New Jersey punks Bigwig have announced North American tour dates with Brutal Youth and The Penske File. Bigwig will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their “Unmerry Melodies” release. To commemorate this special occasion, they will be welcoming back their original guitarists, Josh Farrel and Zach Lorinc on stage. The band will be playing a string of club shows and big name festivals such as Quebec’s Rockfest and Gainesville’s Fest 14.
You can view the tour dates as well as a video teaser below.
Bigwig fans will be pleased to know that more tour dates will be announced soon and they will be hitting the studio in July. Bigwig’s latest album Reclamation was released in 2006 through Fearless Records. More recently, they released their album “Stay Asleep” on vinyl last year. Brutal Youth released their latest EP “Bottoming Out” on February 24th through Paper + Plastick. The Penske File’s new album Burn Into The Earth released on June 2 in Canada through Stomp Records and pre-orders are up for vinyl through A-F Records, which puts the US release on Aug. 11.
Tour dates:
JUNE
18 BROOKLYN, NY w/ Make War, Slow Children and Up For Nothing
20 MONTEBELLO, Quebec AMNESIA ROCKFEST 10 yrs anniversary
21 OFF
22 ST CATHERINES, Ont
23 OSHAWA, Ont
24 GUELPH, Ont
25 TORONTO, Ont
26 BARRIE, Ont
27 LONDON, Ont
28 HAMILTON,Ont
OCTOBER 29 GAINESVILLE FLA, THE FEST 14