This Stupid World tour

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This Stupid World tour
Promotional tour by Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo at Teragram Ballroom, 2023-02-26 A.webp
Yo La Tengo at the Teragram Ballroom on February 26, 2023
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Japan
Associated album This Stupid World
Start dateFebruary 15, 2023 (2023-02-15)
End dateSeptember 30, 2023 (2023-09-30)
Legs3
No. of shows78
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The This Stupid World tour is a 2023 concert tour by American indie rock band Yo La Tengo in support of their studio album This Stupid World . The tour has received positive reviews from critics and has taken the band across the world, playing mostly domestic dates, but also several Asian and European gigs, particularly on the festival circuit. The five-song EP The Bunker Sessions was recorded live on this tour and released on November 8, 2023. [1]

Contents

Announcement and structure

Yo La Tengo announced a tour of the United States and Europe from February to May 2023 to promote This Stupid World in January 2023. [2] In April, the band announced a second leg of dates, [3] followed by a third in June 2023. [4]

The tour included many songs from the album, alongside older Yo La Tengo songs and the band's signature mix of cover versions. [5] Setlists change every night and shows are broken up between quieter initial sets and louder rock sets, [6] with an intermission in between. [7] The tour has not featured opening acts, but the final Los Angeles date included a surprise appearance by Mike Belitsky and Travis Good of The Sadies, [8] a Chicago performance featured Wilco for four covers, [9] Alan Sparhawk joined on keyboards at a Minneapolis gig, [6] and Glenn Mercer guested to perform Tom Verlaine songs in Jersey City. [10] At the March 13, 2023 show, the band cross-dressed to protest Tennessee Senate Bill 3. [11] On February 8, 2204, the Sun Ra Arkestra joined the band to play a cover of "New Speedway Boogie". [12] They played an additional promotional performance for a Live On KEXP set at Seattle radio station KEXP. [13]

In August 2023, the band announced that dates for the following month would be rescheduled so drummer and vocalist Georgia Hubley could have knee surgery. [14]

Reception

Several performances have been positively reviewed by critics. Paige Walter of WXPN called the two sets performed at Union Transfer in Philadelphia "breathtaking", leaving the crowd "breathless" due to the first setlist and noting that the second set was different enough to sound like a new band had come onstage. [15] In Variety , William Earl reviewed the band's Brooklyn Steel performance, noting that "their improvisational spark seems to burn brighter with each tour" and praising each performer's musicianship. [16] Piet Levy of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel called the band's Milwaukee show "one-of-a-kind" for the diverse sounds that the band manages onstage and for Kaplan surprising the audience by passing around his guitar for them to play, [7] and in the Shepherd Express , Blaine Schultz noted that "there was no shortage of deep cuts and nods to influences", calling attention to the band's deep roster of covers. [17] At Racket, Keith Harris gave an extensive review of the Minneapolis performance, noting that the band had retained their vitality for decades and that "each show now takes on the air of a special event". [6] The Pittsburgh performance was critiqued by Scott Tady for The Beaver County Times , calling it "a bob and sway and let the music wash over your experience" that had perfect sound. [18] In The Detroit News , Samin Hassan called the Majestic Theatre performance "timeless" and "an intimate experience". [19]

Dates

The tour to promote This Stupid World kicked off at Seattle's Neptune Theatre Neptune Theater (Seattle, Washington).jpg
The tour to promote This Stupid World kicked off at Seattle's Neptune Theatre
Ira Kaplan onstage at a Los Angeles show Yo La Tengo at Teragram Ballroom, 2023-02-26 B.webp
Ira Kaplan onstage at a Los Angeles show
Tour dates to support This Stupid World [2] [3]
DateCityCountryVenue
February 15, 2023Seattle, WashingtonUnited States of America Neptune Theatre
February 16, 2023Neptune Theatre
February 17, 2023Bellingham, WashingtonNeptune Theatre
February 19, 2023Portland, Oregon Wonder Ballroom
February 20, 2023Wonder Ballroom
February 22, 2023San Francisco, California The Fillmore
February 24, 2023
February 25, 2023Los Angeles, CaliforniaTeragram Ballroom
February 26, 2023
February 27, 2023
March 9, 2023Carrboro, North Carolina Cat's Cradle
March 10, 2023
March 11, 2023Asheville, North Carolina The Orange Peel
March 13, 2023Nashville, TennesseeThe Basement East
March 14, 2023
March 16, 2023Charlottesville, Virginia Jefferson Theater
March 17, 2023Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Union Transfer
March 18, 2023 [20] New York City, New York Brooklyn Steel
March 19, 2023Washington, D. C. 9:30 Club
March 21, 2023Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaMr Smalls
March 22, 2023Cleveland, OhioBeachland Ballroom
March 24, 2023Chicago, Illinois Metro Chicago
March 25, 2023Milwaukee, Wisconsin Turner Hall Ballroom
March 26, 2023 [6] Minneapolis, MinnesotaMainroom
April 10, 2023DublinIreland 3Olympia
April 12, 2023Manchester, EnglandUnited Kingdom New Century Hall
April 13, 2023Bristol, EnglandSWX
April 14, 2023London, England London Palladium
April 16, 2023BrusselsBelgium Ancienne Belgique
April 18, 2023AmsterdamThe Netherlands Paradiso
April 19, 2023RotterdamLantarenVenster
April 20, 2023HamburgGermanyUebel & Gefaehrlich
April 21, 2023CopenhagenDenmarkBremen Teater
April 23, 2023CologneGermanyGloria Theatre
April 24, 2023PragueCzechia MeetFactory
April 25, 2023BerlinGermanyHuxley's Neue Welt
April 26, 2023ParisFrance La Cigale
April 29, 2023BarcelonaSpainSala Apolo
April 30, 2023MurciaWarm Up Festival
May 2, 2023MadridWarner Music the Music Station Príncipe Pío
May 3, 2023BilbaoSantana 27
June 9, 2023Jersey City, New JerseyUnited States White Eagle Hall
June 10, 2023Washington, D. C.The Atlantis
June 13, 2023Portland, Maine State Theatre
June 14, 2023South Deerfield, Massachusetts Tree House Brewing Company
June 15, 2023Montreal, QuebecCanada Corona Theatre
June 16, 2023Toronto, Ontario Phoenix Concert Theatre
June 18, 2023Boston, MassachusettsUnited States Paradise Rock Club
June 19, 2023
June 21, 2023Homer, New YorkCenter for the Arts
June 22, 2023Detroit, Michigan Majestic Theatre
June 23, 2023Kalamazoo, MichiganBell's Beer Garden
June 24, 2023Chicago, Illinois Metro
June 26, 2023Knoxville, Tennessee Bijou Theatre
June 27, 2023Birmingham, AlabamaSaturn
June 28, 2023Atlanta, Georgia Variety Playhouse
July 28, 2023NiigataJapan Fuji Rock Festival
August 11, 2023GothenburgSweden Way Out West Festival
August 12, 2023OsloNorway Oya Festival
August 16, 2023Paredes de CouraPortugal Paredes de Coura Festival
August 18, 2023Saint-MaloFrance La Route du Rock
September 8, 2023Charleston, South CarolinaUnited States Music Farm
September 9, 2023St. Augustine, FloridaThe Backyard Stage
September 11, 2023New Orleans, Louisiana Tipitina‘s
September 12, 2023
September 14, 2023Houston, TexasThe Heights Theater
September 15, 2023Austin, TexasMohawk
September 16, 2023
September 17, 2023Dallas, TexasLonghorn
September 19, 2023Wichita, KansasWave
September 20, 2023Omaha, NebraskaThe Waiting Room
September 22, 2023Fort Collins, ColoradoWashington’s
September 23, 2023Boulder, ColoradoBoulder Theater
September 25, 2023Santa Fe, New Mexico Meow Wolf
September 27, 2023Tucson, ArizonaRialto
September 28, 2023Phoenix, ArizonaCrescent Ballroom
September 29, 2023Los Angeles, CaliforniaBellwether
September 30, 2023Solana Beach, CaliforniaBelly Up

The band were also added to the line-up of All Points East 2024, in August of that year. [21]

The Bunker Sessions

The Bunker Sessions
Live album EP by
Yo La Tengo
ReleasedNovember 8, 2023 (2023-11-08)
Recorded2023
StudioBunker Studio, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, US [22]
Genre Indie rock [22]
Length25:34
LanguageEnglish
Yo La Tengo chronology
This Stupid World
(2023)		The Bunker Sessions
(2023)

The Bunker Sessions is a 2023 extended play recorded on this tour. [23]

Writing for Uproxx , Grant Sharples included this among the best indie music of the week, writing that it "reifies Yo La Tengo’s live performances for the at-home listener" and "feels like a gift". [22]

  1. "Sinatra Drive Breakdown" – 8:55
  2. "Aselestine" – 3:42
  3. "Fallout" – 4:25
  4. "Apology Letter" – 5:39
  5. "Stockholm Syndrome" – 2:53

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