Jimmy Eat World Fetes ‘Bleed American’ At 25

Jimmy Eat World Fetes ‘Bleed American’ At 25

Jimmy Eat World Fetes ‘Bleed American’ At 25

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Jimmy Eat World will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its breakthrough album, Bleed American, on an extensive tour beginning June 9 at Red Rocks outside Denver and concluding with Nov. 14-15 Orlando, Fl., stops on the revived Vans Warped Tour, for which the band will appear at all five dates.

The tour also boasts Jimmy Eat World’s biggest U.K. show ever on Aug. 16 at London’s 20,000-capacity Gunnersbury Park. Opening acts constitute a who’s who of classic and up-and-coming rock bands, including Sunny Day Real Estate, Rise Against, Hot Mulligan, Thrice, Motion City Soundtrack, Mom Jeans, Minus the Bear, the Get Up Kids, PUP, Sparta, Hey Mercedes, Girls Against Boys, Illuminati Hotties, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers and Jay Som.

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Jimmy Eat World will perform the entirety of Bleed American, which was released July 24, 2001, by DreamWorks but for seven years was referred to as self-titled in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The album is best known for the huge single “The Middle,” which dramatically increased the Arizona band’s mainstream visibility and has now been streamed more than a billion times on Spotify.

“At the time we wrote it, I didn’t think ‘The Middle’ was all that valuable because it was so simple and came together really quickly,” frontman Jim Adkins told SPIN in 2021. “We put it on the record but we never expected for it to have the connection with people that it has. I think there is definitely a fallacy as an artist where something you struggle with is of more value than one that is easy and just falls in your lap. ‘The Middle’ fell into our laps.”

In today’s announcement, Adkins says “this tour is designed to be an elevated version of our show — a heightened experience with production that reflects 25 years of learning how to stretch artistically in the live environment.”

Here are Jimmy Eat World’s tour dates:

June 9 –– Denver, CO –– Red Rocks Amphitheatre^ w/Sunny Day Real Estate + The Get Up Kids
June 11 –– Chicago, IL –– Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island w/ The Get Up Kids + Sunny Day Real Estate
June 12 –– Detroit, MI –– Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill w/ The Get Up Kids + Sunny Day Real Estate
June 16 –– Brooklyn, NY –– Brooklyn Paramount w/The Get Up Kids + Hey Mercedes
June 17 –– New York, NY –– The Rooftop at Pier 17 w/Thrice + Girls Against Boys
June 19 –– Philadelphia, PA –– Highmark Skyline Stage at Mann w/Thrice + Hey Mercedes
June 20 –– Boston, MA –– MGM Music Hall at Fenway w/Thrice + Girls Against Boys
July 3 –– Calgary, AB –– Spruce Meadows ++^
July 4 –– Fort McMurray, AB –– Hello Summer Festival ++^
July 17 –– Bend, OR –– Hayden Homes Amphitheater w/Motion City Soundtrack + Illuminati Hotties
July 18 –– Seattle WA –– WAMU Theater @ Lumen Field w/Motion City Soundtrack + Illuminati Hotties
July 19 –– Vancouver, BC –– Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre w/Motion City Soundtrack + Illuminati Hotties
July 22  –– Sandy, UT –– Sandy Amphitheater w/Motion City Soundtrack + Illuminati Hotties
July 24 –– Concord, CA –– Toyota Pavilion at Concord w/Mom Jeans + Motion City Soundtrack + Illuminati Hotties
July 25-26  –– Long Beach, CA  –– Vans Warped Tour *^
August 14 –– Halifax, UK –– The Piece Hall ^ w/Rise Against, The Get Up Kids (SOLD OUT)
August 15 –– Cardiff, UK –– Cardiff Castle ^ w/Rise Against, The Get Up Kids, Jay Som (SOLD OUT)
August 16  –– London, UK –– Gunnersbury Park ^ w/Rise Against, The Get Up Kids, Jay Som
August 22 –– Montreal, QC  –– Vans Warped Tour *^
August 23 –– Toronto, ON –– RBC Amphitheatre ^ co-headline w/PUP
September 6 –– Phoenix, AZ –– Chase Field ^ supporting My Chemical Romance
September 9 –– Austin, TX –– Moody Amphitheater w/Minus the Bear + Sparta
September 10 –– Dallas, TX –– The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory w/Minus the Bear + Sparta
September 12-13 –– Mexico City, MX –– Vans Warped Tour *^
November 12 –– Nashville, TN –– TBA
November 14 –– Tampa, FL –– MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre w/Hot Mulligan + Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
November 14-15 –– Orlando, FL  –– Vans Warped Tour *^

* Vans Warped Tour
++ Non “Bleed American” Show
^ Non Live Nation Show

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