Los Angeles punk legends X have announced Smoke & Fiction, which they’re calling their final album, as well as a farewell tour. All four original members — John Doe, Exene Cervenka, DJ Bonebrake and Billy Zoom – made the album with producer Rob Schnapf (Beck, Foo Fighters) and it will be out August 2 via Fat Possum Records.
The first single from the album is “Big Black X” which pays tribute to the last 40+ years and sounds like classic X. Exene says, “X is a great band name; also a bad idea sometimes when it gets lost in print or on the marquee. Gotta have a sense of humor. We all did in the early days. Los Angeles was a carnival of weirdness back then, with left over traces of silent movie stars, long haired hippies, bikers, and brand new self-defined punks doing anything we wanted. When we started touring the country we found like-minded people everywhere, and somehow they all found us. Even if the X was lost on the old marquee.” Watch the video below.
X’s farewell tour includes a NYC show on October 4 at The Town Hall. You can get tickets early with the BrooklynVegan Presale that starts Wednesday, June 26 at 10 AM. Use password VEGAN.
Any remaining tickets go on sale Friday, June 28 at 10 AM local time. All dates are listed below.
Smoke & Fiction:
Ruby Church
Sweet Til The Bitter End
The Way It Is
Flipside
Big Black X
Smoke & Fiction
Struggle
Winding Up the Time
Face in the Moon
Baby & All
“X ~ The End is Near ~ Smoke & Fiction Tour”:
6/24 – Los Angeles, CA – The Troubadour – SOLD OUT
7/6 – Kansas City, MO – The Uptown
7/7 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
7/9 – St. Louis, MO – Del Mar Hall
7/10 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
7/12 – Minneapolis, MN – The Varsity
7/13 – Chicago, IL – Square Roots Festival
7/14 – Chicago, IL – Fitzgerald’s – SOLD OUT
7/16 – Detroit, MI – The Masonic
7/17 – Kent, OH – The Kent Stage
7/19 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue
7/25 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent
7/26 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent
7/28 – Costa Mesa, CA – Pacific Amphitheatre
7/30 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
8/19 – Menlo Park, CA – The Guild Theatre
8/20 – Menlo Park, CA – The Guild Theatre
8/22 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
8/23 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
8/25 – Portland, OR – The Aladdin
8/28 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
8/30 – Denver, CO – The Summit
9/01 – Albuquerque, NM – The El Rey
9/22 – Derry, NH – Tupelo Music Hall
9/23 – Boston, MA – The Wilbur
9/25 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
9/26 – Rochester, NY – Water Street Music Hall
9/27 – Pittsburgh, PA – Jergel’s
9/28 – Falls Church, CA – The State Theatre
9/30 – Philadelphia, PA – Keswick Theater
10/1 – Patchogue, NY – Patchogue, Theatre
10/2 – Norwalk, CT – District Music Hall
10/4 – New York, NY – Town Hall
10/5 – Middletown, CT – Harbor Park
10/18 – Austin, TX – The Paramount
10/19 – San Antonio, TX – Empire Live
10/21 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
10/22 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
10/24 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall
10/25 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
10/26 – Birmingham, AL – Iron City
10/29 – Charlotte, NC – The Neighborhood Theatre
10/30 – Columbia, SC – The Senate