Minus The Bear‘s 2025 reunion touring plans now include a lengthy fall tour celebrating 20 years of their 2005 sophomore album, “Menos el Oso“. Earlier this month the group confirmed their return with the reveal of a stop at this year’s ‘Best Friends Forever‘ Festival in Las Vegas, NV. Today, March 11th, the math rockers announced the dates for a full run of performances celebrating that aforementioned album.
The band’s guitarist Dave Knudson has a bit of recent experience when it comes to reunions, having recently busied himself with the brief resurrection of another of his bands, beloved mathcore outfit Botch. Knudson had the following to say about this newly revealed trek:
“‘Menos el Oso‘ put us on a trajectory that none of us were expecting. There is a “before ‘Pachuca Sunrise’ video” moment in time, and then there is an ‘after ‘Pachuca Sunrise‘ video’ moment in time. It seemed like once people heard that song, and saw that video, everyone went straight to Limewire, Napster, Soulseek, BitTorrent, etc. and shared the album immediately.
Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of something this monumental in our lives is a gift. Having the chance to appreciate it with our fans, families and fellow bandmates while we are all alive and kicking is an opportunity I can’t wait to embrace.”
10/04 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
10/06 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
10/07 San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
10/08 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
10/10 Las Vegas, NV – Best Friends Forever Festival
10/11 Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
10/12 Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
10/14 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
10/17 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
10/18 Austin, TX – Emo’s Austin
10/21 Orlando, FL – The Beacham
10/22 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
10/24 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
10/25 Boston, MA – House of Blues
11/05 Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
11/07 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
11/08 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
11/11 Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre
11/12 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
11/14 Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
11/15 Chicago, IL – Metro
11/16 Chicago, IL – Metro
11/18 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
11/21 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
11/22 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
11/23 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
11/28 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
11/29 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
Fan pre-sales will be going up tomorrow, March 12th, via minusthebear.com at 10:00am local time. The general public will be live this Friday, March 14th.
