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Gov’t Mule has announced a new series of live dates. Dubbed Back In The Saddle, the tour comes amid the band’s 30th anniversary of their self-titled 1995 debut LP, and serves as the first “big tour run” since February 2024. On the road, the quartet will perform in 18 cities, with their first newly unveiled appearance arriving on August 27 at the Aurora Pavilion in Milwaukee, Wis.
Midwest concerts will ensue with the band’s next newly added date, August 28, at KEMBA Live! Outdoors in Columbus, Ohio. They’ll take part in a previously announced festival appearance at Peoria Blues and Heritage Music Festival, before a pair of fresh concerts additions: August 31 at Warner Vineyards in Paw Paw, Mich., and September 1 at Buffalo, N.Y.’s Outer Harbor Live at Terminal B.
Following their time in Buffalo, the band will commence their already-announced co-headlining concerts with Tedeschi Trucks Band, which stretch from September 3-10. During that period, Warren Haynes and company, Matt Abts [drums], Danny Louis [keyboards, guitar, and backing vocals], and Kevin Scott [bass], will veer off for one night, September 7, at Bowl In the Pines in Sidney, Maine.
After capping their time with TTB and subsequent September dates, Gov’t Mule will proceed with an extensive stretch of concerts slated for parts of the South and East Coast throughout the month of October. Their final appearance is slated for October 28 at the Santander Performing Arts Center in Redding, Pa.
Speaking to their milestone 30th anniversary and subsequent tour, Haynes commented, “How has it been 30 years since Gov’t Mule’s first album came out? It’s kinda crazy to believe – time really does fly when you’re doing what you love!”
“It’s also hard to believe that it’s been over a year since the last Mule tour. Matt, Danny, Kevin and I are chomping at the bit to be back out there celebrating this monumental anniversary with our amazing fans,” he concluded.
Gov’t Mule’s new tour dates arrive after the success of Haynes’ fourth solo LP, Million Voices Whisper, and the band’s own, Peace…Like A River, and comes on the heels of their recently unveiled destination concert vacation details for Island Exodus 16.
The public on-sale for concert tickets will commence on Friday, June 20, at 10 am local time, at www.mule.net.
GOV’T MULE TOUR DATES
*New dates in bold
July 24 – Floyd County, Va. – FloydFest 25~Aurora ^
July 25 – Louisville, Ky. – Iroquois Amphitheater ~
July 26 – Johnstown, Pa. – Flood City Music Festival ^
August 27 – Milwaukee, Wis. – Aurora Pavilion ~
August 28 – Columbus, Ohio – KEMBA Live! Outdoors ~
August 30 – Peoria, Ill. – Peoria Blues and Heritage Music Festival ^
August 31 – Paw Paw, Mich. – Warner Vineyards ~
September 1 – Buffalo, N.Y. – Outer Harber Live at Terminal B ~
September 3 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage +
September 5 – Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – SPAC +
September 6 – Mansfield, Maine – Xfinity Center +
September 7 – Sidney, Maine – Bowl In the Pines ~
September 9 – Chicago, Ill. – Huntington Bank Pavilion +
September 10 – Clarkston, Mich. – Pine Knob Music Theater +
September 12 – West Springfield, Mass. – The Big E Arena ^
October 10 – Bowling Green, Ky. – Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center ~
October 11 – Macon, Ga. – Atrium Health Amphitheatre +
October 12 – Charleston, S.C. – The Refinery ~
October 14 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall ~
October 15 – Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – Au-Rene Theater at Broward Center ~
October 17 – Wilmington, N.C. – Greenfield Lake Amphitheater ~
October 18 – Raleigh, N.C. – Lincoln Theatre Outdoors ~
October 19 – Virginia Beach, Va. – Sandler Center for the Performing Arts ~
October 21 – Spartanburg, S.C. – Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium ~
October 22 – Rome, Ga. – The Forum River Center ~
October 24 – Maryville, Tenn. – The Shed ~
October 25 – Newport, Ky. – MegaCorp Pavilion ~
October 28 – Reading, Pa. – Santander Performing Arts Center ~
January 15-19, 2026 – Montego Bay, Jamaica – Island Exodus 16
~ indicates headlining shows
+ indicates co-headlining shows with Tedeschi Trucks Band
^ indicates festival appearances
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