8/11THE ARISTOCRATS to perform first ever LIVESTREAM concert!
We are offering all our fans around the world a livestream of our concert at Reggie’s in Chicago at 9:00pm local time on August 20th, 2022. The show is a part of our DEFROST Tour of North America, currently in progress. Tickets are available at www.zuma.live/event/53 and purchasers can stream the show from live showtime up until 24 hours later.
This is a total first for us; we’re excited about it, and there are a lot of good reasons why we felt as a band that this was the right time. First off, it’s super high quality audio and video, at a venue we know and love – Reggie’s – with Zuma Live who has done many successful high profile livestream shows. Second, we had to cancel our El Paso and Albuquerque shows on this tour due to COVID issues, and other folks couldn’t come to other shows for the same reason, so hopefully everyone affected by this unprecedented situation can check this out and see the actual tour show.
Third, it’s been two years since we’ve been to Europe and six years since we’ve been to Asia or South America. We have a lot of fans around the world and it’s been difficult to get there lately, for obvious reasons. So we wanted to share our live show with them before next year – they’ve waited long enough!
Why did we wait so long to do something like this? Our longstanding belief as a band is that concerts are meant to be enjoyed in the moment, and it’s no secret that Guthrie in particular is averse to ever-present phones and video shot from the crowd. At the same time, the COVID era has kept us off the road for a long time, and present-day touring is still challenging (evidenced by the two cancelled shows). This is a special circumstance, and so we wanted to make this high-quality livestream concert – with multi-track-mixed audio and 4-camera 6K video – a special event to connect with our fans wherever they may live. We’re looking forward to it and hope you can join us!
The Aristocrats DEFROST North American Tour – remaining dates
DATE – VENUE, CITY, STATE
August 11, 2022 – Imperial Bell, Quebec City, QC
August 12, 2022 – Café Campus, Montreal, QC
August 13, 2022 – Café Campus, Montreal, QC
August 14, 2022 – Opera House, Toronto, ON
August 16, 2022 – This Is Red, Pittsburgh, PA
August 17, 2022 – Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
August 18, 2022 – The Magic Bag, Detroit, MI
August 19, 2022 – Irving Theater, Indianapolis, IN
August 20, 2022 – Reggie’s, Chicago, IL
August 22, 2022 – Amsterdam Bar And Hall, St, Paul, MN
August 23, 2022 – xBk Live, Des Moines, IA
August 24, 2022 – RecordBar, Kansas City, MO
August 26, 2022 – The Black Sheep, Colorado Springs, CO
August 27, 2022 – Marquis Theater, Denver, CO
August 28, 2022 – Mesa Theater, Grand Junction, CO
August 29, 2022 – Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
August 30, 2022 – The Shredder, Boise, ID
September 1, 2022 – Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC
September 2, 2022 – Neumos, Seattle, WA
September 3, 2022 – Star Theater, Portland, OR
September 5, 2022 – The Dip, Redding, CA
September 6, 2022 – Harlow’s, Sacramento, CA
September 8, 2022 – 1720, Los Angeles, CA
September 9, 2022 – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
See you on the road (and streaming live) soon!
Guthrie, Bryan and Marco
8/05THE DEFROST TOUR North America – Second Half Starts August 9!
We had a blast on the first half of THE DEFROST TOUR across North America, ending with a sold out show in NYC at Gramercy Theater! But we’ve got plenty to go for the second half, starting August 9 in Boston.
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS to see The Aristocrats first trek across North America since 2019!
DEFROST TOUR – REMAINING DATES
August 9 – Boston – The Middle East
August 11 – Quebec City – Imperial Bell
August 12 – Montreal – Café Campus
August 13 – Montreal – Café Campus
August 14 – Toronto – Opera house
August 16 – Pittsburgh – This Is Red
August 17 – Cleveland – Beachland Ballroom
August 18 – Detroit – Magic Bag
August 19 – Indianapolis – Radio Radio
August 20 – Chicago – Reggie’s
August 22 – St. Paul – Amsterdam Bar & Hall
August 23 – Des Moines IA – xBk Live
August 24 – Kansas City – RecordBar
August 26 – Colorado Springs – The Black Sheep
August 27 – Denver – Marquis Theater
August 28 – Grand Junction – Mesa Theater
August 29 – Salt Lake City – Urban Lounge
August 30 – Boise – The Shredder
September 1 – Vancouver – The Rickshaw
September 2 – Seattle – Neumo’s
September 3 – Portland – Star Theater
September 5 – Redding – The Dip
September 6 – Sacramento – Harlow’s
September 8 – Los Angeles – Club 1720
September 9 – San Francisco – Great American Music Hall
Hope to see you there!
–The Aristocrats
7/06NEW SHOW ADDED TO THE DEFROST TOUR!
We will now be returning to The Dip in Redding, CA on Monday September 5th! Tickets for this new show, along with the rest of the tour, can be found here.
6/29SAN PEDRO SHOWS **DATE CHANGE**
Hey everyone – due to unforeseen logistical difficulties, we are moving the first two shows of the tour at Alvas Showroom from:
July 1 and 2
to
July 4 and 5.
The Friday July 1 8pm show has been moved to Monday, July 4 at 5pm. It lasts about 2 hours and should finish at around 7pm (in time for fireworks!).
The Saturday July 2 8pm show has been moved to Tuesday, July 5 at 8pm. It lasts about 2 hours and should finish at around 10pm.
These shows are mostly sold out at the moment. For ticket holders, if these changes are acceptable, you need do nothing. Your tickets for July 1 are good for July 4, and your tickets for July 2 are good for July 5. If the new date doesn’t work for you, Alvas will gladly cancel and refund your ticket cost including handling charges.
IMPORTANT: You must let Alvas know if you would like a refund **by Wednesday June 29 midnight**. This deadline is so they may offer the tickets to other patrons.
Please email BOOKING@ALVAS.COM if you need a refund ASAP. We apologise for any inconvenience and sincerely appreciate your understanding!
– The Aristocrats
6/21The Aristocrats With Primuz Chamber Orchestra – Now Streaming!
Our new album The Aristocrats With Primuz Chamber Orchestra is now available to stream from all the usual platforms! Spotify and Apple Music users can head to https://linktr.ee/AristocratsBand to start listening now!
6/03The Aristocrats With Primuz Chamber Orchestra – Available Now!
Hello everyone!
It’s The Aristocrats here! We’re just leaving you a quick message because, as of today, our new album The Aristocrats With Primuz Chamber Orchestra is out now! It’s our first orchestral collaboration and acts as a lush and lavish musical re-imagination and sonic reinvention of compositions from throughout our catalog. All order links can be found at https://linktr.ee/AristocratsBand
You can now also check out the third video for the album, featuring rare band footage and Primuz Chamber Orchestra tracking shots. See the video for “Stupid 7” here:
…and just in case you missed them, you can find two additional videos in our previous news posts below.
The release of The Aristocrats With Primuz Chamber Orchestra also means we are now just weeks before the start of our first tour in over two years – the 10-week, 50-date North American DEFROST tour, on which some new material will be debuted! All dates and ticket links are available at https://the-aristocrats-band.com/shows
Before we go we want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who has already pre-ordered the album, and whether you pre-ordered it or want to pick it up from today, we hope you enjoy listening to it! Maybe we’ll see you at one of our upcoming shows too! :-)
Cheers!
Guthrie, Bryan and Marco
5/24“Jack’s Back” Official Video Now Online!
Check out the second single “Jack’s Back” from our upcoming album The Aristocrats With Primuz Chamber Orchestra.
Don’t forget, the album drops on June 3rd and you can pre-order it here: https://linktr.ee/AristocratsBand
