The Brian Jonestown Massacre announce gig at 3Olympia Theatre for February

Legendary psych rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre have announced an 18-date UK and EU tour for next year, which includes a show at 3Olympia Theatre on 12th February 2024.

It is over 30 years since the release of the first BJM single 'She Made Me / Evergreen'. Released in 1992, as the music industry sought to anoint the next US guitar band and labels were on the hunt for compliant hopefuls, Anton Newcombe had an idea: "say no".

As frontman and leader of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Newcombe had already established himself as a visionary songsmith swimming against the mainstream industry currents. “I just knew I would be more successful in a certain way by saying no, just being contrary because I figured that if people liked me they were gonna like me anyway,” he says. “Or dislike me. It doesn’t matter.”

Much of this rebelliousness was documented in the controversial documentary Dig!, a cult-classic music film which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The remastered, expanded version premiered at the lauded Sundance Film Festival in January.

The band's shoegaze-tinged debut album Methodrone was released in 1995 and since then hoards of band members have joined Newcombe on his sonic escapades, but he has remained the sole constant and creative mastermind at the centre of BJM. With 20 albums out since their debut, each full-length offering embarks on a adventure exploring the frontiers of rock'n'roll, psychedelic rock, country-blues, blissed-out noise pop and more.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre unleashed their 20th studio album, The Future Is Your Past, in February 2023 on Newcombe's label A Recordings. From 2022-2023, they embarked on a major world tour across 34 dates in North America and 42 dates across EU and the UK, with a show at The Academy on 9 February 2023.

Nearly two years to the day, the San Francisco rock band will return to Dublin, but this time with a gig at 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin on 12th February. They will also perform Belfast's Ulster Hall on 11th February.

Tickets start from €42.70 including booking fee and go on sale this Friday, 6 September, at 10 AM via Ticketmaster.