I honestly don't want to be a smartass, but on the European mainland we had a Dark Matter Spanish tour. Consisting of two concerts in Barcelona. If you add the two festivals, that makes a Dark Matter Iberian Peninsula tour at most.
My instinct is that there’s no more shows or just a few in South America. The merch for these Spring shows is all labelled as “Dark Matter 2025 Tour”. If more shows I would have guessed it would be labelled Spring Tour or US Tour.
My instinct is they are taking a full year off after May and will be back next for Europe in June/July next year.
This. If there were more shows planned and they were just in the "maybe possibly if things work out" stage, I'm sure the merch would be as you said.
I think Ohana is the last holdout...but that might just be EV solo (with or without the Earthlings).
If things were looking hopeful, they'd probably at least say "US 2025" or "Spring 2025".
I've had the "2018/2019" feeling for a while now...enjoy these shows. These could be it for a while. OTOH, when they re-emerge after Pittsburgh (could be a while), the possibility for new music is definitely higher than 1%, given we know they recorded in Australia.
ON THE OTHER HAND... I'd be surprised as all hell if they took the entirety of 2026 off.
What was: 2013 - Lightning Bolt and tour through 2016. 2017 - Relatively quiet year 2018 - South America, announced album and Home/Away Tour 2019 - Break year 2020 - Gigaton released and COVID craziness. 2021 - Beach Shows 2022 - Tour 2023 - Small tour 2024 - Dark Matter
What could have been: 2013 - Album 2018 - Album and tour 2019 - Tour 2020 - Tour? Album? 2021 - Album? 2022 -
2018-2022 really screwed the band's cycle up. The good news? We're past that now.
They sat on DM for over a year. I don’t expect new music until 27 or 28 no matter when it’s finished. They seem to be trying to stretch things out.
Imagine having something so good and just not releasing it. Crazy yo!
I'm sure it's frustrating for them to know that after all the work that goes into making a new album and releasing it, a good chunk of their audience will not give it the time of day no matter how good it is. You'd have to think that dynamic limits their output to a degree.
I honestly don't want to be a smartass, but on the European mainland we had a Dark Matter Spanish tour. Consisting of two concerts in Barcelona. If you add the two festivals, that makes a Dark Matter Iberian Peninsula tour at most.
This was why I was asking.
The Euro dates of 2024 were minimal.
Sure, technically, they were dates during the Dark Matter tour but an Iberian peninsula tour, 2 nights in Berlin, 1 Dublin, and 1 London really isn’t a full European tour.
If a full, proper Europe tour isn’t coming until 2026 then at least that gives me time to start saving $$$. Seeing Pearl Jam in Italy is on my bucket list…can’t think of a place I’d rather see the band these days than Italy. Maybe Hawaii again, but two or three nights in Italy and I could die happy!
Sure, technically, they were dates during the Dark Matter tour but an Iberian peninsula tour, 2 nights in Berlin, 1 Dublin, and 1 London 1 night in Manchester really isn’t a full European tour.
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*wish, not a rumor
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