Bleachers Bring Their World Tour to LA's Legendary Troubadour
Bleachers are heading back to Los Angeles for a run that feels built for a room like this one. This September, Jack Antonoff and company will play five nights at the Troubadour, September 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15, a rare chance to catch one of rock's most electric live acts in one of the genre's most storied rooms.
The Troubadour has been a rite of passage for touring bands since the 1950’s, the kind of room where Elton John made his American debut and generations of rock bands since have come to prove themselves in front of a crowd standing close enough to see every drop of sweat. Five nights there is a very different proposition than the arenas and amphitheaters Bleachers have spent this year selling out, and that's exactly what makes it worth circling on the calendar.
The shows land in the middle of the second leg of Bleachers' world tour behind everyone for ten minutes, the band's fifth studio album and one of this year's most acclaimed rock records in our opinion. It's part of a run that has stretched to more than fifty shows across North America and Europe, and the reviews have followed the band the whole way. The New York Times called the record "anthemic, life-affirming pop rock," and that description has held up across a tour that's already included a sold-out, career-biggest headline show at Madison Square Garden this past June.
That reputation isn't new, but it's never sounded sharper. Since forming in 2013, Antonoff has built Bleachers into a band defined by scale and heart in equal measure, saxophones and dual pianos stacked into a wall of New Jersey-bred sound, lyrics that trade in real vulnerability instead of easy hooks. Antonoff, a multiple-time Grammy winner and one of only four people in Grammy history to take home Album, Record, and Song of the Year plus Best New Artist, brings a producer's ear for detail to a live show that still runs on pure, unfiltered energy.
What makes this run especially exciting is the room itself. The Troubadour has hosted some of the most legendary nights in music history, and a five-night stand there is a different animal entirely from an arena show, tighter, louder, and close enough to feel every note. After a summer of stadium-sized moments, watching Bleachers bring that same anthemic energy into a room this intimate is the kind of show that becomes the one everyone wishes they'd been at.
If you're anywhere near Los Angeles this September, don't sleep on this one. Five nights at the Troubadour is about as good as it gets, and Bleachers have never sounded more ready for it.
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