Wayne Kramer Announces First MC5 Dates

Wayne Kramer recently announced that he had assembled a new band to tour the MC5 album Kick Out The Jams for its 50th anniversary with Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil, Fugazi’s Brendan Canty, King’s X’s Dug Pinnick, and vocalist Marcus Durant of Zen Guerrilla.

The dates for that tour have now been announced starting September 5 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and running through October 27 in hometown Detroit.

The band only released three album, 1969’s Kick Out the Jam, 1970’s Back in the U.S.A. and 1971’s High Time but are considered one of the most important bands of the time.

MC5 dates

09/05 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Live
09/06 – St. Augustine, FL – Backyard Stage at St. Augustine Amphitheatre
09/07 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
09/08 – Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Music Festival
09/09 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In
09/11 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
09/12 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
09/13 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
09/14 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount
09/15 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
09/17 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
09/18 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre
09/19 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
09/21 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
09/22 – Grand Rapids, MI – 20 Monroe Live
09/23 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
09/25 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom
09/26 – St. Louis, MO – The Ready Room
09/28 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
09/29 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
10/01 – Phoenix, AZ – The Marquee
10/02 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
10/03 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
10/04 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
10/05 – Los Angeles, CA – John Anson Ford
10/15 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
10/16 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
10/17 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
10/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
10/20 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
10/23 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
10/24 – Chicago, IL – Metro Chicago
10/25 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
10/26 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
10/27 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore