April 18, 2023—In celebration of their much anticipated forthcoming third studio
album Starcatcher—due July 21 on Lava/Republic Records—Grammy-winning
rock band Greta Van Fleet are set to kick off their Starcatcher World Tour July
24 in Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena. The tour, produced by Live Nation,
includes stops at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York and The
Forum in Los Angeles as well as London’s OVO Arena Wembley and more;
see below for a complete list of dates.
Tickets will be available for the Electric Tomb Presale beginning Wednesday, April
19 at 10 AM local time in the U.S. and Europe. Additional presales in the U.S. and
Europe will be available throughout the week ahead of the general onsale starting
Friday, April 21 at 10 AM local time. See HERE for additional info and to
purchase tickets.
The Starcatcher World Tour will include support from special guests Kaleo, Surf
Curse, Mt. Joy and Black Honey.
Greta Van Fleet will also be touring throughout Europe, starting in Hamburg,
Germany on November 6 with further international stops in Paris, Madrid,
Amsterdam and more.
The album’s first single “Meeting The Master” is out now to extensive critical
acclaim; Consequence raves that the song “[digs] deeper into their mythical lore
by revisiting concepts from their previous work,” while Uproxx notes that “‘Meeting
the Master’ [is] an existential new single on which lead vocalist Josh Kiszka
embarks on a spiritual journey.” Jambaseadds, “the song develops from a
beautiful acoustic-tinged number into a bombastic rocker.” Listen/share the
song HERE and pre-save/pre-order the record HERE.
The album is written and recorded by the band—lead singer Josh Kiszka,
guitarist Jake Kiszka,bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka and drummer Danny
Wagner—alongside Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton,
Brandi Carlile). Recorded at the legendary RCA Studios in Nashville, the band
utilized the large recording room to capture the pure energy of their world-
renowned live performances.
“We didn’t really have to force or be intense about writing, because everything that
happened was very instinctual,” Jake says. “If anything, the record is our
perspective, and sums up where we are as a group and individually as
musicians.”
Throughout the ten-song collection the band explores the duality of fantasy versus
reality and the contrast between light and darkness. “We had this idea that we
wanted to tell these stories to build a universe,” says Wagner. “We wanted to
introduce characters and motifs and these ideas that would come about here and
there throughout our careers through this world.”
The band took multiple concepts from critically acclaimed sophomore album The
Battle at Garden’s Gate and brought them into Starcatcher, although Sam’s take
on the new record’s big ideas hint instead at new beginnings. “When I imagine the
world of Starcatcher, I think of the cosmos,” he says. “It makes me ask a lot of
questions, like ‘Where did we come from?’ or ‘What are we doing here?’ But it’s
also questions like, ‘What is this consciousness that we have, and where did it
come from?’”
The band is best known for their renowned live performances, selling over one
million tickets worldwide. They sold out their entire 2022 arena tour, holding a
special energy between them and their devoted fans. With Starcatcher the band
aims to capture that energy in the recording studio.
Most recently, the band performed at the inaugural Lollapalooza Mumbai and
completed an extensive U.S. arena tour in March. Greta Van Fleet returns to the
road next month for the Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta and Beale Street Music
Festival in Memphis.
Starcatcher follows their acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s
Gate, released in 2021 to extensive chart and critical success. The album debuted
at #1 Billboard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Hard Rock Album, #1 Billboard
Vinyl Album, #2 Billboard Top Album Sales and in the Top 10 on the
Billboard 200. Their From The Fires EP, released in 2017, won Best Rock
Album at the 61
st
Grammy Awards.
Forming in Frankenmuth, Michigan in 2012, Greta Van Fleet consists of three
brothers—vocalist Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka and bassist/keyboardist Sam
Kiszka—as well as drummer Danny Wagner. Together they have performed
across multiple continents, sold over 3.5 million records worldwide and performed
on late night television shows such as “Saturday Night Live,” “The Late Show with
Stephen Colbert” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
GRETA VAN FLEET LIVE
May 5-7—Atlanta, GA—Shaky Knees Festival
May 5-7—Memphis, TN— Beale Street Music Festival
July 24—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena*
July 27—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena*
July 28—Houston, TX—Toyota Center*
July 31—Denver, CO—Ball Arena*
August 2—Salt Lake City, UT—Vivint Arena*
August 4—Seattle, WA—Climate Pledge Arena*
August 5—Portland, OR—Veterans Memorial Coliseum*
August 8—Oakland, CA—Oakland Arena*
August 10—Los Angeles, CA—The Kia Forum*
August 12—Las Vegas, NV—T-Mobile Arena*
September 3—St. Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center†
September 6—Chicago, IL—Allstate Arena†
September 8—Detroit, MI—Little Caesars Arena†
September 11—Washington DC—Capital One Arena†
September 12—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden†
September 15—Boston, MA—TD Garden†
September 16-17—Asbury Park, NJ—Sea Hear Now Festival 2023
September 19—Philadelphia, PA—Wells Fargo Center†
September 22—Indianapolis, IN—Gainbridge Fieldhouse†
September 23—Cleveland, OH—Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse†
November 6—Hamburg, Germany—Sporthalle^
November 8—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Ziggo Dome^
November 9—Paris, France—Accor Arena^
November 12—Brussels, Belgium—Forest National^
November 14—London, UK—OVO Arena Wembley^
November 16—Dublin, Ireland—3Arena^
November 19—Manchester, UK—AO Arena^
November 20—Glasgow, UK—OVO Hydro^
November 26—Copenhagen, Denmark—Forum+
November 28—Munich, Germany—Zenith+
November 30—Bologna, Italy—Unipol Arena+
December 3—Barcelona, Spain—Sant Jordi Club+
December 4—Madrid, Spain—WiZink Center+
December 6—Lisbon, Portugal—Campo Pequeno+
September 20, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol~
September 27, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol~
*with Kaleo
†with Surf Curse
^with Mt. Joy
+with Black Honey
~as part of Metallica: M72 World Tour
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