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“There’s a shabby poetry and dank majesty in every song, assuring Lenderman’s place in the sad-sack canon alongside greats from Paul Westerberg to J. Mascis to Gary Stewart.”
— Rolling Stone, “The 250 Greatest Albums Of The 21st Century So Far”
MJ Lenderman releases the video for “Wristwatch,” his “brilliant coupling of loneliness and modernity” boasting “one of the catchiest choruses of [2024]” (Under The Radar) from his album, Manning Fireworks, released last fall on ANTI-. Directed by legendary filmmaker Lance Bangs, the video depicts Lenderman driving a pickup truck loaded with basketballs and inflatable pool rafts and repeatedly crashing into an overpass. Members of The Wind show up along the way. Of the video, Bangs says:

I had been drawn to make things with Jake for a while, and spent the late summer listening to the songs that would make up Manning Fireworks. The imagery of characters caught in persistence without progress that has recurred in his writing was there in “Wristwatch” and that song was the one I went back to the most while listening to the batch of recordings. I had seen low clearance bridges in this part of North Carolina in my past travels, a mismatch between the train trestles that were built in the first half of the 20th Century and the modern 13ft height of most tractor trailers.  Durham has a notorious one called the “Canopener” that is featured on a website and Youtube channel “11foot8.com” by Jurgen Henn, who has captured 186 crashes since  April of 2008.  I took measurements and designed plans to add a few more crashes to Jurgen’s tally.

 
2024 was MJ Lenderman’s busiest year yet and 2025 has continued in that vein. Following the release of one of the year’s most beloved albums, he played a completely sold-out fall North American tour, sold out the Sydney Opera House, and made his Jimmy Kimmel Live!, NPR Tiny Desk, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon debuts. MJ Lenderman and The Wind continue on in their support of Manning Fireworks later this month in NYC for a run of three sold-out shows at Brooklyn Steel. They will then continue to tour North America, Europe and the UK this spring and summer before returning to the West Coast in September where they will play their largest headline show-to-date at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles. Today, they announce an additional hometown show at Asheville Yards on October 15th.

A full list of dates can be found below, and tickets can be purchased here.
 

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Watch the Video for “She’s Leaving You”

Watch the Video For “Joker Lips”

MJ Lenderman Tour Dates
Mon. Apr. 28 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel + [SOLD OUT]
Tue. Apr. 29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel = [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Apr. 30 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel % [SOLD OUT]
Fri. May 2 – Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios = [SOLD OUT]
Sat. May 3 – Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios = [SOLD OUT]
Sun. May 4 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre = [SOLD OUT]
Mon. May 5 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Ballroom = [SOLD OUT]
Wed. May 7 – Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Centre = [SOLD OUT]
Thu. May 8 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall = [SOLD OUT]
Fri. May 9 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall = [SOLD OUT]
Sat. May 10 – Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall at Babeville = [SOLD OUT]
Sun. May 11 – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral Theatre =
Tue. May 13 @ Cleveland, OH – Globe Iron =
Wed. May 14 – Harrisburg, PA @ XL Live =
Thu. May 15 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club = [SOLD OUT]
Fri. May 16 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club = [SOLD OUT]
Sat. May 17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall = [SOLD OUT]
Mon. May 19 – Richmond, VA @ The National = [SOLD OUT]
Tue. May 20 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte =
Wed. May 21 – Winston-Salem, NC @ The RamKat = [SOLD OUT]
Thu. May 29 – Bristol, UK @ Marble Factory ~ [SOLD OUT]
Fri. May 30 – Brighton, UK @ CHALK ~ [SOLD OUT]
Sat. May 31 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City ~ 
 Mon. June 2 – Glasgow, UK @ Old Fruit Market ~ [SOLD OUT]
Tue. June 3 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz Manchester ~ [SOLD OUT]
Wed. June 4 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom [SOLD OUT]
Thu. June 5 – Sun. June 8 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera
Thu. June 12 – Fri. June 13 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
Sat. June 14 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Egyptian Room at Old National Centre &
Sun. June 15 – St. Louis, MO @ The Factory STL &
Mon. June 16 – Kansas City, MO @ The Truman &
Wed. June 18 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed & [SOLD OUT]
Sat. June 21 – Lafayette, NY @ Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards !
Sun. June 22 – Greenfield, MA – Green River Festival
Wed. Jul. 23 – Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center #
Sun. Aug. 3 – Katowice, PL @ OFF Festival
Mon. Aug. 4 – Prague, CZ @ ARCHA+
Tue. Aug. 5 – Berlin, DE @ Columbia Theater
Wed. Aug. 6 – Sat. Aug. 9 – Oslo, NO @ Øya Festival
Sat. Aug. 9 – Copenhagen, DK @ Syd For Solen Festival
Wed. Aug. 13 – Paredes, PT @ Paredes de Coura Festival
Fri. Aug. 15 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
Sat. Aug. 16 – Wales, UK @ Green Man Festival 
Tue. Aug. 19 – Groningen, NL @ Noorderzon Festival
Wed. Aug. 20 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord
Thu. Aug. 21 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord
Sat. Aug. 23 – Torremolinos, ES @ Canela Party Festival 
Wed. Sep. 3 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom %
Fri. Sep. 5 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom %
Sat. Sep. 6 – Fort Worth, TX @ Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall %
Mon. Sep. 8 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren %
Tue. Sep. 9 – San Diego, CA @ Humphreys Concerts By The Bay %
Thu. Sep. 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall $
Fri. Sep. 12 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater %
Sat. Sep. 13 – Sonoma, CA @ Gundlach Bundschu Winery %
Mon. Sep. 15 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall %
Tue. Sep. 16 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall %
Thu. Sep. 18 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre % [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Sep. 19 – Vancouver, BC @ Malkin Bowl % 
Wed. Oct. 15 – Asheville, NC @ Asheville Yards*

+ Joanna Sternberg
= w/ This is Lorelei
~ w/ Trace Mountains
& w/ Colin Miller
! w/ Waxahatchee and Hurray for the Riff Raff
# w/ Rosali
% w/ Nap Eyes
$ w/ Cass McCombs and Nap Eyes
* w/ David Nance & Mowed Sound

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