BUY / STREAM “WAITING” & “KILL SOMETHING” HERE
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES BEGIN APRIL 1, 2022
2022 HEADLINE TOUR TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY HERE
TOUR DATES WITH BILLY TALENT + NOBRO BEGIN FEBRUARY 7, 2022
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Toronto punk heroes PUP—comprised of Stefan Babcock, Nestor Chumak, Zack Mykula, and Steve Sladkowski—release their first new original songs of 2021 today, and announce their triumphant return to touring with a U.S. and Canadian run slated for 2022. Tickets will be available for pre-sale tomorrow courtesy of Spotify Fans First, as well as via a Seated fan club pre-sale, where $1 per pre-sale ticket will go towards the Indian Residential School Survivors Society. General on-sale is this Friday. See below to find a show near you and get your tickets.
2022 TOUR TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY HERE
The two new PUP tracks, “Waiting” and “Kill Something”, were produced by GRAMMY Award winner Peter Katis (Interpol, The National, Kurt Vile). “Waiting”, which features fellow Canadian punk artist Kathryn McCaughey (NOBRO), is a riotous, joyful and ridiculously fun track that has everything you want from a PUP song, and more. Stefan explains why: “‘Waiting’ came about by smashing the heaviest riff Nestor could write with the simplest, most uplifting chorus I could write, just to see what would happen. The results were very quintessentially PUP, in that the song is a flurry of darkness and anger through the joyous lens of four guys just happy to be here, four guys who don’t take themselves seriously enough to make music that doesn’t feel like fun, regardless of the subject matter.”
LISTEN AND SHARE “WAITING” HERE
“Kill Something” is about Stefan’s dog Moose, who loves to destroy his favorite things, and then is sad that those things are destroyed. We feel you, Moose.
LISTEN AND SHARE “KILL SOMETHING” HERE
BUY / STREAM “WAITING” & “KILL SOMETHING” HERE
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PUP released Morbid Stuff in 2019 to critical acclaim, earning countless year-end nods, their late-night debut on Late Night With Seth Meyers, the JUNO Award for Alternative Album of The Year, the short list for the Polaris Music Prize, and sold-out shows across the globe. They then greeted 2020 with the aptly titled EP, This Place Sucks Ass, and the live album Live at The Electric Ballroom, the proceeds of which earned almost $30k for Critical Resistance + Breakaway Addiction Services in Toronto.
TOUR DATES
02/07/22 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre %
02/08/22 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre %
02/10/22 - Calgary, AB - Big Four %
02/11/22 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Convention Centre %
02/14/22 - Vancouver, BC - PNE Forum %
04/01/22 - Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian Theatre ^ *
04/02/22 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall ^ *
04/03/22 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre ^ *
04/05/22 - Minneapolis, MN - The Fillmore ^ *
04/09/22 - Victoria, BC - Capital Ballroom ^
04/10/22 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo ^
04/11/22 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom ^ +
04/16/22 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren ^ +
04/24/22 - Denver, CO - The Ogden Theatre ^ +
04/27/22 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater ^ +
04/28/22 - Houston, TX - House of Blues ^ +
04/29/22 - Austin, TX - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater ^ +
05/01/22 - Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Music Festival
05/03/22 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel ^ +
05/04/22 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz ^ +
05/05/22 - Richmond, VA - The National ^ +
05/06/22 - Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall ^ +
05/07/22 - Washington, DC - The Fillmore Silver Spring ^ +
05/09/22 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom ^ +
05/10/22 - Boston, MA - House of Blues ^ +
05/11/22 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 ^ +
05/13/22 - Montreal, QC - MTelus ^ +
05/14/22 - Toronto, ON - History ^ +
07/06/22 - Chettenham, UK - 2000trees Festival
08/24/22 - Malaga, ES - Canela Party Festival
% with Billy Talent + NOBRO
^ with support from Pinkshift
* with support from Cloud Nothings
+ with support from Sheer Mag