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Soul Asylum to bring Acoustic Tour to the area in April

originally published: 12/17/2025


(NEWTON, NJ) -- Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum selling rock band Soul Asylum are heading out on a special acoustic tour in 2026.  Locally, the band will perform at City Winery in Philadelphia (April 14), The Vogel in Red Bank (April 16) and The Newton Theatre in Newton (April 18).

This upcoming tour offers a rare opportunity to see Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner and Ryan Smith perform an intimate, one-of-a-kind acoustic set.

Soul Asylum started as Minneapolis’ punk younger brothers to the Replacements and Husker Dü. Their 1992 breakthrough album Grave Dancers Union featured the international hits “Runaway Train”, “Black Gold” and “ Somebody to Shove”.

“Runaway Train” won a Grammy, and its groundbreaking music video brought nearly two dozen missing and exploited children and teens around the world home to their families.

The band has released 13 original albums – including their most recent, 2024’s Slowly But Shirley – with multiple live albums and assorted Greatest Hits collections. Their famous 1993 MTV Unplugged performance was released for the first time on vinyl as a coveted Record Store Day exclusive, and November 2025 also saw the 30-year anniversary reissue of their Let Your Dim Light Shine album.




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Tour Dates

April 1 - Reif Performing Arts Center @ 7:00pm; Grand Rapids, MN

April 2 - Grand Theater @ 7:00pm; Wausau, WI

April 3 - Historic Temple Theatre @ 7:00pm; Viroqua, WI

April 4 - Pablo Center at the Confluence @ 7:00pm; Eau Claire, WI

April 8 - Hendricks Live! @ 7:00pm; Plainfield, IN

April 9 - The Ludlow Garage @ 7:00pm; Cincinnati, OH

April 10 - Purdue University @ 7:00pm; West Lafayette, IN

April 12 - The Kent Stage @ 7:00pm; Kent, OH

April 13 - City Winery Pittsburgh @ 7:00pm; Pittsburgh, PA

April 14 - City Winery Philadelphia @ 7:00pm; Philadelphia, PA

April 16 - The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts @ 7:00pm; Red Bank, NJ


April 17 - Levon Helm Studios @ 7:00pm; Woodstock, NY

April 18 - The Newton Theatre @ 7:00pm; Newton, NJ

April 19 - SHU Community Theatre @ 7:00pm; Fairfield, CT

April 21 - The Music Hall Lounge @ 7:00pm; Portsmouth, NH

April 23 - Tupelo Music Hall @ 7:00pm; Derry, NH

April 24 - Johnson Hall Theater @ 7:00pm; Gardiner, ME

April 25 - Center For Arts In Natick @ 7:00pm; Natick, MA

April 26 - Universal Preservation Hall @ 7:00pm; Saratoga Springs, NY




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