Kurt Vile has a new album coming and a world tour to match. ‘Philadelphia’s been good to me’ arrives May 29 on Verve Records, led by the single “Chance To Bleed,” and the tour kicks off June 16 at History in Toronto before running through North America, the UK, and Europe well into September, with a second North American run picking back up in November. The hometown headline show at The Dell Music Center in Philadelphia on July 25 features co-headliners Pavement, making it one of the summer’s most anticipated shows on paper.
Vile describes the record as his most personal and most organic to date, largely self-produced across home studio settings in Los Angeles, Memphis, Athens, and his basement in Mt. Airy, Philadelphia. “This is my ‘bringing it all back home to Philly’ record,” he says. “I’m treating it like my last record. I put everything into it. It’s my best vocal record. It’s my best electric guitar record.” That’s a significant claim from someone who’s been building one of the most consistent catalogs in indie rock for nearly two decades, and the lead single backs it up.
The gear traveled with him, the analog warmth stayed consistent, and the result is what Vile calls a return to home-recording roots at higher fidelity. “I’ve been waiting for that kinda natural element to show up again in my recordings, like the old home recording days,” he says. “I think I finally caught that again, but in a higher fidelity; it’s never overly polished, but it’s still pretty damn shimmery.” For a songwriter whose strengths have always lived in texture and feel, that’s exactly the right instinct.
The tour runs with multiple support acts across different legs, including The Sadies, Ryan Davis and The Roadhouse Band, Being Dead, and Twisted Teens, among others.
‘Philadelphia’s been good to me’ is out May 29 on Verve Records.
Kurt Vile 2026 Tour Dates:
June 16 — Toronto, ON — History
June 17 — Montreal, QC — Beanfield Theatre
June 19 — Burlington, VT — Higher Ground
June 20 — Greenfield, MA — Green River Festival
June 21 — Asbury Park, NJ — Stone Pony (North to Shore Fest)
June 22 — Pittsburgh, PA — Mr. Smalls Theatre
June 23 — Cleveland, OH — The Roxy
June 25 — Detroit, MI — Saint Andrew’s Hall
June 26 — Chicago, IL — Salt Shed
June 27 — Eau Claire, WI — Blue Ox Music Festival
June 28 — St Paul, MN — Palace Theatre
July 1 — Vancouver, BC — Commodore Ballroom
July 2 — Portland, OR — Revolution Hall
July 3 — Seattle, WA — 5th Avenue Theatre
July 5 — South Lake Tahoe, CA — The Hangar
July 7 — San Francisco, CA — The Castro Theater
July 8 — Los Angeles, CA — The Novo
July 9 — San Diego, CA — The Observatory North Park
July 10 — Phoenix, AZ — Van Buren
July 11 — Santa Fe, NM — The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co.
July 13 — Austin, TX — ACL Live at The Moody Theatre
July 14 — Houston, TX — Heights Theater
July 15 — Dallas, TX — Longhorn Ballroom
July 17 — Atlanta, GA — The Eastern
July 18 — Nashville, TN — Ryman Auditorium
July 19 — Asheville, NC — Orange Peel
July 20 — Saxapahaw, NC — Haw River Ballroom
July 22 — Washington, DC — Howard Theatre
July 23 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount
July 24 — Boston, MA — Royale
July 25 — Philadelphia, PA — The Dell Music Center (w/ Pavement)
August 13 — Paredes de Coura, PT — Paredes de Coura Festival
August 15 — Saint-Malo, FR — La Route du Rock
August 17 — Hamburg, DE — Mojo
August 18 — Copenhagen, DK — Vega
August 21 — Trondheim, NO — Pstereo
August 23 — Hasselt, BE — Pukkelpop
August 24 — Amsterdam, NL — Paradiso
August 25 — Nijmegen, NL — Doornroosje
August 27 — La Tour-de-Peilz, CH — Nox Orae
August 28 — Paris, FR — Rock en Seine
August 29 — Luxembourg, LU — Den Atelier
August 30 — Köln, DE — Gloria
September 1 — Munich, DE — Muffathalle
September 2 — Prague, CZ — Archa+
September 3 — Berlin, DE — Huxleys Neue Welt
September 4 — Maastricht, NL — Zero for Three
September 6 — Dorset, UK — End of the Road
September 7 — Bristol, UK — The Crane
September 8 — Brighton, UK — Chalk
September 9 — London, UK — Troxy
September 11 — Manchester, UK — The Ritz
September 12 — Birmingham, UK — XOYO
September 13 — Glasgow, UK — SWG3 TV Studio
September 14 — Dublin, IE — Vicar Street
September 15 — Leeds, UK — Project
November 4 — Buffalo, NY — Asbury Hall
November 5 — Columbus, OH — Newport Music Hall
November 6 — Louisville, KY — Headliners Music Hall
November 7 — St. Louis, MO — The Sovereign
November 8 — Milwaukee, WI — Turner Hall
November 10 — Des Moines, IA — Wooly’s
November 11 — Lawrence, KS — Liberty Hall
November 12 — Omaha, NE — The Waiting Room
November 13 — Fort Collins, CO — Washington’s
November 14 — Denver, CO — Summit
November 16 — Fayetteville, AR — George’s Majestic Lounge
November 17 — Memphis, TN — Minglewood Hall
November 18 — New Orleans, LA — Joy Theatre
November 20 — Athens, GA — 40 Watt Club
November 21 — Charleston, SC — The Music Farm
November 22 — Charlotte, NC — Neighborhood Theatre
November 23 — Richmond, VA — The National
November 24 — Baltimore, MD — Ottobar