Bright Eyes have announced a lengthy 2025 tour, and they’re back with another new song from their upcoming album Five Dice, All Threes. “Rainbow Overpass” is a horn-fueled single featuring gang vocals by the So So Glos’ Alex Orange Drink. Give it a listen below.
Conor Oberst elaborated on that collaboration at the heart of “Rainbow Overpass” in a statement, saying, “[Alex is] kinda like my hype man, getting a little Beastie Boys on the shit! They grew up on punk rock and the Beasties, so there are a lot of little bursts of other voices. I like that. It creates energy. Sometimes music can feel flat until you get into a live situation, when there’s adrenaline and raw energy. Instead of working in reverse, where that happens as we tour, I was trying to get some of that energy onto the record.”
Bright Eyes already had a few tour dates on the book for this fall in the U.S. and Europe, but now they’re expanding that run with a long list of concerts that keeps them on the road well into 2025. The new dates begin in Phoenix, Arizona on January 16 and will last on through April 26 when Bright Eyes perform in West Des Moines, Iowa. See their full list of tour dates below.
In addition to Alex Orange Drink, who co-wrote several other songs on the record, Five Dice, All Threes includes guest features by Cat Power and the National’s Matt Berninger. It follows the band’s 2020 comeback record Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was and includes the lead single “Bells and Whistles” from this past June.
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Bright Eyes:
09-19 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
09-21 Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
09-22 Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha
10-11 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
10-12 Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
10-13 Las Vegas, NV – Best Friends Forever Fest
11-10 Wolverhampton, England – Wulfrun Hall
11-11 London, England – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
11-12 Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
11-13 Ghent, Belgium – Ha Concerts
11-14 Cologne, Germany – Carlswerk Victoria
11-15 Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
11-16 Weissenhäuser Strand, Germany – Rollingstone Beach
11-18 Stockholm, Sweden – Fållan
11-19 Oslo, Norway – Parkteatret Scene
01-16 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
01-18 – Del Mar, CA – The Sound
01-19 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
01-20 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
01-21 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theatre
01-23 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom
01-24 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
01-25 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
01-26 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
02-26 – Fayetteville, AR – George’s Majestic Lounge
02-27 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater
02-28 – Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum
03-01 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater
03-02 – Baton Rouge, LA – Chelsea’s Live
03-03 – Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theatre
03-05 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
03-07 – Orlando, FL – The Beacham Theater
03-08 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
03-09 – Knoxville, TN – The Mill & Mine
03-10 – Richmond, VA – The National
03-13 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
03-14 – Pelham, TN – The Caverns
03-17 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall
03-18 – Little Rock, AR – The Hall
03-20 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
03-21 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
03-22 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
04-03 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
04-04 – Saint Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
04-08 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
04-09 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
04-10 – Toronto, ON – History
04-11 – Buffalo, NY – Buffalo Riverworks
04-13 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
04-17 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
04-18 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
04-19 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia
04-20 – Washington, D.C. – The Anthem
04-22 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre
04-23 – Newport, KY – MegaCorp Pavilion
04-24 – Louisville, KY – Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
04-25 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
04-26 – West Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
