The Baseball Project and The Minus 5 confirmed a Summer Doubleheader Tour 2025 this September celebrating the 10th anniversary of the release of their 2015 Redeyed in Austin (Yep Roc) co-release, just as the national pastime pennant race s heat up.
The murderers’ row lineup of The Baseball Project Doubleheader Tour is a virtual who’s who of alt-rock veterans rhapsodizing about Major League Baseball (MLB) comprised of Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5), Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate), Linda Pitmon (Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3), Peter Buck (R.E.M.) and Mike Mills (R.E.M.). Scott, Peter and Linda play in several active bands together (The Minus 5, Filthy Friends, Luke Haines & Peter Buck to name a few). Mike is also in the Big Star band with Jody Stephens and Chris Stamey, while Steve has been focused on touring the release of his recent memoir across Europe and the U.S.
The Baseball Project will headline the tour and also perform an opening set as The Minus 5, the McCaughey-led musical collective who just released an acclaimed new album, Oar On, Penelope! Tour dates are as follows:
9/10 @ Intuition Ale Works, Jacksonville, FL
9/11 @ Saturn, Birmingham, AL
9/12 @ 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
9/14 @ Bourbon & Beyond Festival, Louisville, KY
9/16 @ Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, Maquoketa, IA
9/17 @ Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN
9/18 @ Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL
9/19 @ Bell’s Eccentric Café, Kalamazoo, MI
9/20 @ Mr. Small’s Theatre, Millvale, PA
9/21 @ White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, NJ
9/23 @ Crystal Ballroom, Somerville, MA
9/24 @ MilkBoy, Philadelphia, PA
9/25 @ The Hamilton, Washington, DC
9/26 @ The Broadberry, Richmond, VA
9/27 @ Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
9/28 @ Mountain Stage, WV
9/30 @ Terminal West, Atlanta, GA
Formed in 2007, The Baseball Project has released four albums, of songs inspired by and paying homage to the national pastime, as well as a collection of songs for ESPN.com in 2010 and an exclusive live split EP with The Minus 5 for Record Store Day in 2015. Be it songs about MLB legends like “The Babe,” humorous and heartfelt salutes to lesser-known players like “Pasqual on the Perimeter” about Brave Pasqual Perez getting lost on the way to a game or a song like “They Played Baseball” that rattles off a whole rogues gallery of major league stars with all-too-human foibles, there are no rules as to what constitutes a baseball song…or a great rock show. They just play high energy rock shows and make damn fine rock records which honor, skewer and wax nostalgic about the grand old game.