The Jesus Lizard announce first shows since 2009

By Scott Munro
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Noise rock veterans The Jesus Lizard reunite and line up six December shows across the US

The Jesus Lizard's David Yow
The Jesus Lizard's David Yow (Image credit: Getty)

Following the recent announcement that they had reunited, The Jesus Lizard have announced their first live shows since 2009.

The noise rock veterans disbanded in 1999 following the release of their last studio album Blue. They got back together ten years later before splitting again in 2010.

Now, vocalist David Yow, guitarist Duane Denison, bassist David Wm. Sims and drummer Mac McNeilly have scheduled six shows across the US, which will take place in December.

Yow tells Noisey: “I’m not going to be able to act like I’m 30. It wasn’t easy then, and now it’s motherfuckin’ hard.”

The band have been going back over their material for the shows, which will culminate in an appearance at the Day For Night Festival in Houston – and Sims reports everything is falling back into place.

He says: “I’ve been reviewing and rehearsing them the last few days. Once in a while I just stop and think to myself, ‘Man, I’m really enjoying playing this song.’

“I don’t think there’ll be any disagreement about some of the songs that were always in the setlist and went over well with audiences.”

Find a full list of The Jesus Lizard’s US tour dates below.

The Jesus Lizard 2017 US tour

Dec 08: Nashville Cannery Ballroom, TN
Dec 09: Chicago Metro, IL
Dec 10: New York Irving Plaza, NY
Dec 14: Los Angeles The Fonda Theatre, CA
Dec 15: San Francisco The Independent, CA
Dec 16: Houston Day For Night Festival, TX

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.