Swervedriver Announce 35th Anniversary Tour for Debut Album Raise

Swervedriver have announced a 2026 North American tour to commemorate the 35th anniversary of their debut album, Raise.

The trek will hit the East Coast from mid-to-late August, including stops in Toronto, Chicago, and Brooklyn. Then, in December, Swervedriver will hit the West Coast, including San Diego, San Francisco, and Portland. Not only are Swervedriver playing Raise front-to-back during each show, but the band has promised a “load of extra nuggets from the back catalogue.”

Tickets are currently available through the BrooklynVegan pre-sale (use code BVraise35) ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Friday, May 15th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster and the band’s website.

Since its release in September 1991, Raise has been heralded as a vital album in the canon of shoegaze. In fact, PopMatters went as far as sayig that Raise (and its 1993 follow-up, Mezcal Head) “not only represent some of the best driving music you’ll ever experience, they are also two of the best rock albums of the ’90s.”

For an idea of just what Swervedriver bring to the stage, check out our review of their 2019 set from Brooklyn’s Warsaw venue. Then, see where Swervedriver land on our list of 10 shoegaze bands you should know.

Swervedriver 2026 Tour Dates: 05/27 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater 05/29 – Wells, NV @ Schellraiser’s Humboldt Hideaway 08/18 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair 08/19 – Montreal, QC @ Bar le Ritz 08/20 – Ottawa, ON @ The Bronson 08/21 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre 08/22 – Detroit, MI @ El Club 08/23 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall 08/25 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop 08/26 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis 08/27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts 08/28 – Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall 08/29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 12/10 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s 12/11 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah 12/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom 12/13 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent 12/15 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios 12/16 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos