Fresh off the headlining North American band tour for his new album Here We Go Crazy, Bob Mould announces an additional run of Solo Electric shows across the US, starting with Cincinnati, OH on September 9 and ending with St. Paul, MN on October 11. He had previously announced a short run of solo shows for this summer, including an appearance at the Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival 2025 in Las Vegas on May 25, and stops along the East Coast in July and August. Special guests J. Robbins (solo), The Baseball Project, Loose Cattle, and David Barbe will be opening select shows on the tour (see dates below). Mould says of this run, “We the band spent the past six weeks performing sets focused on the music we recorded together since 2012. Now, with the announcement of new Solo Electric shows, I’m looking forward to adding deeper cuts from my career songbook. The volume will be a touch quieter than the band shows, but the intensity will remain the same. Looking forward!”
Here We Go Crazy, the 15th solo album and first full-length studio album in more than four years from the legendary musician, was released in early March of this year to critical acclaim. Ahead of multiple sold out shows across the country, Mould tore up the stage on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with a special performance of the standout track “When Your Heart Is Broken” –WATCH. He also made stops at record stores in London, Bristol, and Berlin for sold out in-store performances and signings.
Recent Press Quotes:
“…a quintessential Mould-ian mix of pounding aggression,
oceanic guitar buzz, and teaming melody.”
“[Here We Go Crazy] finds the onetime Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman
piling on the sort of speedy riffs, dead-center hooks and scream-of-consciousness
lyrics that have defined much of Mould’s nearly 50-year career.”
“Treasure this man while you can, and treat yourself to a night in his company at the earliest possible opportunity.”
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This Saturday, Mould will be delivering the keynote address for the 2025 commencement ceremony at his alma mater, Macalester College, and will also be receiving an honorary degree. Mould formed Hüsker Dü during his first year at Macalester in 1979, but with the band’s rapid success, he left the college during his final year to go on tour and never graduated. At the time, he was in the process of writing an honors thesis on punk rock as a subculture.
“In 1978, Macalester College accepted and welcomed this 17-year old kid from Malone, NY to St. Paul, Minnesota. Without that opportunity, my life would be completely different. I never imagined I would be asked back to receive an honorary degree, nor did I foresee delivering the commencement speech to the Macalester College graduating class of 2025. I’ll do my best this Saturday.” –Bob Mould