The Residents

Originally, this tour had been planned for early 2021 already. The venues had been booked, everything had been planned – then came the pandemic. Maybe not really a surprise for The Residents, who had worn plague masks of the 17th century instead of their famous Eyeballs, when they performed their »In Between Dreams« show down in 2017 – as if they had foreseen the pandemic… Their tour has been postponed, and now, in 2023, it happens to be an anniversary tour: The Residents are »holding up the Underground since 1972!«, as San Francisco’s increasingly curious eyeball collective claims on their tour poster after 51 years of adventures and obscurity. As always, the group leaves their new show being quite a secret, but here’s what a spokesman of The Residents has told us about the new program: »Featuring songs from the group’s classic period, as well as their most recent album, The Residents are pleased to announce the DOG STAB! Tour, gloriously celebrating their odd and improbable fifty years of existence. Focusing on the band’s iconic DUCK STAB! album from 1978, the performance will also spotlight music from Metal, Meat & Bone, released in the summer of 2020. Always unpredictable, the group will also feature a few unexpected surprises in this curious and unique carnival of chaos.«