Ska-punk band Reel Big Fish will be going full-swing in the New Year, as the band supports its upcoming studio album with an extensive world tour. A leg of U.S. dates begins the trek on January 1 at the House of Blues in San Diego, CA, and continues through a January 25 gig at 9:30 Club in Washington, DC.
In addition to the opening show, the high-energy band will also be hitting up several House of Blues venue locations across the country: January 3 in West Hollywood, CA, January 6 in Las Vegas, NV, January 12 in Chicago, IL, and January 14 in Cleveland, OH. Other highlights for the American dates include a January 4 gig at the Grove of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA, and a January 20 performance at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, NY.
The rockers will be accompanied throughout the tour by Streetlight Manifesto and emerging artists One Pin Short and Tip the Van. After completing the 19-city run in the U.S., the bands will head to Europe for more than 30 additional shows, beginning January 29 at Effenaar in Eindhoven, NET, and wrapping March 11 at Tochka Club in Moscow, RUS.
Reel Big Fish is touring in support of the band’s seventh studio album, “Fame, Fortune and Fornication,” which is set for release on January 20. Produced by band frontman Aaron Barrett, the ten-track cover album includes ska renditions of everything from Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” to Poison’s “Nothin’ But a Good Time.”
The album is a follow-up to 2007’s “Monkeys for Nothin’ and the Chimps for Free,” which peaked at No. 106 on the Billboard 200 — the same spot as the Reel Big Fish’s 1995 studio debut “Everything Sucks.” Over the years, the brass-driven band (now a sextet) has undergone many lineup changes and transformations to the point that Barrett is the only original member remaining.
Before kicking off the 2009 tour itinerary, Reel Big Fish will perform a few scattered North American dates before the end of this year. The shows begin with a November 4 show at Vive Cuervo Salon in Mexico City, MEX, before crossing the border into the States for one early November gig in Pennsylvania and two early December sets in Florida.
Reel Big Fish itinerary:
(Dates subject to change.)
| November 4 | Mexico City, MEX | Vive Cuervo Salon |
| November 8 | Gettysburg, PA | Gettysburg College Union Ballroom |
| December 4 | Gainesville, FL | The Venue |
| December 6 | West Palm Beach, FL | Cruzan Amphitheatre |
| January 1 | San Diego, CA | House Of Blues |
| January 2 | San Francisco, CA | The Fillmore |
| January 3 | West Hollywood, CA | House Of Blues |
| January 4 | Anaheim, CA | Grove Of Anaheim |
| January 5 | Tempe, AZ | The Marquee |
| January 6 | Las Vegas, NV | House Of Blues |
| January 8 | Denver, CO | Ogden Theatre |
| January 10 | Minneapolis, MN | Epic Center |
| January 12 | Chicago, IL | House Of Blues |
| January 13 | Royal Oak, MI | Royal Oak Music Theatre |
| January 14 | Cleveland, OH | House Of Blues |
| January 15 | Cincinnati, OH | Bogart’s |
| January 17 | Atlanta, GA | The Masquerade |
| January 18 | Norfolk, VA | NorVa |
| January 20 | New York, NY | Roseland Ballroom |
| January 22 | Philadelphia, PA | Theatre Of The Living Arts |
| January 23 | New Haven, CT | Toad’s Place |
| January 24 | Worcester, MA | The Palladium |
| January 25 | Washington, DC | 9:30 Club |
| January 29 | Eindhoven, NET | Effenaar |
| January 31 | Hamburg, GER | Grunspan |
| February 1 | Berlin, GER | Knaack Klub |
| February 2 | Nuremberg, GER | Hirsch |
| February 3 | Cologne, GER | Gloria |
| February 4 | Frankfurt, GER | Batschkapp |
| February 5 | Munster, GER | Sputnikhalle |
| February 7 | Utrecht, NET | Tivoli |
| February 9 | Cambridge, UK | The Junction |
| February 10 | Sheffield, UK | Corporation |
| February 11 | Norwich, UK | Waterfront |
| February 12 | Peterborough, UK | The Cresset |
| February 13 | Birmingham, UK | Carling Academy Birmingham |
| February 14 | Liverpool, UK | Carling Academy Liverpool |
| February 15 | Manchester, UK | Manchester Academy |
| February 16 | Newcastle, UK | Carling Academy Newcastle |
| February 17 | Leeds, UK | Carling Academy |
| February 18 | Edinburgh, UK | Picture House |
| February 19 | Nottingham, UK | Rock City |
| February 20 | Bristol, UK | Carling Bristol Academy |
| February 21 | Oxford, UK | Carling Academy Oxford |
| February 22 | Falmouth, UK | Princess Pavilion |
| February 23 | Exeter, UK | Lemon Grove |
| February 24 | Cardiff, UK | Solus |
| February 25 | Southampton, UK | Southampton Guildhall |
| February 26 | Northampton, UK | Roadmenders |
| February 27 – 28 | London, UK | Mean Fiddler |
| March 3 | Copenhagen, DEN | Vega House Of Music |
| March 4 | Malmo, SWE | KB Club |
| March 5 | Goteborg, SWE | Sticky Fingers |
| March 6 | Oslo, NOR | John Dee |
| March 7 | Stockholm, SWE | Tyrol |
| March 9 | Helsinki, FIN | Nosturi Club |
| March 11 | Moscow, RUS | Tochka Club |
