Sleigh Bells have returned with “Wanna Start a Band?,” their first new song in three years, and announced a Spring 2025 tour across North America. Stream it below.
A vintage noise pop track, “Wanna Start a Band?” fondly remembers the duo’s early days. “In 2008 while eating at a restaurant in Brooklyn with my mom, our server, Derek, wasted very little time asking me, essentially, ‘Wanna Start A Band?’” singer Alexis Krauss revealed in a statement. “Hard to believe that almost 17 years later we are still hyped and obsessively making records together.”
She continued, “Derek started messing with the riff for this song around 2014 — it needed a lot of work but a spark was there. We had a band by then but didn’t know how long it would last. For us, this song is a reminder of how we started but it’s also the first part of a new story we want to tell — more on that very soon!”
After kicking off in Phoenix on May 7th, Sleigh Bells’ tour will stop in San Francisco, Austin, New York City, Toronto, Chicago, and more. See the full schedule below. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 31st at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
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Sleigh Bells 2025 Tour Dates:
05/07 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
05/09 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory – Constellation Room
05/10 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up
05/13 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall – Music Hall
05/16 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
05/17 – Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
05/19 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
05/21 – Denver, CO @ Summit
05/23 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall – Downstairs
05/24 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
05/25 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
05/28 – Tampa, FL @ The RITZ Ybor
05/29 – Orlando, FL @ Plaza Live
05/30 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
06/01 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
06/02 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
06/03 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
06/05 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
06/06 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
06/07 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
06/10 – Toronto, ON @ Axis Club Theatre
06/11 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
06/12 – Chicago, IL @ The Metro
06/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
06/15 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre