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    PUP Release New Single, “Matilda”

    By Dom VigilMarch 1, 2022
    PUP Matilda
    Photo: Vanessa Heins

    PUP recently announced their ambitious and aptly titled fourth album, THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND, out April 1st. Following the previously released “Waiting” and “Robot Writes A Love Song,” PUP have shared another new track, “Matilda” today.

    The band’s Stefan Babcock explains, “Matilda is the name of my favourite guitar. She was a gift from my friend Ryan, after watching me accidentally break the only guitar I owned in the middle of a long tour. I had no money to buy a replacement, and Ryan’s act of kindness is up there on my list of “nicest things anyone’s ever done for me”. I played Matilda nonstop for 7 years at every PUP show, even when my bandmates started complaining that she sounded like shit. As the band got bigger, the pressure to sound better was building and so I bought a “good” guitar and played Matilda less and less. Before I knew it I hadn’t played her in over a year. I wrote this song based on this intense feeling of guilt and sadness and shame and nostalgia and regret, watching her rot away in a corner. I love this guitar and I love Ryan and wanted to do right by them, and I felt like I’d failed them both. I convinced the band that Matilda deserved one last rip on a PUP record, and I played her during the bridge of this song. It sounds so shitty. But good shitty. Great shitty. For me, it was the most joyful and cathartic moment in the entire making of this record.”

    PUP kick off their upcoming tour starting next month, and today they have also announced another slew of tour dates. See below to find a show, including festivals such as Coachella & Shaky Knees, below. Tickets are on-sale now HERE.

    Tour Dates (New in Bold)

    3/26/22 – Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Centre Music Theatre !

    3/27/22 – Hamilton, ON @ Bridgeworks ! [SOLD OUT]

    3/28/22 – Kingston, ON @ The Ale House  !

    3/29/22 – Peterborough, ON @ The Venue !

    4/1/22 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre *^

    4/2/22 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall *^

    4/3/22 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre *^

    4/5/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore *^

    4/8/22 – Victoria, BC @ Capital Ballroom ^

    4/9/22 – Victoria, BC @ Capital Ballroom ^ [SOLD OUT]

    4/10/22 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo ^

    4/11/22 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom +^

    4/13/22 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades +^

    4/15/22 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music and Arts Festival

    4/16/22 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren +^

    4/17/22 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah + [SOLD OUT]

    4/18/22 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah ^ [SOLD OUT]

    4/20/22 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield+^

    4/21/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda #^

    4/22/22 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music and Arts Festival

    4/24/22 – Denver, CO @ The Ogden Theatre +^

    4/25/22 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater +^

    4/27/22 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater +^

    4/28/22 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues +^

    4/29/22 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater +^

    5/1/22 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Music Festival

    5/3/22 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel +^

    5/4/22 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz +^

    5/5/22 – Richmond, VA @ The National +^

    5/6/22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall +^

    5/7/22 – Washington, DC @ The Fillmore Silver Spring +^

    5/9/22 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom +^

    5/10/22 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues +^

    5/11/22 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 +^

    5/13/22 – Montreal, QC @ MTelus +^

    5/14/22 – Toronto, ON @ History +^ [SOLD OUT]

    5/15/22 – Toronto, ON @ History +^

    6/3/22 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues $

    6/4/22 – Royal Oak, MI @ The Royal Oak $

    6/5/22 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s $

    6/6/22 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom $

    6/8/22 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi Annex $

    6/9/22 – Lawrence, KS @ The Granada $

    6/10/22 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant $

    6/11/22 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl $

    6/13/22 – Charleston, SC @ Charleston Music Hall $

    6/14/22 – Columbia, SC @ The Senate $

    6/15/22 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa $

    6/17/22 – Holyoke, MA @ Race Street Block Party $

    6/18/22 – Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall $

    7/8/22 – Cheltenham, UK @ 2000trees Festival

    7/23/22 – Byron Bay, Australia @ Splendour in the Grass

    8/24/22 – 8/27/22 – Málaga, Spain @ Canela Party Festival

    10/12/22 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Beckett Students Union

    10/13/22 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz

    10/14/22 – London, UK @ The Roundhouse

    10/16/22 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 Galvanizers

    10/17/22 – Dublin, IE @ Academy 2

    10/19/22 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk

    10/20/22 – Bristol, UK @ SWX

    10/21/22 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute

    10/23/22 – Paris, FR @ Backstage

    10/24/22 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique

    10/25/22 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg

    10/26/22 – Köln, DE @ Bürgerhaus Stollwerck

    10/28/22 – Berlin, DE @ So36

    10/29/22 – Warsaw, PL @ Hybrydy

    10/30/22 – Prague, CZ @ Rock Cafe

    11/01/22 – Milan, IT @ Bloom

    11/02/22 – Munich, DE @ Strom

    11/03/22 – Hamburg, DE @ Gruenspan

    11/05/22 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset

     

    ! with support from Casper Skulls

    # with support from Skegss

    ^ with support from Pinkshift

    $ with support from Oceanator

    * with support from Cloud Nothings

    + with support from Sheer Mag

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