Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have announced they will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut album with a 2025 world tour and an upcoming reissue of the LP, set for release next year via Secretly Distribution.
The Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 20th anniversary tour kicks off in Washington, DC on March 31st and will feature North American stops in Austin, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Chicago, Toronto, New York City, and more. The trek will move on to Europe and the UK in September, followed by a brief run of Australia and New Zealand. A press release promises additional dates will be announced soon.
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A Live Nation pre-sale for select dates will begin on Wednesday, November 20th (use access code BEATS) ahead of the general on-sale on Friday, November 22nd via Ticketmaster.
In anticipation of the reissue, which will arrive as a limited edition vinyl LP early next year, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have released the original 2004 recording of “Heavy Metal.” Stream it below.
“At the time, ‘Heavy Metal’ was meant to appear alongside a small collection of songs to be used for an EP to be shopped around to labels,” Clap Your Hands Say Yeah founder Alec Ounsworth explained in a statement. “We never thought that an album was possible at the time. Later, during the mixing of the EP, a decision was made to add other songs. This final collection of songs went on to be the first album.”
Ounsworth continued by saying he didn’t think the original version of the track fit with the album’s other songs at the time, but “20 years later I think I’ve come to appreciate this one a little more. The rest of the album has this excitement too of course but the earliest songs speak even more to a certain innocence around that time which I try hard not to forget.”
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 2025 Tour Dates:
03/31 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis
04/01 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
04/02 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
04/04 – Fort Worth, TX @ Tulip’s
04/05 – Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
04/07 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
04/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ Regent Theater
04/09 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent
04/11 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
04/12 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile Café
04/13 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
04/15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
04/16 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird
05/02 – St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar and Hall
05/03 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
05/04 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
05/06 – Toronto, ON @ Great Hall
05/07 – Albany, NY @ The Egg
05/08 – Somerville, MA @ Crystal Ballroom
05/09 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
05/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
09/14 – Leffinge, BE @ Leffingeleuren Festival
09/16 – Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
09/18 – Paris, FR @ Gaité Lyrique
09/19 – London, UK @ EartH
09/20 – London, UK @ EartH
11/05 – Sydney, AU @ Metro Theatre
11/07 – Melbourne, AU @ Northcote Theatre
11/08 – Brisbane, AU @ The Triffid
11/11 – Auckland, NZ @ The Tuning Fork