Elegant will honor the thirtieth anniversary of their basic self-titled third album throughout an April 17-18 stand at Pink Rocks Amphitheatre exterior Denver, and can carry out the LP in its entirety for the primary time ever on the first of the 2 gigs, SPIN can solely reveal. Tickets go on sale Friday (Nov. 14).
Elegant was launched in July 1996, two months after frontman Bradley Nowell died of a heroin overdose on the age of 28. Regardless of the tragedy, it bought 5 million copies due to the enduring punk/rock/reggae-infused hits “What I Received,” “Unsuitable Method” and “Santeria.”
The band returned to exercise final yr, with Nowell’s son Jakob taking up for him on lead vocals in tandem with the unique rhythm part of drummer Bud Gaugh and bassist Eric Wilson. Elegant’s newest single, “Ensanada,” spent seven weeks atop the Billboard Various Airplay chart, and shall be featured on a brand new album, Until the Solar Explodes, due out someday subsequent yr.
“Pink Rocks Amphitheatre is likely one of the world’s most religious locations,” Gaugh tells SPIN. “You possibly can really feel the ability generated by the Earth right here! I can’t consider a greater place to play, for the primary time, the Elegant self-titled album from cowl to cowl, than Pink Rocks. Considered one of our most opulent albums on one probably the most magical phases, if not probably the most magical stage on the planet.”
Provides Wilson, “Pink Rocks is totally my favourite place to play on the planet. The sound is superb and I can’t wait to get again there and share this particular occasion with everybody.”
Elegant’s different 2026 tour dates embrace the Innings Competition in Tempe, Az., on Feb. 22, Sonic Temple in Columbus, Ohio, in mid-Could, and the U.Okay.’s multi-city Slam Dunk competition on Could 23-24. Beforehand, the group will play a handful of radio station-sponsored vacation live shows subsequent month in Tulsa, Okay., Chicago, San Jose, Ca., and Los Angeles.
