Portugal The Man found well-deserved success with 2017’s Woodstock and its inescapable lead single “Feel It Still”; a band that I saw play to a room of 20 people ten years ago was suddenly winning Grammys, landing a #1 hit, and decimating festival stages everywhere. It’s somewhat surreal that we’ve gone nearly five years without new music from the Alaskan group — that changes today with the release of “What, Me Worry?” ahead of their forthcoming ninth album and arena tour with Alt-J this spring.
“What, Me Worry?” has the pop pedigree of today’s radio music — it’s got production from pop guru Ryan Tedder, after all — but it still maintains the weirdness that has left PTM endeared to their fans for over a decade. It grooves a whole lot like “Feel It Still” with a hypnotic guitar line holding the entire song together alongside 60s-style string flourishes and lead singer John Gourley’s signature high-pitched vocals. That’s to say this: it’s likely to take over our world just like Woodstock did. It also has an incredible Los Güeyes-directed video coming with it — watch that below, and keep scrolling to see their forthcoming tour dates with Alt-J.
PTM + Alt-J 2022 Tour Dates
February 25, 2022 – Pittsburgh, PA – Petersen Events Center *
February 26, 2022 – Washington, DC – The Anthem *
February 27, 2022 – Washington, DC – The Anthem *
March 1, 2022 – Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium *
March 2, 2022 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena *
March 4, 2022 – Tampa, FL – Yuengling Center*
March 5, 2022 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Hard Rock Live*
March 6, 2022 – Orlando, FL – Central Florida Fairgrounds *
March 9, 2022 – Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum *
March 12, 2022 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater *#
March 13, 2022 – Houston, – White Oak Music Hall *
March 15, 2022 – St Louis, MS – Chaifetz Arena *
March 16, 2022 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple Detroit *
March 17, 2022 – Milwaukee, WI – UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena *
March 19, 2022 – Chicago, IL – Credit Union 1 Arena at UIC *
March 20, 2022 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory *
March 23, 2022 – Denver, CO – 1STBANK Center *#
March 25, 2022 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena San Diego *#
March 26, 2022 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl *#
March 27, 2022 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena *#
March 29, 2022 – Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater *#
March 30, 2022 – Vancouver, VA – Pacific Coliseum *#
April 1, 2022 – San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium #
April 2, 2022 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl #
April 3, 2022 – Las Vegas, NV – The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas #
April 5, 2022 – Salt Lake City, UT – UCCU Center #
April 7, 2022 – Kansas City, KS – Cable Dahmer Arena #
April 8, 2022 – Cincinnati, OH – PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation #
April. 9, 2022 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center #
April 11, 2022 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden #
April 13, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann #
April 14, 2022 – Boston, MA – Agganis Arena #
April 15, 2022 – Montreal, QC – Place Bell #
April 17, 2022 – Toronto, ON – Coca-Cola Coliseum #
* Dates with Sir Chloe
# Dates with Cherry Glazerr
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