“I Woke Up to a DM”: How Nicole Fiorentino Joined Garbage’s Comeback Tour
Earlier this year, Garbage announced that Nicole Fiorentino had joined their ranks as a touring member. The bassist, known for her time in Veruca Salt and Smashing Pumpkins, has already been on the road with the band in South America. Now, she will join them for a 31-city tour across North America in the fall to support their upcoming studio album, Let All That We Imagine Be Light.
The “Happy Endings” tour marks their first headline tour in the U.S. in a decade. It will kick off September 3rd in Orlando, Florida and cross the entire country until it wraps up on November 2nd in Phoenix, Arizona.
In a recent interview with Bass Player, Fiorentino explained how she was hired.
“One Saturday morning early this year, I woke up to a DM on my Instagram from Shirley [Mason] asking if I’d be interested in the gig. We had never met, so I was pretty surprised,” she said. “In addition, I had gotten an email from Butch Vig. I thought it was really cool that they both reached out to me personally and didn’t go through management or anything. I got back to them really quickly and said, ‘Absolutely. I’d be honored.’”
Let All That We Imagine Be Light will be released on May 30th.
Garbage “The Happy Endings” 2025 Tour Dates:
| Date | Location | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | Orlando, FL | Hard Rock Café |
| Sep 5 | Pompano Beach, FL | Pompano Beach Amphitheatre |
| Sep 6 | St Petersburg, FL | Jannus Live |
| Sep 8 | Atlanta, GA | The Eastern |
| Sep 10 | Nashville, TN | The Pinnacle |
| Sep 12 | Cleveland, OH | Agora Theatre |
| Sep 13 | Detroit, MI | Masonic Cathedral Theatre |
| Sep 16 | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Music Hall |
| Sep 17 | Washington, DC | The Anthem |
| Sep 18 | Boston, MA | Roadrunner |
| Sep 20 | Brooklyn, NY | Brooklyn Paramount |
| Sep 23 | Pittsburgh, PA | Stage AE |
| Sep 24 | Toronto, ON | History |
| Sep 29 | Chicago, IL | The Salt Shed |
| Sep 30 | Newport, KY | MegaCorp Pavilion |
| Octr 1 | Columbus, OH | KEMBA Live! |
| Octr 3 | Madison, WI | The Sylvee |
| Octr 4 | Minneapolis, MN | First Avenue |
| Octr 6 | Kansas City, MO | Midland Theatre |
| Octr 7 | Dallas, TX | The Bomb Factory |
| Octr 12 | Denver, CO | The Mission Ballroom |
| Octr 15 | Seattle, WA | Paramount Theatre |
| Octr 18 | Spokane, WA | Knitting Factory Spokane |
| Octr 20 | Vancouver, BC | Orpheum |
| Octr 21 | Portland, OR | McMenamins Crystal Ballroom |
| Octr 23 | Saratoga, CA | The Mountain Winery |
| Octr 24 | San Francisco, CA | The Warfield |
| Octr 26 | Reno, NV | Silver Legacy Resort Casino |
| Octr 29 | Salt Lake City, UT | Rockwell at The Complex |
| Octr 31 | Las Vegas, NV | The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas - The Chelsea |
| Nov 2 | Phoenix, AZ | The Van Buren |
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