The Bad Plus - UK & European Tour, May and June 2025.
Sunday, April 13, 2025
The Bad Plus have announced an extensive UK & European tour in support of their latest album release "Complex Emotions".
We have received the following press release;
THE BAD PLUS
ANNOUNCE 2025 EUROPEAN TOUR IN SUPPORT OF ACCLAIMED ALBUM “COMPLEX EMOTIONS”
Genre Defying Quartet Brings Bold New Sound To Stages Across Europe This May And June
With their latest album “Complex Emotions”, The Bad Plus have solidified their reinvention as one of the most daring and dynamic groups in modern music. Now, the genre-defying quartet will bring their compelling new sound to audiences across Europe with a tour spanning 13 cities and 8 countries, kicking off May 27 at Jazz sous les pommiers in Coutances, France.
The tour marks a bold new chapter for the band, whose self-titled 2022 release introduced a powerful new lineup featuring founding members Reid Anderson (bass) and Dave King (drums), joined by guitar innovator Ben Monder and genre-hopping saxophonist Chris Speed. Together, this quartet has expanded the group’s sonic language into thrilling new territory while remaining rooted in the band’s distinctive identity.
“Complex Emotions”, the second album by this reconfigured lineup, takes its name from a phrase Anderson and King have long used to describe the band’s mission: to explore the full emotional spectrum with fearless creativity. The album showcases a group at the height of its collective powers—deeply intuitive, richly melodic, and relentlessly inventive.
“With this new album and this new batch of music, we’re planting a flag to say that this version of the band has really come into its own,” says Anderson.
Fans can expect an electrifying set that embraces everything from intricate composition to spontaneous improvisation, with the band’s signature mix of cerebral risk-taking and visceral intensity.
The full list of European tour dates is as follows:
2025 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
May 27 – Jazz sous les pommiers | Coutances, France
May 28 – New Morning | Paris, France
May 29 – Teatro Principal | Puerto Real, Spain
May 30 – El Molino Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain
May 31 – Teatro Filarmónica | Oviedo, Spain
June 2 – NICA JAZZ CLUB | Hamburg, Germany
June 3 – Ronnie Scott’s | London, United Kingdom
June 4 – LantarenVenster | Rotterdam, Netherlands
June 6 – Auditório de Espinho | Espinho, Portugal
June 7 – Stadtgarten | Cologne, Germany
June 9 – Jazz Middelheim | Antwerpen, Belgium
June 10 – Jazzclub Unterfahrt | München, Germany
June 12 & 13 – Le Petit Faucheux | Tours, France
June 14 – Bimhuis | Amsterdam, Netherlands
For tickets and more information, visit: http://www.thebadplus.com