Silversun Pickups, the multiplatinum, GRAMMY-nominated Los Angeles quartet has announced their 28-date Tenterhooks Tour 2027. Fresh off their tour opening for Weezer, the band confirms new dates in cities including Nashville, Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and more (full dates below). The band will also perform at Salt Lake City’s Kilby Block Party. Artist pre-sale begins on Wed, Nov 11 at 10am time, and general on-sale begins Friday, Nov. 13 at 10 a.m. More information and tickets are available here.

Silversun Pickups recently released their seventh studio album, Tenterhooks via their label, New Machine Recordings. For the album, the band —Brian Aubert [vocals, guitar], Nikki Monninger [bass, vocals], Christopher Guanlao [drums], and Joe Lester [keys]—reunited with producer Butch Vig to create an emotionally charged and unapologetic collection of ten tracks appropriate for the times, yet as timeless as anything they’ve done. “We wanted to make a tight record that could fit on one vinyl with five songs on each side,” says Aubert. “To me, it’s an impatient, apprehensive, and more aggressive album. We started recording when the world was changing again. You invariably wonder, ‘What are we headed towards?’ Even if you’re not necessarily writing about it, it bleeds into how you’re feeling and approaching life. We stripped things down and went louder and rawer.” Tenterhooks is available on all formats including CD, LP and digitally here.

Silversun Pickups had finished touring in 2024 and enjoyed a rare break. During the downtime, Aubert saved voice memos, riffs, and other ideas as they came to him. Before he knew it, he found himself back in the studio with his bandmates and longtime producer Butch Vig [Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage]. After two records together, they had perfected a real-time exchange of ideas. The musicians grabbed their instruments and jammed live as the producer listened and recorded. The album took shape seamlessly, but life intervened. Butch had commitments on the road with Garbage, taking him away from the studio. Aubert meanwhile went through one of the worst nightmares imaginable for any artist: he lost hearing in one ear. During a seven-day stay in the hospital, he even received a blood transfusion. “I had a hole in my ear drum,” he recalls. “They couldn’t figure out why I was losing blood, so they gave me the transfusion. We found out there was a rupture in my stomach lining due to the ibuprofen I was taking for the pain. That’s why I had been losing blood. One day, I was finally hearing again.” Eventually, the band regrouped with Vig and concluded the sessions. The title referenced the phrase, “On Tenterhooks.” “There was something in the air,” he observes. “It seemed as if everyone was on Tenterhooks waiting for whatever was next. The music has the same feeling.”

Silversun Pickups Tenterhooks Tour 2027 Dates
Sat, Nov 14 - Huntington Beach, CA - Darker Waves*
Fri, Feb 26 - Austin, TX - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater
Sat, Feb 27 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
Sun, Feb 28 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
Tue, Mar 02 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
Wed, Mar 03 - Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre
Fri, Mar 05 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
Sat, Mar 06 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Sun, Mar 07 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
Tue, Mar 09 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
Wed, Mar 10 - New York, NY - Webster Hall       
Fri, Mar 12 – South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
Sat, Mar 13 - Toronto, ON – HISTORY
Sun, Mar 14 - Detroit, MI - Saint Andrew’s Hall
Tue, Mar 16 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
Wed, Mar 17 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
Wed, May 05 - Del Mar, CA - The Sound
Thu, May 06 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre
Fri, May 07 - San Francisco, CA – The Castro Theatre
Sat, May 08 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
Mon, May 10 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
Tue, May 11 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
Wed, May 12 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
Fri, May 14 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Block Party*
Sat, May 15 - Denver, CO – The Ogden Theatre
Sun, May 16 - Santa Fe, NM - The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company
Tue, May 18 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
Wed, May 19 - Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
Fri, May 21 - Rancho Mirage, CA – The Show at Agua Caliente Casino Rancho Mirage
Sat, May 22 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
*Festival Date