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BV Presents: Against Me! in Asbury Park with Cakes Da Killa and Big Eyes (RSVP for $3 admission!)

photo: Against Me! in McCarren Park in June (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Against Me!
Against Me

Against Me! will be touring Europe this August, leading up to their appearances at Reading and Leeds, and not long after returning to North America, they’ll head to Chicago and Toronto for the Riot Fests in those cities. We’re excited to announce that right in between that, they’ll squeeze in an Asbury Park, NJ show on September 4 at The Stone Pony. That’s the day their live album, 23 Live Sex Acts, comes out.

The show is a BrooklynVegan-curated installment of Red Bull Sound Select. Like most RBSS shows, it’s $3 with RSVP or $10 without. Even if you RSVP, entry is on a first come, first served basis. So make sure you get there early.

Opening this one is queer NYC rapper Cakes Da Killa and punk trio Big Eyes. We last asked Big Eyes to play a Sound Select show with The Menzingers, and they’ve also played with Against Me! before too. Doors are 7 PM. BV editor Andrew Sacher is DJing between sets. RSVP now.

This means we now have two upcoming BV-RBSS shows. There’s also Vince Staples on August 10 in Brooklyn with Lil Herb and Loaf Muzik (RSVP).

In related news, Against Me! singer Laura Jane Grace recently filmed a Rolling Stone session with Scottish indie pop band Spook School, who like Against Me!, are also fronted by a transgender singer. Check out that video below.

Against Me! — 2015 Tour Dates
Aug 04 Punk Rock Holiday Tolmin, Slovenia
Aug 06 Rocco del Schlacko Puttlingen, Germany
Aug 07 Open Flair Festival Eschwege, Germany
Aug 08 Taubertal Festival Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber, Germany
Aug 11 Tavastia Helsinki, Finland
Aug 13 Logo Hamburg, Germany
Aug 14 Lagerhaus Bremen, Germany
Aug 15 Serengeti Festival Stukenbrock, Germany
Aug 16 Highfield Festival Leipzig, Germany
Aug 18 Festa di Radio Onda D’Urto Brescia, Italy
Aug 19 Die Stadmitte Karlsruhe, Germany
Aug 20 Open Air Gampel Gampel, Switzerland
Aug 21 Chiemsee Summer Festival Ubersee, Germany
Aug 22 Frequency Festival Sankt Pölten, Austria
Aug 25 JH Comma Brugge, Belgium
Aug 26 Tivolivredenburg Utrecht, Netherlands*
Aug 28 Leeds Festival Leeds, United Kingdom
Aug 29 O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire London, United Kingdom*
Aug 30 Reading festival Reading, United Kingdom
Sep 04 Stone Pony Asbury Park, NJ^
Sep 11 Riot Fest Sept 11-13 Chicago, IL
Sep 19 Riot Fest- Toronto Toronto, Canada
Sep 23 Ace of Spades Sacramento, CA
Sep 24 Slim’s San Francisco, CA
Sep 25 The Observatory Santa Ana, CA
Sep 26 Nile Theater Mesa, AZ
Sep 27 Life Is Beautiful Festival Las Vegas, NV

* – w/ The Gaslight Anthem
^ – w/ Cakes Da Killa, Big Eyes

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