Modest Mouse‘s mainstream breakthrough fourth album, Good News for People Who Love Bad News, turned 20 on Saturday (4/6), and to celebrate they gave it an expanded anniversary edition. They’re also “tentatively planning a tour for the fall,” Isaac Brock told Rolling Stone on their Music Now podcast. It would feature the original band who played on the album, and Brock told Rolling Stone, “It’s the only record where I can do a tour with all the living members, all the exact same members.” Stay tuned for more details.
Brock also told Rolling Stone that he’s been recording songs for a new Modest Mouse album with Jacknife Lee and Dave Sardy, and plans to release it next spring. “In my early days of putting out records, I wrote music every fucking day,” he told Rolling Stone. “And then sometime after The Moon and Antarctica, I spent less time and then I spent less time and less time, and then gaps got big and I didn’t like that. So, yeah, I’m happy to be back to writing every day again.” Listen to the podcast episode in full below.
Modest Mouse are touring with Pixies and Cat Power again in June, including an NYC show at Forest Hills Stadium on June 15. See all dates below.
MODEST MOUSE / PIXIES / CAT POWER: 2024 TOUR DATES
Fri May 31 – Charleston, SC – Firefly Distillery
Sat Jun 01 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Sun Jun 02 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater
Tue Jun 04 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
Wed Jun 05 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center
Fri Jun 07 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE ^
Sat Jun 08 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Sun Jun 09 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
Tue Jun 11 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
Wed Jun 12 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at The Mann
Fri Jun 14 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Sat Jun 15 – Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
Sun Jun 16 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
Tue Jun 18 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
Wed Jun 19 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Thu Jun 20 – Minneapolis, MN – Surly Brewing Company
Sat Jun 22 – Madison, WI – Breese Stevens Field
Sun Jun 23 – Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall
Mon Jun 24 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
Wed Jun 26 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
Thu Jun 27 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Fri Jun 28 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
Sun Jun 30 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green
^ Without Pixies