Rising emo band First Day Back, whose debut album was of our favorite punk LPs of 2025, have announced a summer tour. They wrote on Instagram: “IT’S HAPPENING! WE’RE GRADUATING COLLEGE! 🧑🎓🏫 of course the only option is hitting our longest tour ever in the summer !!” All dates are listed below.
Joining them on the tour will be gapyear, along with reunited emo vets Ethel Meserve and On Being an Angel on select dates. The NYC show happens July 19 at Baby’s All Right. Tickets go on sale Thursday, May 7 at 12 PM local.
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First Day Back / gapyear – 2025 Tour Dates
july 9th – tucson, az / club congress *^
july 11th – austin, tx / 29th street ballroom *^
july 12th – houston, tx / the end *^
july 14th – nashville, tn / drkmttr ~
july 15th – atlanta, ga / aisle 5 ~
july 17th – carboro, nc / cat’s cradle – back room ~
july 18th – washington dc / the fridge
july 19th – brooklyn, ny / baby’s all right
july 22nd – philadelphia, pa / first unitarian church
july 24th – pittsburgh, pa / bottlerocket social hall
july 25th – columbus, oh / dirty dungarees
july 28th – st. louis, mo / the sinkhole
july 29th – kansas city, mo / howdy
july 30th – oklahoma city, ok / resonant head
august 1st – albuquerque, nm / launchpad
* no gapyear.
^ w/ on being an angel.
~ w/ ethel meserve. other support tba.