King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Announce 2018 North American Tour & Perform On KEXP

Following a 2017 that saw King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard release five studio albums, the group will support the releases with their newly confirmed 2018 North American Tour. The Melbourne, Australia-based outfit will perform in the United States and Canada this coming May and June.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s 2017 album output included the release of Flying Microtonal Banana, Murder of the Universe, Sketches of Brunswick East, Polygondwanaland and Gumboot Soup. They’ll embark on their North American Tour in support of the LPs on May 31 in Los Angeles. The 19-date run continues throughout June in San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, Seattle and Missoula, Montana. More shows are slated in Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia. The tour then wraps with nights in Asheville, Atlanta and New Orleans with a final show on June 22 in Austin, Texas

For a sampling of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s live shows, watch their session for Seattle radio station KEXP below. The set from October 11, 2017 features selections from Murder of the Universe, including “Welcome to an Altered Future,” “Digital Black,” “Han-Tyumi The Confused Cyborg,” “The Lord of Lightning” and the “Altered Beast”/”After Me” suite. Check out the set here: