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The Slackers tour dates 2024

The Slackers is currently touring across 8 countries and has 21 upcoming concerts.

Their next tour date is at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, after that they'll be at 118 North in Wayne.

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• 🇳🇱 Netherlands
• 🇨🇭 Switzerland

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Starland Ballroom

Terra Fermata

Downtown Debauchery

West End Trading Co Presents The 17th Annual Hurricane Party

The Starlite Room

THE SUICIDE MACHINES, THE SLACKERS, THE CREEPSHOW, Space Chimp & DJ I-Lot @ Victoria's 25th Anniversary Ska & Reggae Festival

The Underworld

Audio, Glasgow

Feierwerk / Hansa 39

Het Depot - Grote Zaal

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Overflow Brewing Co.

Velvet Underground

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A-ma-zing! Love their energy and the vibe. Very down to earth great musicians. Show went on and on well past the two hours mark. This show is a must at least once in a lifetime. Oi to the world!

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They were great. Lots of skanking. Dont get how you mosh to ska though.

Well worth money super small venue 30 words really padding padding 01100001110 blah blah lol hehehe super dooper

This was the third year in the bounce I’ve seen the Slackers at Brudenell, Leeds. Always the very best entertainment & a really good vibe in the club. Keep on coming back & so will I, great night!

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The Slackers Announce “Kill You” + Fall Tour Dates – News

July 20, 2023 News

The Slackers Announce “Kill You” + Fall Tour Dates

New York City reggae legends The Slackers have announced a new 12” single to be released this fall. The single features “Kill You,” an unreleased track from the Don’t Let The Sunlight Fool Ya sessions, and a dub version of “Statehouse.”

“Kill You” was still being worked on when Don’t Let The Sunlight Fool Ya was released and that gave it a moment to stand on its own. It reflects our current contentious climate over gun rights, insurrection, threats of a new civil war, and the epidemic of gun violence. Frontman Vic Ruggiero’s lyrical insight for the song comes from his encounters with firearms in public over the last few years. Factor in a conversation with longtime friend and musical collaborator Rocksteypood, and “Kill You” is a 7 minute track that cuts deep into divisive issues in America.

Ruggiero’s unease comes from a portion of America’s obsession with guns and what could come next. “I started thinking about a lot of things… How does a civil war start? How come it’s OK for people to shoot each other in certain situations and others it’s not? I even took a gun safety class in Phoenix that was less about gun safety and more about who you can shoot in what situation and get away with it.”

“Kill You” Tracklist: Side A: 1. Kill You Side B: 1. Statehouse (Dub Version)

“Kill You” was mixed by Victor Rice, an NYC ska luminary currently residing in Brazil, whose many accolades include two Latin Grammys and frequent collaborations with The Slackers throughout their career, including producing the band’s debut full-length, 1996’s Better Late Than Never .

The B Side, “Statehouse,” is a commentary on the struggle for justice in South Carolina seen through the campaign to take down the Confederate flag that flew outside its Statehouse from 1961 – 2015. “Statehouse” began as a reply to “Wrongful Suspicion” which Ruggiero had written back in 1997 with Rancid’s Tim Armstrong. The Dub version of “Statehouse” on this vinyl is a further reworking of the track by Emch, DJ at Subatomic Sound System, and long time collaborator with Lee Perry. Emch deconstructed the tune bringing forward the hand drumming of legendary Percussionist Larry McDonald, a mutual friend and longtime collaborator of the Slackers, Emch, and Lee Perry.

Ruggiero noted, ”I had finished up ‘Kill You’ with Victor Rice, and then I heard Emch’s dub mix of ‘Statehouse,’ and I thought ‘Wow! It would be cool to put them on a 7” together conceptually.’ To say that the tension in America was NOT one-sided (pun intended?), all kinda seemed to make sense.” With that, Ruggiero re-recorded some of his vocals for “Statehouse” in order to fit the dub version better and everything fell perfectly in place.

Additionally, the band released a video yesterday for the single “Shameboy” which comes from the album Don’t Let The Sunlight Fool Ya .

The Slackers Fall 2023 US Tour Dates: 10/21/23: Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom 11/08/23: Miami, FL – Flogging Molly’s Salty Dog Cruise 2023 11/14/23: West Palm Beach, FL – Respectable Street 11/17/23: Chicago, IL – Reggie’s 11/18/23: Chicago, IL – Reggie’s 11/29/23: Vancouver, WA – Rickshaw

w/ Voodoo Glow Skulls, Buster Shuffle, Los Mal Hablados: 11/30/23: Seattle, WA – Crocodile 12/1/23: Portland, OR – Dantes 12/2/23: Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone 12/3/23: Santa Cruz, CA – Moe’s Alley 12/5/23: Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music 12/6/23: Denver, CO – Oriental Theater 12/8/23: Los Angeles, CA – 1720 12/9/23: Garden Grove, CA – Garden Grove amp 12/10/23: San Diego, CA – House of Blues

w/ Mustard Plug, Stop the Presses, The Freecoasters: 12/14/23: Bensalem, PA – Broken Goblet 12/15/23: Washington DC – Black Cat 12/16/23: Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl 12/17/23: Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair

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For 32 years, the NYC-based and critically acclaimed Slackers have been touring the world with their blend of Ska, Reggae, and Soul.

Since 1991, the Slackers have released fifteen albums and countless singles, while their 1000s of live performances feed their fans with energetic sets of ecstatic music.

The Slackers have been called ‘the Sound of New York’ by the New York Times. They were described by Brooklyn Vegan as a “clean mix of Ska, Reggae, and Soul that gets dirtied up by Vic Ruggiero’s tough New York accent.’

In April 2022, The Slackers released a new album, “Dont Let The Sunlight Fool Ya” (Pirates Press) which quickly shot to the top of the US Billboard charts .  The first time that a Slackers’ album has charted!  Ironically after 30 years as a band, they qualified as a Billboard  ‘new artist!’ The Washington Post noted that the Slackers  “remain at the top of their game.” 

The chart topping sales of “Dont Let The Sunlight Fool Ya” capped a 2 year comeback of the Slackers.  When Covid stopped live shows in 2020, the Slackers pivoted to livestreams and made 5 full band concerts that were broadcast internationally to an audience of thousands.  After the streams, they stayed in the studio and recorded the tunes that became ‘Dont Let the Sunlight Fool Ya.’

Returning to live gigging in the 2nd half of 2021 through to the end of 2022, they have managed to make up all the shows that were postponed from 2020.  This included a triumphant European club date tour in October 2022 that included 9 sellout shows including London’s Underworld. 

In 2023, the Slackers are booking 90 concerts in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Latin America.  They have announced appearances at festivals such as Punk Rock Bowling, Zwaarte Kross, Rebellion, Punk Rock Holiday with many more to come.

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