Dance Gavin Dance have announced that they will be celebrating the July 10th physical release of their chart topping new album, Afterburner with a very special, full production, multi-camera broadcast of their Album Release Show. The streamed show in association with Sound Rink, will give fans all around the world the very first opportunity to see Dance Gavin Dance play new songs from Afterburner during the full live set. This special event will take place on Friday July 17th at 6pm PST/9pm EST. Tickets are available now from DanceGavinDance.Live.
Dance Gavin Dance were faced with a difficult choice back in April when the release date for their 9th studio album was set. They could either push back the release date altogether in order to allow for the COVID-19 induced manufacturing shut-down and release the album both digitally and physically or, give fans the album they had been waiting patiently to hear and go ahead with a digital only release on the agreed date, forfeiting the sizeable physical pre-order sales contribution to their week 1 chart positions. The band chose their fans over a chart position and released the digital-only version of the album on April 24th.
In a hugely impressive turn of events, Dance Gavin Dance once again proved their undeniable popularity as Afterburner (Rise Records) soared straight to the top of the charts hitting #1 across the Current Album, Alternative, Digital, Rock and Heavy Rock charts and #14 on the Billboard Top 200.
The long-awaited physical release of ‘Afterburner’ is scheduled for Friday, July 10th and will feature an exclusive CD variant available only from Target and exclusive vinyl variants from both Urban Outfitters and FYE. Pre-orders are available here.
Dance Gavin Dance were set to play their biggest venues to date on their massive North American headline tour when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out. These dates have been rescheduled for 2021. This follows the band’s entirely sold out North American headliner in 2019, where they sold over 90k tickets in one year alone. The remaining tickets for the current headline tour can be purchased HERE. Full list of tour dates below.
On April 24th, 2021 Dance Gavin Dance will return home to Sacramento for Swanfest, the one-day festival headlined and curated by the band at Papa Murphy’s Park. Labelmates Crown The Empire and Issues, along with Animals As Leaders, Knocked Loose, Movements, Fall Of Troy, I See Stars, Veil Of Maya, Hail The Sun, Covet, Tillie, Royal Coda, Eidola, and Wolf & Bear will join DGD on this year’s lineup. The first ever Swanfest took place last year at the City National Grove of Anaheim, CA, which proved to be a phenomenal sell-out success, a rare feat for a festival in its first year. Speaking on this year’s Swanfest, Will Swan says
Tickets and VIP packages for Swanfest 2021 are on sale now HERE.
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March 11 — Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Palladium
March 12 — Las Vegas, Nev. @ Brooklyn Bowl
March 13 — Tempe, Ariz. @ The Marquee
March 15 — Albuquerque, N.M. @ El Rey Theater
March 17 — San Antonio, Texas @ Vibes Event Center
March 18 — Dallas, Texas @ Bomb Factory
March 19 — Houston, Texas @ Warehouse Live
March 22 — Oklahoma City, Okla. @ The Criterion
March 23 — Nashville, Tenn. @ Marathon Music Works
March 25 — Lake Buena Vista, Fla. @ House Of Blues
March 26 — St. Petersburg, Fla. @ Jannus Live
March 27 — Atlanta, Ga. @ Masquerade
March 28 — Atlanta, Ga. @ Masquerade
March 30 — Norfolk, Va. @ The Norva
March 31 — Silver Spring, Md. @ The Fillmore
April 01 — Philadelphia, Pa. @ Franklin Music Hall
April 02 — Philadelphia, Pa. @ Franklin Music Hall
April 03 — Boston, Mass. @ House Of Blues
April 04 — New York, N.Y. @ Hammerstein Ballroom
April 06 — Toronto, Ontario @ Rebel
April 07 — Columbus, Ohio @ Express Live!
April 08 — Detroit, Mich. @ Masonic Temple Theatre
April 09 — Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Stage AE
April 10 — Chicago, Ill. @ Aragon Ballroom
April 12 — Indianapolis, Ind. @ Egyptian Ballroom
April 13 — Minneapolis, Minn. @ The Fillmore
April 14 — St. Louis, Mo. @ The Pageant
April 16 — Kansas City, Mo. @ Arvest Bank Theatre
April 17 — Denver, Colo. @ Mission Ballroom
April 19 — Salt Lake City, Utah @ Union Event Center
April 21 — Seattle, Wash. @ Showbox Sodo
April 22 — Portland, Ore. @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
April 24 — Sacramento, Calif. @ Papa Murphy’s Park (Swanfest)