Art collective The Residents announced the 50th Anniversary tour of their first performance in 1971, according to Consequence. The tour is called Dog Stab! and the band will perform tracks from The Third Reich ‘n’ Roll (’76), Duck Stab (’78) and their newest LP, Metal, Meat & Bone, from 2020. The tour will start in Portland, OR, on August 19th and will end month later, in Santa Cruz, CA, on September 18th. The band is set to play at The Parish on September 11th in Austin, TX.
The Residents are maybe one of the biggest mysteries in music history. The collective started in 1969, and they haven’t been identified yet. Their outfits usually consist of some sort of face covering, masks or helmets and tuxedos or suits. The style is varying throughout their career. Probably one of their most iconic looks is when they wore giant eyeball helmets and tuxedos. Because of the lack of association with a person, it is easier to focus on the band’s musical performance. Their songs are often surrealistic and focus on being outside of the norm and the popular standard of western music. According to the New York Times, in 2017, the musician Hardy Fox identified himself as co-founder and composer of the band.
Fox died in 2018 after a brief illness. Fox was also a member of the equally secretive band, Cryptic Corporation. The other members of the group, Homer Flynn, Jay Clem and John Kennedy are often speculated to be the men behind the masks of The Residents. They denied those speculations. The Residents themselves acknowledged Fox to be an essential part of their band.
Check out the tour dates below:
The Residents Dog Stab! Tour:
08/19 — Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
08/20 — Seattle, WA – Fremont Abbey
08/21 — Vancouver, BC – The Imperial
08/23 — Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
08/24 — Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
08/26 — Minneapolis, MN – The Cedar
08/27 — Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
08/28 — Detroit, MI – The Shelter
08/30 — Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
08/31 — Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
09/02 — New York City, NY – (le) poisson rouge
09/03 — Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
09/04 — Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
09/05 — Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
09/06 — Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
09/09 — Dallas, TX – The Kessler
09/10 — Houston, TX – The Heights
09/11 — Austin, TX – Empire Control Room
09/14 — Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole
09/15 — Los Angeles, CA – Regent Theater
09/17 — San Francisco, CA – The Castro
09/18 — Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theater
Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat
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