X Details Annual X-MAS Tour 'Putting The X Back in Xmas'

Iconic Los Angeles band, X, have announced dates for their annual December X-Mas west coast run. Putting The X Back in Xmas begins December 9 in Salem, OR followed by a pair of dates in Tacoma, WA on December 10 & 11.

The tour will then run down the west coast making several Central California and Bay Area stops in Petaluma, Fresno, Berkeley, Sacramento and Bakersfield before making it back to hometown SoCA shows at the Observatory in Santa Ana. More dates to be announced shortly. The original quartet, Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom, and DJ Bonebrake are currently continuing their End is Near tour in support of the critically acclaimed final album, Smoke & Fiction, released this past summer.
 
Artist pre-sale for the Xmas run is on Wednesday, October 2 at 10am PT (password: X1977). With general on-sale Friday, October 4 at 10am PT.
 
X released their ninth and final studio album, Smoke & Fiction, via Fat Possum Records in August. Produced by Rob Schnapf (known for his work with Beck and Foo Fighters), the album has received widespread critical and fan acclaim. Smoke & Fiction made their highest chart debut, landing in the top 10 on four Billboard charts.  X will be performing their iconic hits fans know and love from the bands 45-year career in addition to songs from their 2020 critically acclaimed release, Alphabetland and the newly released Smoke & Fiction.

Putting the X Back in XMAS Tour:

December 9                Salem, OR                   Elsinore Theatre
December 10              Tacoma, WA                Airport Tavern
December 11              Tacoma, WA                Airport Tavern
December 13              Petaluma, CA              Mystic Theatre
December 14              Fresno, CA                   Fulton 55
December 16              Berkeley, CA                Cornerstone Berkeley
December 17              Berkeley, CA                Cornerstone Berkeley
December 18              Sacramento, CA          Goldfield Trading Post
December 19              Bakersfield, CA            Lux Event Center
December 27              Santa Ana, CA             Observatory OC
December 28              Santa Ana, CA             Observatory OC
 
More dates TBA

The 2024 End is Near Tour:

October 1                    Philadelphia, PA          Keswick Theater
October 2                    Patchogue, NY            Patchogue Theatre
October 3                    New York, NY              Town Hall
 
October 18                  Austin, TX                    The Paramount
October 19                  San Antonio, TX          Empire Live
October 21                  Houston, TX                White Oak Music Hall
October 22                  Dallas, TX                    Granada Theater
October 24                  Memphis, TN               Minglewood Hall
October 25                  Nashville, TN               Brooklyn Bowl
October 26                  Birmingham, AL          Iron City
October 27                  Atlanta, GA                  Variety Playhouse
October 29                  Charlotte, NC              The Neighborhood Theatre
October 30                  Columbia, SC               The Senate

About X:

Formed in 1977, X quickly established themselves as one of the best bands in the first wave of LA's flourishing punk scene; becoming legendary leaders of a punk generation. Featuring vocalist Exene Cervenka, vocalist/bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom, and drummer DJ Bonebrake, their debut 45 was released on the seminal Dangerhouse label in 1978, followed by seven studio albums released from 1980-1993. Over the years, the band has released several critically acclaimed albums, topped the musical charts with regularity and performed their iconic hits on top television shows such as Letterman and American Bandstand. X’s first two studio albums, Los Angeles and Wild Gift are ranked by Rolling Stone among the top 500 greatest albums of all time. 

The band continues to tour with the original line-up fully intact. In 2017, the band celebrated their 40th year anniversary in music with a Grammy Museum exhibit opening, a Proclamation from the City of Los Angeles and being honored at a Los Angeles Dodgers game where Exene threw out the first pitch and John Doe sang the National Anthem. In 2019 X reissued and remastered their first four classic albums via their collaboration with Fat Possum Records; Los Angeles (1980), Wild Gift (1981), Under The Big Black Sun (1982) and More Fun In The New World (1983). In 2020, X celebrated the 40th Anniversary of Los Angeles and celebrated with a surprise release of Alphabetland, their first new studio album, featuring the original line-up, in 35 years. In August of 2024 X will release their ninth and final album, Smoke & Fiction. 

Photo Credit: Gilbert Trejo
 

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