced soon:

Oct. 2 – Ventura, CA Majestic Ventura Theater
Oct. 3 – Sacramento, Calif., Ace Of Spades
Oct. 4 – Oakland, Calif., Oakland Metro Operahouse         
Oct. 7 – Denver, Colo., Ogden Theatre
Oct. 10 – Des Moines, Iowa, Wooly’s
Oct. 11 – Bloomington, Ill., The Castle Theatre
Oct. 12 – Cincinnati, Ohio, Bogart’s
Oct. 13 – Columbus, Ohio, Newport Music Hall
Oct. 15 – Washington, D.C., 9:30 Club        
Oct. 16 – Stroudsburg, Pa., Sherman Theater
Oct. 17 – Port Chester, N.Y., The Capitol Theatre  
Oct. 18 – Providence, R.I., Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
Oct. 20 – Westbury, N.Y., The Space At Westbury
Oct. 21 – Norfolk, Va., NorVa         
Oct. 22 – Raleigh, N.C., The Ritz

A fan presale just started. Tickets go on sale to the public Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

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