Pixies or “The Band That Drew the Blueprint for Alternative Rock” (The Hollywood Reporter) is headed to DC. And they bring a two-night engagement to The Anthem on Friday, July 25, and Saturday, July 26!
In the spirit of no repeats, the band play classic albums Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde in their entirety the first night, followed on night two by sets featuring staples from the band’s bottomless catalog alongside newer material including songs from The Night The Zombies Came (the band’s 2024 studio album).
Acclaimed as the most influential, pioneering band of the late ’80s alt/rock movement, today, Pixies launched their 2025 North American Tour on June 13 at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas. The tour is in support of Pixies’ new album, The Night The Zombies Came, released last year via BMG. The band — Black Francis/guitar, vocals; Joey Santiago/guitar; David Lovering/drums; and new bassist Emma Richardson — performs two different sets over two consecutive nights in 12 US and two Canadian cities.
For the first date of each two-night stand, Pixies perform the entire Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde albums; for the second night, they present classics from the band’s deep catalog, plus songs from the new album.
Watch Pixies perform “Dig for Fire” and “Allison” live on YouTube:
Produced by Gil Norton (who also produced Pixies’ Platinum-selling Doolittle), Bossanova was released in 1990 and featured the singles “Allison” (a tribute to jazz and blues pianist Mose Allison), “Dig for Fire,” and “Velouria,” that reached No. 4 on Billboard’s Alternative chart). Bossanova showed a less primal side to the band, with surf and space rock rising to the fore. Lyrically, Black Francis is even more cryptic with recurring sci-fi theme running throughout, which in turn influenced Vaughn Oliver’s classic planet design for the cover.
Pixies’ 1991 album, Trompe Le Monde, bookended a golden run of landmarked records. Translated from French to mean “fool the world,” Trompe Le Monde showed the band still restless to push their sound forward. Recorded between Burbank, Paris, and London with producer Gil Norton again at the controls, Pixies’ fourth album is arguably their most playful, with Black Francis’ lyrics on UFOs and conspiracy theories keeping things weird while power pop creeps in to amplify the space rock established on predecessor Bossanova.
Featuring the singles “Planet of Sound,” “Alec Eiffel,” “Letter to Memphis,” and a flawless cover of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Head On,” Trompe Le Monde goes full throttle with 15 tracks coming in a quickfire 40-minute salvo. Receiving critical praise at the time and being supported by a massive tour that included playing stadiums with U2, it also proved to be the end of act one for the band, with them taking over a decade before returning to the stage together. A brilliant record, Trompe Le Monde sounds just as fresh as it did 32 years ago.
Kurt Vile + The Violators open Pixies for all dates on this 2025 tour!
Buy your tickets online now for July 25!
Buy your tickets online now for July 26!
Pixies
W/ Kurt Vile & the Violators
The Anthem
Friday, July 25
Saturday, July 26
Doors @ 6:30 pm
$72.90 GA/ $111.45 Seats
All ages
