U.K. rock trio Tigercub have signed to Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard's label Loosegroove Records and announced their first-ever North American headline tour, presented by Revolver. In addition, the band is set to open for Clutch and Eyehategod on select upcoming dates.
"Tigercub steps up to claim the front-runner status as the new heavy," Gossard enthuses. "They emerge from Brighton U.K. under the seven-foot frame of Mr. Jamie Hall and his Tigercub."
The Tigercub signing marks the reboot of Loosegroove, which Gossard founded in 1994 with Regan Hagar (who played drums in Gossard's longtime band Brad, as well as the seminal glam-punk band Malfunkshun). Throughout the Nineties, Loosegroove issued records from acts such as Critters Buggin, Malfunkshun, Weapon of Choice and Devilhead, and Gossard and Hagar notably signed a little band called Queens of the Stone Age and released their 1998 self-titled debut album. "When we discovered Tigercub, it felt like the right time to start Loosegroove back up," Hagar says. Stone adds, "It's almost 23 years to date that Queens of the Stone Age debuted at Mercury Lounge in NYC. And now Tigercub makes their Big Apple debut in the same club on April 16th. This is just the beginning for this incredibly talented group from Brighton, U.K., to enlighten us Yanks to the sound of the new heavy!"
Check out Tigercub's 2022 North American tour dates below (tickets will go on-sale here at 2 p.m. ET), and watch the video for the group's latest single, December's "I.W.G.F.U.," their first new material since 2021's As Blue As Indigo LP.
Tigercub 2022 tour dates:
March 14 - Nashville, TN - The End
March 15 - Atlanta, GA - Vinyl @ Center Stage
March 16 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City (w/Clutch)
March 18 - New Orleans, LA - The Fillmore (w/Clutch)
March 19 - Tyler, TX - County River Club (w/Clutch)
March 20 - San Antonio, TX - The Aztec Theatre (w/Clutch)
March 22 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre (w/Clutch)
March 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Rock Night Out
March 24 - Santa Ana, CA - The OBservatory (w/Clutch)
March 25 - Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl (w/Clutch)
March 26 - Reno, NV - Virginia Street Brewhouse (w/Clutch)
March 28 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom (w/Clutch)
March 29 - Vancouver, BC - The Vogue Theatre (w/Clutch)
March 30 - Edmonton, AB - Midway (w/Clutch)
April 1 - Calgary, AB - The Palace Theatre (w/Clutch)
April 2 - Missoula, MT - The Wilma (w/Clutch)
April 3 - Spokane, WA - The Knitting Factory (w/Clutch)
April 5 - Billings, MT - Pub Station (w/Clutch)
April 7 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue (w/Clutch)
April 8 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theatre (w/Clutch)
April 9 - Green Bay, WI - Epic Event Center (w/Clutch)
April 10 - Joliet, IL - The Forge (w/Clutch)
April 11 - Detroit, MI - Sanctuary
April 13 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
April 14 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
April 15 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Saint
April 16 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
July 7-9 - 2000Trees Festival
September 2-3 - Burn it Down Festival
