X Lines Up Second Leg

X doesn’t intend to stop celebrating its 40-year anniversary anytime soon, as it has put forth a second leg of North American dates that will now keep it on the road until late September.
John Doe of X
Chris McKay / WireImage.com – John Doe of X
The Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta, Ga.

The new dates start in Solana Beach, Calif., on Aug. 18 and stretch until Sept. 27 in Columbus, Ohio. These gigs tack onto a first leg which runs from May 1 in Albuquerque until May 25 in Dallas. There are still two nights where the venue is yet to be announced, Sept. 14 in Milwaukee and Sept. 15 in Chicago.
In between those headline tours the band will be performing at Burger Boogaloo in Oakland, Calif., on July 2. The next place to catch the band is the National Cannabis Festival in Washington, D.C., April 22. There are also more headline dates still coming.
Check out the confirmed plan, with the second leg in bold:
April 22 – Washington, D.C., Festival Grounds At RFK (National Cannabis Festival)
May 1 – Albuquerque, N.M., The Historic El Rey Theater
May 3 – Oklahoma City, Okla., Diamond Ballroom
May 5 – Kansas City, Mo., Knuckleheads
May 6 – St. Louis, Mo., Delmar Hall
May 7 – Nashville, Tenn., City Winery Nashville
May 8 – Charlotte, N.C., Neighborhood Theatre
May 9 – Carrboro, N.C., Cat’s Cradle
May 11 – Saint Augustine, Fla., St. Augustine Amphitheatre
May 12 – Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Culture Room
May 13 – Orlando, Fla., The Beacham
May 14 – Saint Petersburg, Fla., State Theatre
May 16 – Atlanta, Ga., Hell At The Masquerade
May 18 – New Orleans, La., One Eyed Jacks
May 22 – Houston, Texas, The Heights Theater
May 23 – San Antonio, Texas, The Paper Tiger
May 24 – Austin, Texas, The Mohawk
May 25 – Dallas, Texas, The Kessler Theater
July 2 – Oakland, Calif., Mosswood Park (Burger Boogaloo)
Aug. 18 – Solana Beach, Calif., Belly Up
Sept. 6 – Las Vegas, Nev., The Brooklyn Bowl
Sept. 8 – Salt Lake City, Utah, The Complex
Sept. 9 – Denver, Colo., The Summit
Sept. 11. – Omaha, Nev., The Waiting Room
Sept. 13 – Minneapolis, Minn., First Ave
Sept. 14 –Milwaukee, Wis., TBA
Sept. 15 – Chicago, Ill., TBA
Sept. 16 – Detroit, Mich., El Club
Sept. 17 –Buffalo, N.Y., The Town Ballroom
Sept. 19 – Portland, Maine, The Port City Music Hall
Sept. 20 – Boston, Mass., Brighton Music Hall
Sept. 21 – New York, N.Y., Stage48
Sept. 22 – Philadelphia, Pa., Underground Arts
Sept. 23 – Falls Church, Va., The State Theatre
Sept. 25 – Pittsburgh, Pa, Rex Theater
Sept. 26 – Kent, Ohio, The Kent Stage
Sept. 27 – Columbus, Ohio, Skully’s Music Diner
X was founded in the fall of 1976 when guitarist Billy Zoom saw The Ramones and put an ad in the classifieds to try to form a band, and connected with bassist John Doe. 40 years later the band is still playing with its original membership of Doe, Zoom, founding drummer DJ Bonebreak and vocalist Exene Cervenka.
“For a long time interviewers and X people we’ve met have asked us, ‘Did you think when X started you’d still be playing together now?’ And our answer is surprisingly, ‘No! Of course not!’ In 1976 I was 20; now I’m 60. How’s that for weird?” Cervenka said in a press release.
The band’s sound has evolved over the last 40 years, but the foundation is the power-chord driven style and the vocals of Cervenka, one of early punk’s most notable female voices.
Local venues should have your ticketing information. XTheBand.com is the group’s official website.
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