The Inspector Cluzo – Dates As Neil Young Special Guest On The European Tour Just Announced

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“Beau et Savage” (Wild and Beautiful) – Rolling Stone France Album Of the Month

“Two organic farmers from Gascony making an album … that swaggers like a rough mix of The White Stripes and early Clutch. Inspired by naturalist Henry David Thoreau and philosopher Guy Debord, this extraordinary scream of social consciousness is the kind of record that will make the hairs at the back of your neck salute.”

 Classic Rock UK review of Less Is More

“The sound is powerful, hard, perfectly calibrated between hard rock and rock blues.” 

 Classic Rock Italy review of Less Is More

Following from the critically acclaimed release of their tenth studio album Less Is More, the Guascon organic farmers duo, The Inspector Cluzo, have confirmed 7 new dates as special guest to legendary musician Neil Young’s “Love Earth World Tour” in June and July 2025.

The band comments: “We’ve been invited by Neil Young to open on 7 gigs of his European tour. It’s a childhood dream which coming true. He’s been our idol since we were kids and he still is. So glad to play our 10^th record ‘Less Is More’ in front of him.”

The tour will see The Inspector Cluzo legendary live performances bring to life tracks from their brand-new album Less Is More, as well as classic gems from their entire career.

The Less Is More Tour has and will continue to further cement the duo’s reputation as one of the hardest working touring bands in contemporary music – visiting USA, Canada and Europe – performing alongside Clutch, Tyler Bryant and now – Neil Young.

Throughout their career The Inspector Cluzo played over 1300 shows in 67 countries, they have completed a sold-out USA support tours with Clutch and Eels in 2019, alongside a host of festival appearances across the globe (including Lollapalooza Chile and Brazil) and a Maiden US headline tour. In the summer of 2022, The Inspector Cluzo played extensively on prestigious stages across Europe, including the widely renowned Hellfest Festival, where they gathered a crowd of 50,000 fans. Now they are gearing up to hit the EU/UK by storm throughout 2025!

TIC will now be touring throughout 2025 with details of announced dates below…

«LESS IS MORE TOUR » EUROPEAN & US/CAN TOUR 

(New dates in red)

13/06 Istres (France) « Rock à l’Usine festival » 
14/06 Valentigney (France) « Boksons Festi Val’ » 
21/06 Jarny (France) « Nuits du rock de Jarny » 
28/06 Auxerre (France) « Catalpa festival »

30/06 Brussels (BE) « Place du Palais Royal »

01/07 Groningen (NL) « Stadspark »

03/07 Berlin (DE) « Waldbühne »

04/07 MonchengladBach « SparkassenPark »

05/07 Saverdun (France) « Festival Les voix sonneuses »

06/07 Montreauz (CH) « Montreux Jazz Festival »

08/07 Stuttgart (DE) « Cannstatter »

13/07 Paris (FR) « Adidas Arena »

US – CAN tour 

30/07 Little Rock (US-AR) « Little Rock Music Hall »(+Clutch) 
31/07 Oklahoma City (US-OK) « Diamond Ballroom »(+Clutch) 
01/08 Austin (US-TX) «  Emo’s »(+Clutch) 

03/08 Fort Collins (US-CO) « Washington’s »(Clutch) 
04/08 Sturgis (US-SD) « Iron Horses Saloon »(+Clutch) 

05/08 Bozeman (US-MT) « The Elm »(+Clutch) 
07/08 Vancouver (CA-BC) « Commodore Ballroom »(+Clutch) 
09/08 Edmonton (CA-AB) « Midway »(+Clutch) 
10/08 Calgary (CA-AB) « Grey Eagle event Center »(+Clutch) 
12/08 Fargo (US-ND) « Up District Festival Field »(+Clutch) 
14/08 Milwaukee (US-WI) « The Rave »(+Clutch) 
15/08 Chesterfield (US-MO) « The Factory »(+Clutch) 
16/08 Hammond (US-IN) « Horseshoe Hammond Casino »(+Clutch) 

EUROPEAN TOUR 
23/08 Legna (France) « Festival les Gueules de Bois »

09/10/25 Brussels (Belgium) « Rotonde/Botanique »

10/10 Amsterdam (Holland) « Melkweg Oz »

11/10 Koln (Germany) « Gebaude 9 »

15/10 Hamburg (Germany)  « Knust »

16/10 Berlin (Germany)  « Lido »

17/10 Munich (Germany)  « Strom »

18/10 Milan (Italy) « Biko »

22/10 Bristol (UK) « The Louisiana »

23/10 Nothingham (UK) «  Bodega »

24/10 Glasgow (UK) « King Tut’s »

25/10 Manchester (UK) « Deaf Institute »

29/10 Dublin (Ireland) «  Wheelan’s »

30/10 Belfast (Northern Ireland) « Limelight 2 »

01/11 London (UK) « The Grace »

06/11 Bordeaux (France) « Salle du Grand Parc »

07/11 La Rochelle (France)  « La Sirène »

08/11 Brest (France)  « La Carène »

12/11 Mulhouse (France) « Le Noumatrouff »

13/11 Nancy (France)  « L’Autre Canal »

14/11 Reims (France)  « La Cartonnerie »

15/11 Lille (France)  « Le Splendid »

20/11 Lyon (France)  « La Rayonne »

21/11 Lausanne (Switzerland) « Les Docks »

22/11 Clermont-Ferrand (France)  « La Coopérative de Mai »

27/11 Marseille (France)  « Espace Julien »

28/11 Montpellier (France)  « Le Rockstore »

29/11 Toulouse (France)  « Bikini »

30/11 Biarritz (France)  « L’Atabal »

04/12 Lorient (France)  « L’hydrophone »

05/12 Caen (France)  « Big Bang Café »

06/12 Alençon (France)  « La Luciole »

10/12 Madrid (Spain) « Wurlitzer Room »

12/12 Porto (Portugal) « Mouco »

13/12 Lisbonna (Portugal) «  Republica dal Musica »

28/01/26 Paris (France)  « La Maroquinerie »

29/01 Paris (France)  « La Maroquinerie »

30/01 Paris (France)  « La Maroquinerie »

31/01 Paris (France)  « La Maroquinerie »

01/02 Paris (France)  « La Maroquinerie »

The Inspector Cluzo’s 10th LP Less Is More is out now via F. The Bass Player Records/Virgin UK International.

The band’s 10^th album was once again recorded with Vance Powell (The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Seasick Steve) in Nashville in 2024. It was recorded completely live in four days and mixed in three. Powell succeeded in catching the band tracksless, no-playback organic live energy which has made the band such a live tour de force. For a singing guitarist and a drummer the band make a huge sound.

The album deals with the bands very real concerns about Post-Growing that they apply at their organic Farm and also in the music business economy. Self-financed at 100% refusing to sign with any major or any hedge funds for touring. They mirror these farming principle’s in their dealings in the music business – such as making efforts to balance their carbon footprint.

From the discordant album opener “We Win Together I’m Losing Alone” (a call to arms for the whole album) to the epic “Almost Cut My Hair”, from the heavy funk riff of “The Greenwashers” to the call to arms of “Workers” (“Workers of the world / Unite), this is an

album that perfectly showcases this bands unique vision. Innovative in their minimalism, a heaviness that belies their numbers and a fascinating lyrical vision.

For more info:

Linkfire – https://theinspectorcluzo.bio.to/Info