Phantom Island Tour

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Phantom Island Tour 2025
Tour by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Phantom Island Tour Poster.jpg
Start date28 July 2025
End date17 August 2025
Legs1
No. of shows11
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard concert chronology

The Phantom Island Tour is a concert tour by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard across the United States in summer 2025 for a promotion of their album Phantom Island .

Contents

History

Background

The tour was announced alongside the drop of the single Phantom Island on 29 October, 2024, to promote the then unnamed 27th Gizzard studio album. [1] [2] [3] By April 9 it was revealed that the album was also named Phantom Island. [4] [5] [6]

The tour would consist of two types of shows, orchestral shows of Phantom Island with conductor Sarah Hicks alongside a different symphony orchestra in each city, and more classical Rock and Roll concerts capped off by a three day camping festival dubbed Field of Vision. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Notable events

On the first show of the tour the band performed some songs after their performance of Phantom Island, including a rendition of Crumbling Castle with a never-before heard outro. [11] The Band played in New Haven, Connecticut for the first time ever at the Westville Music Bowl, the former Connecticut Tennis Center. [12]

Shortly after the start of the tour the band would pull their library off of Spotify due to opposition to the investments of its CEO Daniel Ek into AI drone warfare. [13] This announcement was coupled with the release of Demos Vol. 7 + Vol. 8. [14]

During the first night of the Field of Vision the band would perform a cover of the Dead Kennedys Police Truck with Jello Biafra, introducing him as "one of our heroes". [15] [16] [17] Earlier that night during a rendition of Oddlife a fan, Matthew Gawiak, collapsed and despite the show stopping to allow his medical evacuation, he died en-route to a hospital. [18] Chaffee County Sheriff Andy Rohrich announced that his death is being investigated as a potential homicide until proven otherwise due to procedure, but nobody has been arrested. [19] Gawiak's family stated he complained of a headache before suddenly collapsing and died of "natural causes related to an undetected hereditary condition." [19] [20]

Tour dates

List of concerts
DateCityStateVenueType
July 28, 2025 Philadelphia Pennsylvania TD Pavilion at the Mann Orchestra
July 30, 2025 New Haven Connecticut Westville Music Bowl
August 1, 2025 New York New York Forest Hills Stadium
August 2, 2025Rock N'Roll
August 4, 2025 Columbia Maryland Merriweather Post Pavilion Orchestra
August 6, 2025 Highland Park Illinois Ravinia Festival
August 8, 2025 Colorado Springs Colorado Ford Amphitheater
August 10, 2025 Los Angeles California Hollywood Bowl
August 11, 2025 San Diego California The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
August 15, 2025 Buena Vista Colorado Field of VisionRock N'Roll
August 16, 2025
August 17, 2025


References

  1. ↑ Singh, Surej (30 October 2024). "King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard announce 2025 orchestral tour, drop new single 'Phantom Island'". NME . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Pearis, Bill. "King Gizzard go orchestral on new album and 2025 tour, playing Forest Hills Stadium (hear "Phantom Island")". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Benítez, Daniel Gonçalves (29 October 2024). "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard share new single "Phantom Island", will have orchestra on their upcoming album and tour". theneedledrop . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Corcoran, Nina (9 April 2025). "King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Announce New Orchestral Album Phantom Island". Pitchfork . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Pearis, Bill. "King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard announce orchestral album 'Phantom Island' (hear the title track)". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Unveil New Orchestral Album 'Phantom Island'". relix . 9 April 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  7. ↑ Brodsky, Rachel (29 October 2024). "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Announce US Orchestral Tour And Camping Residency, Share New Single "Phantom Island"". stereogum . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  8. ↑ Broerman, Michael (9 April 2025). "King Gizzard & The Lizard Detail Orchestral Album, 'Phantom Island' [Listen]". liveforlivemusic. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Green, Walden (29 October 2024). "King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Announce Orchestral Tour, Share New Song "Phantom Island": Listen". Pitchfork . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - 'Phantom Island Tour 2025'". KPBS-FM . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  11. ↑ Kahn, Andy. "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Kick Off 'Phantom Island' Orchestra Tour In Philadelphia". JamBase . Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  12. ↑ DaRosa, Andrew. "King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard coming to Westville Music Bowl for 2025 concert season". New Haven Register . Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  13. ↑ Farrell, Margret. "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Remove Their Music From Spotify: "Fuck Spotify"". Stereogum . Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  14. ↑ Moderell, Rob. "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Remove Music from Spotify". Relix . Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "Watch Jello Biafra join King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on Dead Kennedys' "Police Truck"". Brooklyn Vegan . Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  16. ↑ Chelosky, Danielle. "Watch King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Cover Dead Kennedys With Jello Biafra". Stereogum . Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  17. ↑ Lach, Stef. "Watch Jello Biafra join King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard for cover of Dead Kennedys classic Police Truck". Louder Sound. Classic Rock . Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  18. ↑ Criado, Justin. "Fan Dies After Collapsing at King Gizzard's Field of Vision Fest in Buena Vista". Westword . Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  19. 1 2 Stropes, Guinnevere. "Denver man dies at The Meadows during festival". Mountain Mail. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  20. ↑ "Mathew Gawiak Obituary". Legacy.com . Retrieved 22 August 2025.
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