The New Pornographers Set 2026 U.S. Tour Dates
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- Category: Theatre, Music
- Published on Friday, 26 December 2025 10:41
- Written by A&E Contributing Editor
The New Pornographers are set to tour the U.S. in 2026, kicking off their run on April 22 at The Wilbur in Boston with stops at New York's Webster Hall, Los Angeles' Teragram Ballroom, and many more.
Tickets are available for presale at thenewpornographers.com. Full details and list of dates can be found below. A portion of proceeds from presale tickets sold through the band's website will be donated to upstate New York organization People's Place, who are currently helping those whose SNAP food stamp benefits have been affected with their food pantry.
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Frontperson A.C. Newman recently discussed the upcoming tour dates—as well as the new full-length album the band recently finished recording (due in 2026, details to come)—with Rolling Stone HERE.
Since their debut in 2000, the band's electrifying live show has been singled out for critical acclaim by the likes of NPR Music, Billboard, Consequence and more:
"stunning" NPR Music.
"songs suited for big rooms, all huge choruses and shimmering synthesizers" Billboard.
"They sounded better than they ever have. With often eight people onstage, four different lead vocalists, and a wide arrange of auxiliary instrumentation…it was a performance that their history and music deserved. It was simply great." Consequence.
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"The A.C. Newman-fronted ensemble bring a seasoned sensibility and a deft amount of showmanship to their shows." Dallas Observer.
"An immaculate set…It's hard to pull off a truly collaborative feel when you boast singers like Neko Case and pop masterminds like Carl Newman, but the New Pornos have been doing it for decades and they sounded fresh and flawless on Sunday night." Columbia Daily Tribune.
The group's most recent single, "Ballad of the Last Payphone," is available as a limited 7-inch vinyl first release and is the subject of acclaim from Pitchfork, Brooklyn Vegan, Stereogum and more. Paste named it one of their Best New Songs, raving that "'Ballad of the Last Payphone' hits a different kind of nerve. Less giddy power-pop, more slow-burn meditation, the track leans into melancholy with acoustic strums, ghostly pedal steel, and vocals that swirl like a memory you can't quite shake." Listen to/share the single HERE.
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Further critical acclaim for The New Pornographers:
"Over the course of their 20-plus-year career, the New Pornographers have often specialized in catchy ambiguity. If leader Carl Newman was just a machine cranking out power-pop tunes, it would get boring. But there's also a lot of mixed emotions going on under the surface of their studiously nuanced pop-rock formalism—like if Cheap Trick was as quick-witted as Steely Dan, or the Romantics were as thoughtful as R.E.M." Rolling Stone.
The New Pornographers have released nine studio albums, including their classic debut, Mass Romantic, reissued in 2021 to celebrate its 21st anniversary. Their latest, 2023's Continue as a Guest, marked their debut for Merge Records; New York Magazine lauded, "The New Pornographers are a massive unit bursting with unique and intersecting talents…the band's ninth album serves another helping of their signature dish," while Brooklyn Vegan named it "one of The New Pornographers' most lush albums, thick with synthesizers and horns and harmonies…their unique chemistry is as distinct and appealing as ever." Stereogum.
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TOUR DATES
April 22—Boston, MA—The Wilbur*
April 23—New York, NY—Webster Hall*
April 24—Glenside, PA—Keswick Theatre*
April 25—Rochester, NY—Water Street Music Hall*
April 27—Detroit, MI—El Club*
April 29—Millvale, PA—Mr. Smalls Theatre*
April 30—Cleveland, OH—House of Blues*
May 1—Milwaukee, WI—Turner Hall*
May 2—Minneapolis, MN—The Fitzgerald Theater*
May 3—Chicago, IL—The Metro*
May 5—Englewood, CO—Gothic Theatre*
May 6—Salt Lake City, UT—The Commonwealth Room*
May 8—Seattle, WA—The Showbox*
May 9—Portland, OR—Aladdin Theater*
May 11—San Francisco, CA—The Castro Theatre*
May 12—Los Angeles, CA—Teragram Ballroom*
May 13—Phoenix, AZ—Crescent Ballroom*
May 15—Austin, TX—Mohawk Outside*
May 16—Dallas, TX—The Kessler Theater*
May 17—Baton Rouge, LA—Chelsea's Live*
May 19—Atlanta, GA—Variety Playhouse*
May 20—Saxapahaw, NC—Haw River Ballroom*
May 21—Washington, DC—9:30 Club*
*with Will Sheff (of Okkervil River)
