5/27/2023 0 Comments 311 transistor tour datesNick Hexum: We kind of have gone back and forth. But what exactly was the jumping-off point for being a band that has a couple of hits in the clubs to playing arenas and amphitheater? 311 has been an amphitheater act for 15 to 20 years now. In the meantime, more on 311 - which also includes vocalist Doug “SA” Martinez, bassist Aaron “P-Nut” Wills, guitarist Tim Mahoney and drummer Chad Sexton - can be found online on its official website via It’s been very interesting to me when a band transitions from being a huge club band to becoming an amphitheater kind of act. The rest of this interview will be broadcast as part of a future edition of the Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz podcast. I had the pleasure of interviewing 311 singer and guitarist Nick Hexum by phone on April 30th and highlights from our chat are below. As part of Live Nation’s National Concert Week, $20 tickets for the Sounds Of Summer tour - and thousands of other Live Nation-produced shows - are available for select shows from today through May 7th. The tour kicks off in Dayton, Ohio on July 2nd and is scheduled to run through August 20th. Prior to the release of its 13th album via BMG, 311 will be hitting the road for the Sounds Of Summer tour with co-headliner Dirty Heads and special guests The Interrupters, Dreamers and Bikini Trill. 2019 will mark 20 consecutive headlining summer tours for 311, all while having 12 full-length studio albums - over nine million albums in the U.S. The band known as 311 was formed close to 30 years ago in 1990 in Omaha, Nebraska. Now based in Southern California, 311 continues to mix rock, rap, reggae and funk into its own unique hybrid sound. 11 and 12 will perform Soundsystem from 1999 and From Chaos from 2001.By Darren Paltrowitz 0 311’s Nick Hexum On The Past, Present & Future Of 311 Including Its 2019 “Sounds Of Summer” Tour As the tour continues west, shows in Los Angeles on Nov. 311 will perform its breakthrough, self-titled album from 1995 and the successful follow-up, 1997’s Transistor, in Chicago on Oct. 1 and 2 featured 1993’s Music and 1994’s’s Grassroots. The band’s two performances at Terminal 5 in New York City on Oct. Fans can purchase livestreams of the album sets and upgrade to bundles that include limited-edition merchandise such as T-shirts, autographed posters and animated NFTs. This fall, 311 is streaming six concerts that each highlights a different album. “Who knew that we had a good amount of fans there?” “Personally, it’s been a fun year to get to go to play, like, Missoula,” says Hexum. And so it was nice to show some love for the smaller towns that we have probably just been neglecting out of, you know, being being pulled to the bigger cities.”ģ11’s spring and fall tours took them to such cities as Fargo, N.D. “We don’t want to be like elitist in any way, you know what I mean? We want to make it known that everyone’s welcome in our community. “Being from the middle of the country, we’re also in the middle of a lot of different styles,” shares Hexum. as the band returned to the road after two years slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, 311 made a concerted effort to include secondary markets in the middle of the U.S. We’re excited about the next chapter - P-Nut included.” “And we’ve we’ve had some really good talks and discussions lately. “Everything feels pretty well on track,” says Hexum. 11 and 12) before heading south to Slightly Stoopid’s Closer to the Sun festival in Mexico in early December. Again, I think breaks are healthy, and we have had a fairly intense touring schedule” that has included 62 concerts so far in 2022 and continues with dates in Chicago (Oct. “And you know, we’re looking forward to the future. The band members have had “some really good conversations lately about getting getting back on track,” Hexum shares. Rancid's Tim Armstrong Reunites With Operation Ivy Bandmate in Bad Optix
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