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Protomartyr Announce 2026/27 World Tour

Today, Detroit’s preeminent prophets of societal decline Protomartyr announce a World Tour, including stops in major cities throughout the United States, EU/UK, and Canada. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am local time and will be available here. Protomartyr will also support The Jesus and Mary Chain in Austin. A full list of tour dates is below.

Over the last two decades, Protomartyr—vocalist Joe Casey, drummer Alex Leonard, bassist Scott Davidson, guitarist-multi-instrumentalist and co-producer Greg Ahee—have built one of the most rewarding and often exhilarating bodies of work in recent memory by veering in and out of darkness, grappling with what most frightens us, saddens us, disgusts us, embarrasses and enrages us, and with a gallows humor for the ages, gives a sense of the comedy inherent in so much that we encounter. Essentially, the stuff that makes us human. Fans won’t have to wait too long to receive a fresh dose of that humanity.

Mon. Oct. 19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *Tue. Oct. 20 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah * Thu. Oct. 22 - Los Angeles, CA @ Regent * Fri. Oct. 23 - San Jose, CA @ the Ritz * Sat. Oct. 24 - San Francisco, CA @ August Hall * Tue. Oct. 27 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos * Wed. Oct. 28 - Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl * Thu. Oct. 29 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin * Sat. Oct. 31 - Austin, TX @ Far Out Lounge ^ Sat. Nov. 7 - Toronto, ON @ Concert Hall # Sun. Nov. 8 - Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Électriques # Tue. Nov. 10 - Boston, MA @ Crystal Ballroom # Wed. Nov. 11 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church Thu. Nov. 12 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall #Fri. Nov. 13 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat # Sat. Nov. 14 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle # Sun. Nov. 15 - Asheville, NC @ Eulogy # Tue. Nov. 17 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East # Wed. Nov. 18 - St. Louis, MO @ Duck Room # Thu. Nov. 19 - Chicago @ Metro # Fri. December 4 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Thu. February 11 - Leeds, UK @ Irish Center Fri. February 12 - Glasgow, UK @ The Garage Sat. February 13 - Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall Mon. February 15 - Bristol, UK @ The Lantern Tue. February 16 - London, UK @ Electric Brixton Thu. February 18 - Lille, FR @ L’Aeronef Fri. February 19 - Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo Sat. February 20 - Brussels, BE @ Le Botanique Mon. February 22 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Tue. February 23 - Hamburg, DE @ Bahnhof Pauli Wed. February 24 - Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset Fri. February 26 - Berlin, DE @ Bi Nuu Club Sat. February 27 - Leipzig, DE @ UT Connewitz Sun. February 28 - Prague, CZ @ Meet Factory

* w/ Accessory ^ w/ the Jesus and Mary Chain # w/ J.R.C.G

Protomartyr Formal Growth In The Desert

Since their 2012 debut, Protomartyr have mastered the art of evoking place: the grinding Midwest humility of their hometown, as well as the x-rayed elucidation of America that comes with their vantage. The group’s sixth album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, TX with producer Jake Aron. “The desert is more of a metaphor or symbol,” singer Joe Casey says, “of emotional deserts, or a place or time that seems to lack life.” The “growth” came from a period of colossal transition for Casey, including the death of his mother. But life does go on, and Casey describes the great theme of Formal Growth In The Desert as an embrace and acknowledgment of that fact: a 12-song testament to “getting on with life,” even when it feels impossibly hard.