Bully has announced they will return to touring this summer, starting off in Columbus, OH on July 31 and wrapping up in Seattle, WA on September 4. The tour will support their album SUGAREGG, which had ranked at No. 12 on mxdwn’s Top 50 albums of 2020.

The band’s Alicia Bognanno said during an interview with mxdwn last July that recording the album during the pandemic was difficult, and they had aimed to push releasing it back as much as they could while hoping for touring to return.

“Yeah, we had pushed it back pretty much as much as we could and eventually we just had to release it, which I’m pretty glad we did because it seems like it’s going to be this way indefinitely,” Bognanno said. “So I don’t know if we would have held back, how long we would have been holding back for. But it’s just going to be interesting see, since touring is what usually prolongs the longevity of a record cycle. So it’s interesting to see how long there’s going to be buzz about it without playing shows.”

The album had been led by the singles “Where to Start,” “Hours and Hours,” “Prism” and “Every Tradition.”  Their track “Where to Start” landed at No. 6 on mxdwn’s Top 50 Songs of 2020 list.

UPDATE (5/4): Bully has added more dates in 2021. Added shows include a second Nashville date, a second Atlanta date, a new date in Durham, NC and a full leg of West Coast dates. The band will play shows in LA, Phoenix, Austin and more.

Added more dates to the tour!! Presale starts Wednesday and gen sale on Friday. If you’d like the presale code for Wednesday you can text mezzi to 31996 if not then keep your eyes peeled Friday for those bad boys to go on sale!! pic.twitter.com/xIWPAMx50L

— Bully (@Bully) May 3, 2021

Bully 2021 tour dates

7/31/21 – Columbus, OH
8/13/21 – Nashville, TN
8/14/21 – Nashville, TN
8/20/21 – Birmingham, AL
8/21/21 – Atlanta, GA
8/22/21 – Atlanta, GA
8/23/21 – Durham, NC
8/26/21 – St. Louis, MO
8/27/21 – Chicao, IL
8/28/21 – Chicago, IL
8/29/21 – Chicago, IL
8/30/21 – Milwaukee, WI
8/31/21 – Minneapolis, MN
9/03/21 – Spokane, WA
9/04/21 – Seattle, WA
9/07/21 – Portland, OR
9/11/21 – Los Angeles, CA
9/13/21 – Phoenix, AZ
9/14/21 – Tucson, AZ
9/15/21 – Santa Fe, NM
9/17/21 – Austin, TX
9/18/21 – San Antonio, TX
9/19/21 – Dallas, TX

Photo credit: Kalyn Oyer