The Official 2025 Tour Rumor Thread

evenflow82

HailHailVitalogy said:

With this new format, and hoping they hit a weird place or two my guess is…

March 2025: Columbia x2, Santiago x2, Buenos Aires x2, Brazil x3, Mexico City x2
(Would like to see Lima and/or Costa Rica if no Columbia)

September 2025: Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, DC x2, Raleigh, Atlanta x2, Miami x2 (Realistically I could see them doing 2 nights in Ohio and think it’ll be enough for the Midwest, which it won’t be. Two nights in DC would get the northeast and VA traveling. New Orleans is due too.)

May 2026: Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Toronto x2, Montreal, Halifax, St. John’s

July 2026: Amsterdam x2, Oslo, Helsinki, Prague, Vienna, Zagreb, Milan x2, Marseille, Madrid

September 2026: Maine, TD Garden x2, MSG x2, Philly x2, Chicago x2, Kansas City, Denver, Gorge x2 (PJ 35)

2027-2028: silence 

You forgot Minnesota. :-)

trees

rival9500 said:

Pittsburgh and Ohio FFS.

Please come back 
Columbus Ohio 2010
Pittsburgh PA 2013

schaefferlax

They wouldn't buy a giant new screen for this tour if they were going to go to the Sphere anytime soon. Please just do an east coast tour and call it a day

Lerxst1992

schaefferlax said:

They wouldn't buy a giant new screen for this tour if they were going to go to the Sphere anytime soon. Please just do an east coast tour and call it a day

Nah they’d rather not maximize their revenue 

Incredible Ed needed to ask audience who traveled to show, talk about a self fulfilling prophecy. They’ve played a limited tour schedule for a decade, play the same places over and over, only have heard of four east coast cities, their most popular region, and now think since fans since traveled to a festival, maybe it justifies expecting everyone to get on a plane into the desert, truck in food and supplies, burn tons of carbon, if they want to see a show. 

Developing video for the sphere is extremely expensive and specialized and to do it right like D&C did, and it requires a lot of shows to cover the overhead (phish was not cost effective, and DC videos were significantly better than phish and u2). 

It’s one thing if they toured alot over the years like phish and DC, but they’ve repeatedly skipped so many places, and have created a ticketing nightmare for their largest throng of their fans. Do they like posting tickets for only $400 - $2000? 

 Most seats at sphere are on a very steep slope and are a mile from the stage , which is tiny for most fans. Cool video yes, but is that what a concert is about? Why do they even need the band to show up at the sphere if it’s about futuristic video? It’s more like going to the planetarium or riding Epcot Soarin than a rock concert.

droptheleash9

Lerxst1992 said:

schaefferlax said:

They wouldn't buy a giant new screen for this tour if they were going to go to the Sphere anytime soon. Please just do an east coast tour and call it a day

Nah they’d rather not maximize their revenue 

Incredible Ed needed to ask audience who traveled to show, talk about a self fulfilling prophecy. They’ve played a limited tour schedule for a decade, play the same places over and over, only have heard of four east coast cities, their most popular region, and now think since fans since traveled to a festival, maybe it justifies expecting everyone to get on a plane into the desert, truck in food and supplies, burn tons of carbon, if they want to see a show. 

Developing video for the sphere is extremely expensive and specialized and to do it right like D&C did, and it requires a lot of shows to cover the overhead (phish was not cost effective, and DC videos were significantly better than phish and u2). 

It’s one thing if they toured alot over the years like phish and DC, but they’ve repeatedly skipped so many places, and have created a ticketing nightmare for their largest throng of their fans. Do they like posting tickets for only $400 - $2000? 

 Most seats at sphere are on a very steep slope and are a mile from the stage , which is tiny for most fans. Cool video yes, but is that what a concert is about? Why do they even need the band to show up at the sphere if it’s about futuristic video? It’s more like going to the planetarium or riding Epcot Soarin than a rock concert.

All fair points. But this band tours only enough to keep the lights on (2022 and 2024 being exceptions to promote albums) so I think the idea of doing all of the year's shows in limited time frame at one spot vs traveling all over would be appealing to them. And yes the videos will cost money but so does shipping their stage/gear/crew and they would be doing that only once as part of a residency model. Either way, I'll be happy to be able to see them wherever they might choose to play!

JeBurkhardt

droptheleash9 said:

Lerxst1992 said:

schaefferlax said:

They wouldn't buy a giant new screen for this tour if they were going to go to the Sphere anytime soon. Please just do an east coast tour and call it a day

Nah they’d rather not maximize their revenue 

Incredible Ed needed to ask audience who traveled to show, talk about a self fulfilling prophecy. They’ve played a limited tour schedule for a decade, play the same places over and over, only have heard of four east coast cities, their most popular region, and now think since fans since traveled to a festival, maybe it justifies expecting everyone to get on a plane into the desert, truck in food and supplies, burn tons of carbon, if they want to see a show. 

Developing video for the sphere is extremely expensive and specialized and to do it right like D&C did, and it requires a lot of shows to cover the overhead (phish was not cost effective, and DC videos were significantly better than phish and u2). 

It’s one thing if they toured alot over the years like phish and DC, but they’ve repeatedly skipped so many places, and have created a ticketing nightmare for their largest throng of their fans. Do they like posting tickets for only $400 - $2000? 

 Most seats at sphere are on a very steep slope and are a mile from the stage , which is tiny for most fans. Cool video yes, but is that what a concert is about? Why do they even need the band to show up at the sphere if it’s about futuristic video? It’s more like going to the planetarium or riding Epcot Soarin than a rock concert.

All fair points. But this band tours only enough to keep the lights on (2022 and 2024 being exceptions to promote albums) so I think the idea of doing all of the year's shows in limited time frame at one spot vs traveling all over would be appealing to them. And yes the videos will cost money but so does shipping their stage/gear/crew and they would be doing that only once as part of a residency model. Either way, I'll be happy to be able to see them wherever they might choose to play!

Make it during the summer when school is out and my teacher wife doesn't have to take time off and we would try to make it. It will be hot as heck during that time of the year, but we would entertain it.

bb4packers

After seeing U2 at the Sphere and PJ in Vegas a few weeks ago I think it's gonna happen.  The visuals are certainly important but to me the big draw is the sound - which is just incredible.  It's more like a theatre sound experience than an arena. We sat in the 400 level for U2 and I'd sit there again with no problem. While its definitely steep I did not feel like I was that far from the band and felt much closer than being across from the stage in a basketball arena - but that is likely a matter of personal taste. I live in Vegas so I am clearly biased but I'd love to see it.  And the boots from a run at the Sphere would be amazing.  

cutz

bb4packers said:

After seeing U2 at the Sphere and PJ in Vegas a few weeks ago I think it's gonna happen.  The visuals are certainly important but to me the big draw is the sound - which is just incredible.  It's more like a theatre sound experience than an arena. We sat in the 400 level for U2 and I'd sit there again with no problem. While its definitely steep I did not feel like I was that far from the band and felt much closer than being across from the stage in a basketball arena - but that is likely a matter of personal taste. I live in Vegas so I am clearly biased but I'd love to see it.  And the boots from a run at the Sphere would be amazing.  

Yes, for this reason(Incredible sound)  should be good enough for them to play at The Sphere?

Like others, I went to Dead & Co just to check the Sphere out and It's a awesome place to hear/see a concert. 

mfc2006

Houston

demetrios

Maine please!

BSully

trees said:

rival9500 said:

Pittsburgh and Ohio FFS.

Please come back 
Columbus Ohio 2010
Pittsburgh PA 2013

I'd be on board for Columbus.

D-Rod

Was just listening to the LV Night 1 boot and Ed references coming back next year during Wishlist.  

    I didn’t catch it during the live performance but it was clear on the boot. 

kmcmanus

D-Rod said:

Was just listening to the LV Night 1 boot and Ed references coming back next year during Wishlist.  

    I didn’t catch it during the live performance but it was clear on the boot. 

On the one hand Sphere seems very possible if not straight up likely.
On the other hand he says that in a lot of cities. I’m sure one could scour the boots and find him saying “see ya next time” or “we’ll be back soon” in several of the cities they haven’t been back to in a decade.

100 Pacer

Sphere is happening.

Weston1283

100 Pacer said:

Sphere is happening.

Hopefully they understand how many people will be traveling for this and let us know way in advance 

Go Animal

D-Rod said:

Was just listening to the LV Night 1 boot and Ed references coming back next year during Wishlist.  

    I didn’t catch it during the live performance but it was clear on the boot. 

I think it's just a matter of how many shows, and will they be in May, or Sept '25 😅

CarryTheZero

I vote summer ‘25!

on2legs

Hopefully a long overdue return to the northeast in 2025!

setlist41

You would think a Florida run will happen 

cutz

Go Animal said:

D-Rod said:

Was just listening to the LV Night 1 boot and Ed references coming back next year during Wishlist.  

    I didn’t catch it during the live performance but it was clear on the boot. 

I think it's just a matter of how many shows, and will they be in May, or Sept '25 😅

So, what's the under/over for the number of shows played there? (IF the play there)

2 1/2 ?

3 1/2 ?

4 1/2 ?