VUKOVI Announce Co-Headline Tour With Calva Louise + Festival Appearances This Spring
VUKOVI + CALVA LOUISE ANNOUNCE SPRING 2024 CO-HEADLINE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR PRESENTED BY KNOTFEST’S PULSE OF THE MAGGOTS
BOTH BANDS TO APPEAR AT WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE + SONIC TEMPLE
British Alt-Rock powerhouses VUKOVI(Note to media: Please use ALL CAPS in any coverage) and CALVA LOUISE have announced a debut North American Co-headline tour. The “Pulse of the Maggots” tour is presented by Knotfest and kicks off on May 8 in North Carolina, and runs through May 23 in Brooklyn. All dates are below, including the band’s festival appearances at Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple.
The artist pre-sale is set for Wednesday January 24 at 10am local time. Knotfest and local pre-sales are set for Thursday, January 25 at 10am local time. General on-sale is set for Friday, January 26 at 10am local time. Get tickets here or here.
Stellar Circuits will serve as support on the co-headline dates.
“We are beyond excited to be coming back to play in the U.S., and we couldn’t be happier to share this upcoming tour together with VUKOVI, who are one of our favorite bands! We cannot wait to see our American friends again, make new ones and meet with everyone at the shows,” states CALVA LOUISE’s Jess.
“This is all getting quite real now, isn’t it? America and that” says VUKOVI’s Janine.
VUKOVI + CALVA LOUISE ON TOUR: WITH STELLAR CIRCUIT:
5/8 — Carboro, NC — Cat’s Cradle
5/9 — Atlanta, GA — Purgatory at The Masquerade
5/11 — Daytona Beach, FL — Welcome to Rockville*
5/14 — St.Louis, MO — Blueberry Hill Duck Room
5/16 — Ferndale, MI — Loving Touch
5/17 — Chicago, IL — Subterranean, Chicago
5/18 — Columbus, OH — Sonic Temple*
5/19 — Washington, DC — DC9 Nightclub
5/21 — Philadelphia, PA — Kung Fu Necktie
5/22 — Boston, MA — Brighton Music Hall, Boston
5/23 — Brooklyn, NY — Baby’s All Right
VUKOVI have released three full length albums (2017’s Vukovi; 2020’s Fall Better; and 2022’s NULA (nominated for 5 Heavy Music Awards in 2023.. The band has built up a very dedicated fanbase through extensive touring in the UK and Europe over the past couple of years, playing slots at the likes of Download Pilot, TITP, TRNSMT, Slam Dunk, Reading and Leeds Festival, 2000 Trees, and The Kerrang! Tour. Along with supports for BABYMETAL, PVRIS, ENTER SHIKARI, ONE OK ROCK and NOTHING MORE. The band recently released signed with SharpTone and have shared two singles: “CREEP HEAT” and “MERCY KILL.”
Calva Louise is a multi-cultural British band from Venezuela, France, and New Zealand, aiming at London’s underground live scene and driven by the creative vision of Jess Allanic since their beginning, end of 2016. They’ve played iconic festivals such as Reading & Leeds Festival in England, Riot Fest, and SXSW in the United States and Rock For People in Czech Republic. To date, they’ve toured with the likes of Cassyette, Slothrust, Highly Suspect, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Death Valley Girls, and Albert Hammond Jr. With two albums, several EPs, and a handful of collaborations to their name, Calva Louise have gathered support from BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, Radio X, Clash, The Line Of Best Fit, and DIY Mag. The band self-released their latest mixtape Over The Threshold in December 2023, with seven impressive self-made music videos produced with Unreal Engine. The band recently signed with Mascot Records and is set to be releasing a new album this year.
Formed in 2015, Stellar Circuits emerged to combine the conceptual polarities of groove-oriented music with progressive-minded technicality. Comprised of vocalist Ben Beddick, bassist Jesse Olsen, guitarist Jared Stamey and drummer Tyler Menon, the North Carolina quartet followed their 2015 debut EP with their first full-length album in 2018. Ways We Haunt was recorded with North Carolina’s own Jamie King, a legend in his own right, bringing his signature touch to Stellar Circuits’ first long form release. A national tour with Chevelle followed. The band signed to Nuclear Blast and released Sight to Sound. Itsaw the band working once again with Jamie King to convey their growth and expansion on what they do best.