The Bad Plus Announce Tour Dates Ahead of New Album, “Complex Emotions”
The Bad Plus recently announced their upcoming album Complex Emotions will drop on November 8th. The quartet, featuring the magical rhythm section of Dave King and Reid Anderson, has now unveiled a set of winter tour dates to support it.
The band will begin in Woodstock, New York, on November 12th and head all the way down the coast to Florida before a run of dates at Dakota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, around Christmas. After a month-long break, they’ll pick up in Ohio on February 7th for a few dates before a five-night stay at Birdland in New York City. The final date is slated for February 23rd in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
Complex Emotions will mark the band’s second album since guitarist Ben Monder and saxophonist Chris Speed completed their new four-man lineup. With two years under their belt, the record cements the group’s new sound.
“With this new album and this new batch of music, we’re planting a flag to say that this version of the band has really come into its own,” Anderson explains. “A big part of what the sound of this band is is the willingness to explore complex emotions. That’s something that we’re not only comfortable with but that we’ve embraced from the beginning of the band.”
Hear the official audio for the first single from Complex Emotions, “French Horns.”
The Bad Plus 2024 Tour Dates:
| Date | Location | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 12 | Woodstock, NY | Bearsville Theater |
| Nov 13 | Portsmouth, NH | Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club |
| Nov 14 | South Orange, NJ | SOPAC |
| Nov 15 | St. Louis, MO | City Winery |
| Nov 17 | Chicago, IL | City Winery |
| Nov 30 | Orlando, FL | Judson’s Live at Dr. Phillips |
| Dec 1 | Orlando, FL | Judson’s Live at Dr. Phillips |
| Dec 25 | Minneapolis, MN | Dakota |
| Dec 26 | Minneapolis, MN | Dakota |
| Dec 27 | Minneapolis, MN | Dakota |
| Dec 28 | Minneapolis, MN | Dakota |
| Feb 7 | Cleveland, OH | The Bop Stop |
| Feb 8 | Indianapolis, IN | The Jazz Kitchen |
| Feb 9 | Franklin, TN | Franklin Theatre |
| Feb 16 | Cambridge, MA | The Sinclair |
| Feb 18 | New York, NY | Birdland Jazz Club |
| Feb 19 | New York, NY | Birdland Jazz Club |
| Feb 20 | New York, NY | Birdland Jazz Club |
| Feb 21 | New York, NY | Birdland Jazz Club |
| Feb 22 | New York, NY | Birdland Jazz Club |
| Feb 23 | Ardmore, PA | Ardmore Music Hall |
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