Various artist Kim Dracula and harajuku-core trailblazers HANABIE. have introduced their 2025 co-headline tour throughout North America. Produced by Stay Nation, the 24-date run kicks off on Wednesday, March 5 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at MTELUS, with extra stops in Toronto, Chicago, Boston, Orlando, Nashville, Austin, Anaheim, Portland and extra earlier than wrapping up on Saturday, April 12 in Sacramento, California at Ace of Spades. Particular visitor KAONASHI will be part of as help on all dates and CRYSTAL LAKE will be part of on choose exhibits.
The co-headline tour comes on the heels of profitable headline excursions from each artists that happened earlier this yr.
A particular BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale for the U.S. leg will start on Wednesday, December 18 at 12:00 p.m. (midday) native time and finish on Thursday, December 19 at 10:00 p.m. native time. When prompted, kind within the presale code “BBM25” at this location to entry tickets earlier than most people. Normal on-sale will probably be Friday, December 20 at 10 a.m. native time.
On December 4, HANABIE. launched their EP “Bucchigiri Tokyo” and official music video for his or her newest monitor “Ito Okashi My Kind”. The band has beforehand dropped “Otaku Beautiful Densetsu” and their most up-to-date banger, “Metamorphose!”, which collectively have amassed almost three million views on YouTube and over 2.8 million streams on Spotify alone.
2024 noticed Kim Dracula be part of the idea album for Lin Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis‘s new musical “Warriors”. The album is an element musical tribute/half audio play and is customized from 1979 cult-favorite movie “The Warriors”. Kim Dracula performs Luther, a villain, and seems alongside Nas, Busta Rhymes, Ms. Lauryn Hill and extra. Extra music is on the way in which from Kim Dracula in 2025.
KIM DRACULA and HANABIE. 2025 tour dates:
Mar. 05 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS *+
Mar. 06 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Corridor *+
Mar. 08 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore Minneapolis Introduced By Affinity Plus *+
Mar. 11 – Chicago, IL – Home of Blues Chicago *+
Mar. 12 – McKees Rocks, PA – Roxian Theatre *+
Mar. 14 – Boston, MA – Large Night time Stay *+
Mar. 15 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place *+
Mar. 16 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount *+
Mar. 17 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring *+
Mar. 19 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa *+^
Mar. 20 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz *+
Mar. 22 – Orlando, FL – Home of Blues Orlando *+
Mar. 23 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre *+
Mar. 25 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works *+
Mar. 26 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant *+
Mar. 29 – Dallas, TX – Home of Blues Dallas *+
Mar. 30 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Austin *+
Apr. 02 – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT – The Depot *+
Apr. 03 – Denver, CO – Summit *+
Apr. 05 – Anaheim, CA – Home of Blues Anaheim *+
Apr. 06 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren *+
Apr. 09 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre *
Apr. 10 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom *
Apr. 12 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades *
* With KAONASHI
+ With CRYSTAL LAKE
^ Non-Stay Nation date
Surfacing from the flesh-eating ailments and torrential wildfires of Australia, Kim Dracula has arrived to create turbulent, inventive artwork that mirrors the chaotic world round us. With the discharge of their debut album, “A Gradual Decline In Morale”, they’ve showcased their skill to traverse a number of genres while sustaining a constant narrative.
Using their six-octave vocal vary and an unlimited array of voices they can summon, they go from critiquing society to basically toying with the listener. On this album, they inform a daunting, but all too acquainted story, all whereas having enjoyable doing so. The lead single and hottest tune from the album, “Make Me Well-known”, delivers a gluttonous feast of violence, chaos, and satire. Excessive and multi-faceted each lyrically and visually, this monitor dwarfed Dracula‘s earlier musical output by abrasively mixing a number of kinds, all composed instrumentally by Kim Dracula themselves. Genres embody steel, industrial, jazz, lure, and Latin music, all inside a single tune with out flying off the rails. This eclectic mixture of musical kinds is constant all through your entire album.
Nonetheless at the start of their profession, their distinctive and distinctive musical type has already begun making waves, inspiring quite a few rising artists. With their musical compositions, excessive visuals, and refusal to suit into any particular field, Kim Dracula is gaining a faithful following all the world over and in all completely different communities. By way of all of this, they’re reshaping the way forward for music and proving themselves a inventive pressure to be reckoned with.
HANABIE. is a Tokyo-based all-girl rock band that has been making waves since 2015, when Yukina, Matsuri and Hettsu got here collectively for a highschool membership exercise. With the addition of Chika in Might 2023, the band has advanced right into a pressure to be reckoned with. Do not be fooled by their cute, girlish picture — their sound is a hard-hitting mix of highly effective shouts, heavy riffs, and distinctive Japanese aptitude, capturing followers at residence and overseas. Their hit single “Pardon Me, I Have To Go Now” has amassed over 8.3 million views on YouTube and 5.1 million on TikTok.
In December 2024, HANABIE. launched their newest EP, “Bucchigiri Tokyo”, additional showcasing their dynamic vary and signature type.
2023 marked the start of their abroad ventures, and in August 2024, they made historical past as the primary Japanese ladies to carry out on the primary stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago, USA. With a quickly rising worldwide following, HANABIE. is actively increasing their presence and making a daring assertion on the worldwide stage.