The Sam Roberts Band is currently on a North American headlining tour in support of their new album Collider. Since the album’s May 10th release on Zoë/Rounder Records, the band has performed on MTV and is booked to appear at this year’s Sasquatch Music Festival. Known for an enthralling and exuberant live show, one that has captivated both critics and fans, the band has earned themselves the reputation as a must see live band. Esquire Magazine even goes so far as to call Roberts as “the best live frontman in music” and that he will “make you evangelical about rock, because this is what it’s supposed to sound like.”

To give fans a taste of the Sam Roberts Band sound, the band is offering new track “Longitude” featuring Land of Talk’s Elizabeth Powell for free download. Check it out here

Sam Roberts Band Tour Dates
May 20th – Brighton Music Hall Allston, MA
May 24th – Troubadour West Hollywood, CA
May 25th – The Independent San Francisco, CA
May 26th – Mississippi Studios Portland, OR
May 28th – Malkin Bowl Vancouver, BC
May 29th – The Gorge Ampitheatre George, WA
June 3rd – Massey Hall Toronto, ON
June 4th – Massey Hall Toronto, ON
June 6th – 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN
June 7th – Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL
June 8th – Saint Andrews Hall Detroit, MI
June 17th – River Place Park Ayton, ON
June 25th – Big Music Fest Bobcaygeon, ON
July 2nd – Kirkland Lake Community Complex Kirkland Lake, ON
July 8th – The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
July 9th – Frankie’s Toledo, OH
July 30th – Osheaga Festival Montreal, QC
August 13th – Fredericton Loyalist rugby Grounds Fredericton, NB

In support of their upcoming album Collider,, out May 10th on Zoë/Rounder Records, the Sam Roberts Band will embark on a North American headlining tour beginning May 16th. Tour dates below.

Joined by Califone percussionist Ben Massarella and Antibalas woodwind wizard Stuart Bogie, Collider reinterprets, without tampering, the spirit of the band’s classic pop song craft and infectious melodies that countless critics fell in love with. Immediately apparent on the album’s opening track “The Last Crusade,” which begins as a simmering soul shuffle before gradually intensifying into a brass-blasted Afro-funk blowout.

Get an inside look at the recording sessions with this assemblage of behind the scenes home movies put together by the band:

Along with NPR, USA Today, The New York Times, Associated Press, Daytrotter, Blender and more, Esquire Magazine hails the Sam Roberts Band will “make you evangelical about rock, because this is what it’s supposed to sound like.” The Wall Street Journal goes on to say the band “has an ear attuned to grand, melodic hooks and a sound like Tom Petty fronting The Strokes” while Relix Magazine adds they’ve “found a way to blend addictive melodicism with a focus that gives nods to the best of Britpop, garage rock and more.”

Developed through years of non-stop touring and three critically acclaimed albums, Collider, sees the Sam Roberts Band doing what all great bands do: furthering their artistic scope with each successive effort.

TOUR DATES

5-16 Washington DC @ Rock N Roll Hotel
5-18 New York City, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
5-20 Boston, MA @ Brighton Hall
5-24 Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
5-25 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
5-26 Portland OR @ Mississippi Studios
5-28 Vancouver BC @ Malkin Bowl
5-29 The Gorge OR @ Sasquatch! Festival
6-3 Toronto ON @ Massey Hall
6-4 Toronto ON @ Massey Hall
6-6 Minneapolis MN @ First Ave
6-7 Chicago IL @ Lincoln Hall
6-8 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall