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Full Author & Punisher dates

Posted by Loren on February 8, 2022

Full Author & Punisher dates
photo by Becky DiGiglio

With the brand new Krüller set for release next week (Feb. 11, Relapse Records), Author & Punisher has finalized and announced additional tour dates for the year, with new US tour dates and the postponement of a headlining European tour due to the ever-changing COVID status across the planet. UK dates have been cancelled while another tour with Pertubator and Health will begin on Oct. 6.

Author & Punisher (aka Tristan Shone) recently shared a new video as well. Watch "Blacksmith" below, then check the dates after that.Krüller is the follow-up to Beastland (2018).

Tour dates:

March 6 Los Angeles, CA Resident

March 8 Seattle, WA Clock Out Lounge

March 9 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater (Lounge)

March 10 Oakland, CA Elbo Room Jack London

March 28 Warsaw, Poland Hydrozagadka

March 29 Wroclaw, Poland Akademia

March 30 Prague, Czech Republic Modra Vopice

March 31 Bratislava, Slovakia Randal Club

April 1 Zagreb, Croatia Mocvara

April 2 Linz, Austria Kapu

April 3 Luzern, Switzerland Sedel

April 4 Milan, Italy Legend Club

April 5 Montpellier, France The Black Sheep

April 6 Barcelona, Spain Bóveda

April 7 Toulouse, France L’Ecluse Saint Pieere

April 9 Poitiers, France Le Confront Moderne

April 11 Antwerp, Belgium Kavka

April 13 Vilnius, Lithuania Gallery 1986

April 14 Riga, Latvia Melna Piektdiena

April 15 Tallin, Estonia Sveeta Bar

April 16 St. Petersburg, Russia Latochka

April 17 Moscow, Russie Bumazhnaya Fabrika

Mvtant opens March 28 to April 11

May 11 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad

May 13 Austin, TX TBA

May 18 Denver, CO Hi-Dive

May 19 Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall

May 20 Las Vegas, NV Backstage Bar

May 22 San Diego, CA Casbah

w/Perturbator & Health:

October 6 Lille, France Aeronef

October 7 Paris, France L’Olympia

October 12 Bordeaux, France Krakatoa

October 13 Toulouse, France Bikini

October 14 Madrid, Spain La Riviera

October 15 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz 2

October 16 Nantes, France Stereolux

October 18 Lyon, France Le Transbordeur

October 19 Strasbourg, France La Laiterie

October 20 Lausanne, Switzerland Les Docks

October 21 Munich, Germany Freiheiz

October 22 Vienna, Austria, Arena

October 23 Budapest, Hungary Akvarium Nagyhall

October 25 Prague, Czech Republic Lucerna Music

October 26 Wroclaw, Poland Zaklete Rewiry

October 27 Warsaw, Poland Progresja

October 28 Berlin, Germany Heimathafen

October 29 Göthenburg, Sweden Trädgår’n

October 30 Stockholm, Sweden Berns

November 1 Helsinki, Finland Tavastia

November 3 Oslo, Norway Vulkan Arena

November 4 Copenhagen, Denmark Pumpehuset

November 5 Hamburg, Germany Uebel & Gefährlich

November 6 Utrecht, Netherlands Tivoli

November 8 Cologne, Germany Kantine

November 9 Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Rockhal

November 10 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique

Full Author & Punisher dates
photo by Becky DiGiglio

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