{"id":804063,"date":"2020-02-11T12:34:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T19:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=951158"},"modified":"2020-02-11T12:34:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T19:34:31","slug":"the-struts-announce-make-it-big-tour-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/the-struts-announce-make-it-big-tour-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Struts Announce Make It Big Tour 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/the-struts-make-it-big-tour.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-struts\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-struts\" data-tag=\"the-struts\">The Struts<\/a> broke through over the last seven years by winning over audiences while opening for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/foo-fighters\/\" id=\"auto-tag_foo-fighters\" data-tag=\"foo-fighters\">Foo Fighters<\/a>, Guns \u2018N\u2019 Roses, the Rolling Stones and more. Now, they\u2019re hitting the road once more as headliners.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with NME, Dave Grohl <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/dave-grohl-reveals-best-band-ever-open-foo-fighters-2343605\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">called<\/a> the bombastic group \u201cthe best opening band we\u2019ve ever had. That kid Luke [Spiller, the Struts\u2019 frontman] is unbelievable. He\u2019ll walk out in front of an audience in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where nobody has ever heard of them and by the end of the show he\u2019ll have the entire audience in the palm of his hand. To [have] an audience turn like that is not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These days, the Struts are more frequently headlining on their own, thanks in part to the success of their single \u201cBody Talks\u201d featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kesha\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kesha\" data-tag=\"kesha\">Kesha<\/a>, which has been streamed more than 23 million times, according to Alpha Data, the analytics company that powers the <em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Rolling Stone<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/charts\/\">Chart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GcvBnhq0lFA?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, the Struts announced a new round of dates: The Make it Big Tour 2020 begins May 24th in Dallas, and hits theaters and outdoor venues through the end of June. Tickets go on sale Friday; for more information head to their <a href=\"https:\/\/thestruts.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Struts released their second album <em>Young and Dangerous<\/em> in fall 2018. <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s Will Hermes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/review-greta-van-fleet-and-the-struts-revel-in-the-reliable-power-of-classic-rock-744694\/\">described<\/a> the band then as \u201ca flash pot of musical theater shtick, glam-rock camp and pop-punk snot that suggested a band in on the joke but still committed to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, Spiller <a href=\"https:\/\/the-radical.com\/2019\/the-struts-interview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">summed up<\/a> why the band are succeeding in an era when guitar bands are near extinct: \u201cThere\u2019s always going to be a void to be filled when it comes to this kind of vibe of music,\u201d he said. \u201cIn all honesty, I don\u2019t think everyone can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make It Big Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May 24 \u2013 Dallas, TX @ HiFi<br \/>May 29 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre<br \/>May 31 \u2013 Council Bluffs, IA @ Harrah\u2019s Council Bluffs \u2013 Stir Concert Cover<br \/>June 2 \u2013 Sioux Falls, SD @ The District<br \/>June 5 \u2013 Maryland Heights, MO @ St. Louis Music Park<br \/>June 9 \u2013 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution<br \/>June 10 \u2013 Orlando, FL @ Revolution<br \/>June 12 \u2013 St Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live<br \/>June 13 \u2013 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade \u2013 Heaven Stage<br \/>June 16 \u2013 Richmond, VA @ The National<br \/>June 18 \u2013 Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre<br \/>June 19 \u2013 Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony Summer Stage<br \/>June 22 \u2013 Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Centre Theatre<br \/>June 23 \u2013 London, ON @ London Music Hall<br \/>June 25 \u2013 Rochester, NY @ 2020 Party in the Park Rochester<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-struts-make-it-big-tour-2020-951158\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Struts broke through over the last seven years by winning over audiences while opening for the Foo Fighters, Guns \u2018N\u2019 Roses, the Rolling Stones and more. Now, they\u2019re hitting the road once more as headliners. In an interview with NME, Dave Grohl called the bombastic group \u201cthe best opening band we\u2019ve ever had. That [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-804063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 02:09:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}