The Violent Femmes’ Tour Just Got Longer

The punk/folk band that rose out of Milwaukee, Wis., is playing the Newport Folk Festival July 22, appearing on a lineup that includes Ray LaMontagne, Matthew Logan Vasquez, The Arcs, and the Neko Case, k.d. lang, Laura Veirs collaboration that’s simplycalled case/lang/veirs.  Other festivals on the agenda include Wichita’s Riverfest and Milwaukee’s Summerfest.

The tour is in support of We Can Do Anything – released in March on PIAS.  The band debuted the video for the long player’s first single, “Yesterday,” on Record Store Day.  The vid was created and animated by Harley Hefford, the brains behind the Violent Femme’s 2015 “Good For / At Nothing” video.

Here’s the tour with new dates bolded for your convenience:

May 5 – Las Vegas, Nev., Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
May 6 – San Diego, Calif., Humphrey’s Concerts By The Bay
May 7 – Los Angeles, Calif., Orpheum Theatre
May 8 – Santa Ana, Cali., The Observatory
May 10 – San Francisco, Calif., The Fillmore
May 11 – San Francisco, Calif., The Fillmore
May 13 – Portland, Ore., McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
May 14 – Seattle, Wash., The Showbox
May 15 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Commodore Ballroom
May 17 – Spokane, Wash., Knitting Factory Concert House
May 18 – Boise, Idaho, Knitting Factory Concert House
May 19 – Missoula, Mont., The Wilma
May 21 – Denver, Colo., Larimer Street Between 27th and 28th Avenues (Project Pabst)
June 4 – Wichita, Kan., Downtown Wichita (Riverfest)
June 5 – Houston, Texas, Eleanor Tinsley Park (Free Press Summer Fest)
June 14 – Millvale, Pa., Mr. Small’s Theatre
June 15 – Richmond, Va., The National
June 17 – Camden, N.J., BB&T Pavilion (Radio 104.5 Birthday)
June 19 – Asbury Park, N.J., Stone Pony Summer Stage
June 21 – Washington, D.C., Lincoln Theatre
June 23 – Norfolk, Va.,  The NorVa
June 25 – Frederick, Md., Flying Dog Brewery
June 26 – Columbia, Md., Merriweather Post Pavilion (DC101 Kerfuffle)
July 5 – Minneapolis, Minn., First Avenue
July 7 – Milwaukee, Wis., Henry Maier Festival Park (Summerfest)
July 9 – Indianapolis, Ind., The Vogue
July 10 – Royal Oak, Mich., Royal Oak Music Theatre
July 12 – Chicago, Ill., Concord Music Hall
July 14 – St. Louis, Mo., The Pageant
July 16 – Kansas City, Mo., Children’s Mercy Park (96.5 The Buzz Beach Ball)
July 17 – Tulsa, Okla., Cain’s Ballroom
July 19 – Dallas, Texas, House Of Blues
July 20 – Austin, Texas, Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
July 22 – Newport., R.I., Fort Adams State Park (Newport Folk Festival)
July 23 – Buffalo, N.Y., Canalside (Kerfuffle) 
July 24 – Toronto, Ontario, Massey Hall

Several newly added shows go on sale this week.  Visit vFemmes.com for more information.