Bright Eyes have announced a long 2025 tour and are back with another new song from their upcoming album Five Dice, All Threes. “Rainbow Overpass” is a horn single featuring vocals from Alex Orange Drink of the So So Glos. Listen to it below.
Conor Oberst elaborated on this collaboration at the heart of “Rainbow Overpass” in a statement, saying: “[Alex is] kind of like my hype man, getting some Beastie Boys! They grew up on punk rock and the Beasties, so there are lots of little bursts of other voices. I like this. It creates energy. Sometimes music can feel flat until you're in a live situation, when there's adrenaline and raw energy. Instead of working backwards, where that happens as we tour, I was trying to put some of that energy into the record.”
Bright Eyes already had a few tour dates on the book for this fall in the US and Europe, but now they're expanding their run with a long list of gigs that keep them on the road into 2025. The new dates kick off in Phoenix, Arizona on January 16th and runs through April 26th, when Bright Eyes perform in West Des Moines, Iowa. Check out their full list of tour dates below.
In addition to Alex Orange Drink, who co-wrote several other songs on the record, Five Dice, All Threes features guests Cat Power and the National's Matt Berninger. Here's the band's 2020 comeback record Down in the weeds, Where the world once was and features the lead single “Bells and Whistles” from last June.
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Shiny eyes:
09-19 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
09-21 Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
09-22 Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha
10-11 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
10-12 Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
10-13 Las Vegas, NV – Best Friends Forever Fest
11-10 Wolverhampton, England – Wulfrun Hall
11-11 London, England – O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
11-12 Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
11-13 Ghent, Belgium – Concerts Ha
11-14 Cologne, Germany – Carlswerk Victoria
11-15 Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
11-16 Weissenhäuser Strand, Germany – Rollingstone Beach
11-18 Stockholm, Sweden – Fållan
11-19 Oslo, Norway – Parkteatret Stage
01-16 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
01-18 – Del Mar, CA – The Sound
01-19 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
01-20 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
01-21 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theater
01-23 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom
01-24 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
01-25 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
01-26 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
02-26 – Fayetteville, AR – George's Majestic Lounge
02-27 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at Moody Theatre
02-28 – Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum
03-01 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater
02-03 – Baton Rouge, LA – Chelsea's Live
03-03 – Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theater
03-05 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
03-07 – Orlando, FL – The Beacham Theatre
03-08 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
03-09 – Knoxville, TN – The Mill & Mine
03-10 – Richmond, VA – The National
03-13 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
03-14 – Pelham, TN – The Caverns
03-17 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall
03-18 – Little Rock, AR – The Hall
03-20 – Tulsa, OK – Cain's Ballroom
03-21 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theatre
03-22 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
04-03 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
04-04 – Saint Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
04-08 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
04-09 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
04-10 – Toronto, ON – History
04-11 – Buffalo, NY – Buffalo Riverworks
04-13 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
04-17 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
04-18 – Boston, Massachusetts – House of Blues
04-19 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia
04-20 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
04-22 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre
04-23 – Newport, KY – MegaCorp Pavilion
04-24 – Louisville, KY – Old Forester's Paristown Hall
04-25 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Center
04-26 – West Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
