Barenaked Ladies, Gin Blossoms, & Toad The Wet Sprocket Announce Summer Tour

The 1990's are alive and well!!! Barenaked Ladies have just rolled out the band's sixth “Last Summer On Earth Tour” — with the 2020 edition featuring special guests the Gin Blossoms and Toad The Wet Sprocket. The bands kick off the 34-city jaunt on June 3rd at St. Augustine, Florida's Saint Augustine Amphitheatre and wrap things up seven weeks later on July 23rd Toronto's Budweiser Stage.

Barenaked Ladies frontman Ed Robertson told us the mindset of the band when it comes to touring has changed over the years because they now see performing as their job, which they need to work hard at: “We're trying to practice sustainable development within the band. I think the way a lot of us used to exist was to throw ourselves into the band and try and live our lives in the time off. And recently, I think what we've been trying to do is recognize the fact that we're in this band and we've got to work really hard and we have to live our lives while we do it.”

Gon Blossoms guitarist Jesse Valenzuela explained that aside from the band members' move into middle age, little has changed for them when it comes to hitting the road: “Y'know what, it hasn't changed that much. There's a total lack of enthusiasm right before the show, and then someone says, 'Let's get this thing over with,' and then they go out and play really hard, as hard as they can. I don't know why, it's like they're saving their energy. And then after the show there's this horrible post-mortem and then there's this low-grade bickering, and then we go back to the hotel and then the guys adjourn to somebody's room and have a little party.”

JUST ANNOUNCED: Barenaked Ladies / Gin Blossoms / Toad The Wet Sprocket tour dates (subject to change):

June 3 – St. Augustine, FL – Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
June 4 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre
June 6 – Houston, TX – Revention Music Center
June 7 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
June 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Federal Theatre
June 12 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
June 13 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
June 14 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre
June 16 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
June 18 – Redmond, WA – Marymoor Amphitheater
June 19 – Troutdale, OR – Edgefield
June 20 – Airway Heights, WA – Northern Quest Resort & Casino
June 23 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 25 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
June 26 – Prior Lake, MN – Mystic Lake Casino
June 27 – Council Bluffs, IA – Stir Concert Cove at Harrah’s Council Bluffs
June 29 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
July 1 – St. Louis, MO – TBA
July 3 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
July 4 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 5 – Indianapolis, IN – White River State Park
July 7 – Lewiston, NY – Artpark Amphitheater
July 8 – New York, NY – Central Park SummerStage
July 10 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
July 11 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
July 12 – Boston, MA – Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
July 14 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
July 15 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
July 17 – Charleston, SC – Volvo Car Stadium
July 18 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
July 19 – Baltimore, MD – MECU Pavilion
July 21 – Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion at Riverbend
July 22 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
July 23 – Toronto, ONT – Budweiser Stage