Red Dons European Tour 2024

We’re excited to announce our upcoming shows in Europe! We’ll be playing a number of cities that we weren’t able to visit last year. This is also our first time performing in Greece and Armenia! The promoters for our shows in Georgia and Armenia have designed a very cool Red Dons t-shirt. These shirts are available for purchase here… https://reddons.bandcamp.com/merch/raison-detre-shirt-pre-order The proceeds from these t-shirts sales go specifically to helping us out with our travel expenses to Armenia. So hey! Help a punk out! Buy a shirt! We plan to have East/West Collection, Dead Hand of Tradition, Fake Meets Failure and Observers LPs on hand. Big thanks to Taken By Surprise Records for making all of this possible! Follow Red Dons on Instagram for tour updates, pictures and videos.

Fri 11.10.2024 GR-Athens, Idryma 2.14
Sat 12.10.2024 DE-München, Feierwerk Orangehouse
Sun 13.10.2024 CH-Zürich, Hafenkneipe
Mon 14.10.2024 FR-St. Etienne, La Gueule Noir
Tue 15.10.2024 ES-Barcelona, Sala VOL
Wed 16.10.2024 FR-Toulouse, Le Motor
Thu 17.10.2024 CH-Geneva, L‘Ecurie
Fri 18.10.2024 CH-Bern
Sat 19.10.2024 DE-Mannheim, JUZ
Sun 20.10.2024 DE-Regensburg, Alte Mälzerei
Wed 23.10.2024 AR-Yerevan, Muha Bar
Thu 24.10.2024 GE-Tbilisi – Secret Place
Fri 25.10.2024 GE-Kutaisi, Ziari Bar

Euro Tour 2023

We are hitting the road with two new records in tow. The East / West Collection LP and the Generations 7“ will be released September 8th. Pre-orders are available at https://takenbysurprise.net/store
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RED DONS Tour 2023

06.09.2023, AT-Wien, Venster 99
07.09.2023, CZ-Brno, Kabinet MÚZ
08.09.2023, CZ-Prague, Eternia Smichov
09.09.2023, DE-München, Kafe Kult
10.09.2023, DE-Nürnberg, Desi
11.09.2023, DE-Leipzig, Zxrx
12.09.2023, DE-Berlin, cassiopeia
13.09.2023, DE-Hamburg, Hafenklang
14.09.2023, DE-Aachen, LolaParoli
15.09.2023, FR-Paris, Le Cirque Electrique
16.09.2023, DE-Frankfurt, ExZess
17.09.2023, GE-Tbilisi, Secret Place

Red Dons playing To Be Punk Festival #12 – Novi Sad, Serbia

We are excite to announce that we are playing To Be Punk Fest in Novi Sad, Serbia. We are scheduled to share the stage with Cock Sparrer on June 1st. Below is the official announcement from the festival promoters.

Portland je odavno poznat po sjajnoj punk sceni a RED DONS je ve? desetak godina jedan od najsjajnijih njenih predstavnika. Ovaj nomadski bend ?iji ?lanovi u poslednje vreme žive na relaciji Amerika-Evropa uprkos udaljenosti uspevaju da održe kontinuitet i budu prisutni kako koncertno tako i sa izdanjima. Iza njih je deset vinila, tri odli?na albuma i sedam singlova. 2014. na pesmi “A Vote For The Unknown” gostovao im je TV Smith. Frontmen benda, gitarista i peva? Doug nedavno je postao otac pa je to jedan od razloga zašto je 2018. godina za Red Dons bila mirnija godina. Na naš poziv da do?u u Novi Sad i nastupe na To Be Punk-u odazvali su se sa oduševljenjem, kao da žive iza ?oška, i bukvalno u roku od dva dana, izorganizovali su vikend tour od ?etiri datuma. Tako da ?emo imati privilegiju i ?ast da nakon devet godina ugostimo jedan ameri?ki bend na festivalu. Red Dons ?e nastupiti u subotu 01. juna na bini u Letnjem bioskopu KC Novi Sad u Katoli?koj porti.

Welcome to the family Ruby

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We’re very excited to welcome Ruby Sparks to the RED DONS family. If you live in the mid-west, come see Ruby’s debut shows as a Red Don this June (dates below).

Also, be sure to check out Ruby’s band THE STOPS. They’ll be touring Europe in October. http://thestops.bandcamp.com/

RED DONS TOUR DATES:
6/18 – DETROIT @ Lager House Detroit w/ Hysterese, Devious Ones
6/19 – HAMILTON @ TBA (early show)
6/19 – TORONTO @ Bridge Show
6/20 – OTTAWA @ Ottawa Explosion
6/21 – MONTREAL @ Casa del Popolo w/ Destruction Unit
6/23 – COLUMBUS @ Ace of Cups w/ Nervosas
6/24 – BLOOMINGTON @ Madison Square Garden w/ Nervosas
6/25 – CHICAGO @ Burlington w/ Nervosas, Daylight Robbery

Mid-West Tour Dates

Photo by Mateus Mondini

RED DONS are playing mid-west dates in June with some really great bands. If you can, come out to one of the shows.

6/18 – DETROIT @ Lager House Detroit w/ Hysterese, Devious Ones
6/19 – HAMILTON @ TBA (early show)
6/19 – TORONTO @ Bridge Show
6/20 – OTTAWA @ Ottawa Explosion
6/21 – MONTREAL @ Casa del Popolo w/ Destruction Unit
6/23 – COLUMBUS @ Ace of Cups w/ Nervosas
6/24 – BLOOMINGTON @ Madison Square Garden w/ Nervosas
6/25 – CHICAGO @ Burlington w/ Nervosas, Daylight Robbery

photo by Mateus Mondini

East Coast Tour

We are happy to announce the dates of our upcoming east coast tour. Below is a full list of dates and venues. July 24th – 27th, we are joining NIGHT BIRDS in support of their new album BORN TO DIE IN SUBURBIA.

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7/17 Brooklyn @ Death By Audio
7/18 Philadelphia @ Golden Tea House
7/19 Washington D.C. @ Casa Fiesta
7/20 Richmond @ Strange Matter
7/21 Raleigh @ Slims (Free Show)
7/22 Richmond (Revisions) @ Vinyl Conflict
7/23 Baltimore @ Golden West Café
7/24 New Brunswick @ The Alamo
7/25 Manhattan @ The Cake Shop
7/26 Long Island @ No Fun Club
7/27 Boston @ The Middle East (all ages)
7/27 Boston @ O’Briens ( 21+ )

Out Now: Ausländer / Mauvaise Foi

We released a new record today. Copies are available through Dirtnap Records. We will also have copies with us on our west coast tour next month. Here is how some folks describe the release.

[POST-PUNK POP] Red Dons’ moddish post-punk has never lacked for melody, but the Dons’ new Dirtnap Records 7-inch might be the Portland quartet’s most comely pop product yet. A-side “Auslander” comes within spitting distance of the five-minute mark without ever threatening to overstay its welcome, which is a rare feat. The anthem flies by in classic Adverts fashion, with punk fury mellowed by a helping of melancholic world-weariness; it’s one of those expansive love songs in which romance escapes the trite ties of pair-bonding and attaches itself to existential equations. Which is to say you don’t need to be in love to love “Auslander.” You need only be alive. – Willamette Week

“Red Dons at their most straightforward, melodic, and powerful. The A side in particular might be their best song yet. 2 new tracks, written in 2010-2011 between Chicago, Brazil, London, Portland, and Hamburg, recorded in Sweden in a cold war era bomb shelter during a 2011 European tour by Lars Ekman (Hanna Hirsch, Förmögenhet). Look for a west coast tour with The Estranged in September 2012. All copies come with download coupon. FIRST 200 ARE ON BLUE VINYL AND ARE AVAILABLE ONLY FROM GREEN NOISE RECORDS! Also available on black vinyl.” -Dirtnap Records