Photo by Daniel Prakopcyk
(HOLMDEL, NJ) -- Connecticut rock band Goose comes to the PNC Banks Arts Center in Holmdel on Sunday, September 1, 2024 as part of a US tour spanning the country with dates throughout the fall. All this comes after an extensive spring tour, Goose's first with their new drummer, Cotter Ellis; Ellis made his debut with the band in four stunning, sold out nights in April at the legendary Capitol Theatre in Portchester, NY. Showtime is 7:30pm.
To mark the occasion, Goose released Ted Tapes 2024, an album comprised of instrumental improvisations captured during Ellis’s auditions on drums. The electricity from these first moments is intimate and unbelievable, captured here on tape and on display on tour this fall.
“These Ted Tapes tracks are improvisational moments from the first few sessions with Cotter," explains guitarist, lead singer Rick Mitarotonda, "Recorded solely for the purpose of reference, not intended for any kind of release. The instruments and microphones were rigged up quickly, and the playing was raw and free from any expectations. The first track, 'Leo,' is the opening pick up jam from the first session, the first notes ever played together. There were some consistent threads we all felt in the room throughout these early sessions; ease of communication, freely flowing ideas, and a feeling of effortlessness moving through different zones. We experienced a patience that allowed all of our personalities to come out and energy to well up in new ways. It feels like a door just beginning to open. We couldn’t be more stoked for what’s to come.”
Tickets are available for purchase online. PNC Bank Arts Center is located at Exit 116 of the Garden State Parkway in Holmdel, New Jersey.
Goose released their debut album in 2016 and quickly took flight, playing countless shows while steadily amassing a fervent fan following for their unique brand of irresistible songcraft, fluid musicianship, and spirited improvisational performance. 2022 proved a career-defining year for the Connecticut-based quintet with their critically acclaimed third studio album, Dripfield. Fueled by such hypnotic tracks as “Hungersite” (which spent multiple weeks among the top 10 at Triple A radio outlets nationwide), the album proved a phenomenon, debuting at #2 on Billboard’s “Top New Artist Albums” chart amidst critical applause from such national outlets as Rolling Stone, which hailed it as “both sweet headphone ear candy and the foundation for a perfect live peak.”
Known for their exuberant grooves and incendiary bursts of musical exploration, Goose has spent much of the past decade on a seemingly infinite tour schedule that includes sold-out headline shows at such renowned venues as Morrison, CO’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Nashville, TN’s Ryman Auditorium, and New York City’s hallowed Radio City Music Hall; a sold-out co-headline run alongside Trey Anastasio Band; a sold-out EU/UK headline tour, and show-stealing appearances at such festivals as Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Austin City Limits Music Festival, Newport Folk Festival, Electric Forest, and Dead & Company’s Playing In The Sand in Riviera Cancun, MX. Recent highlights also include a sold-out, five-night run at Port Chester, NY’s historic Capitol Theater and 2023’s 10th annual Goosemas holiday celebration at Hampton, VA’s famed Hampton Coliseum, as well as TV performances on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and CBS Saturday Morning.
Goose are: Rick Mitarotonda (vocals, guitar), Peter Anspach (vocals, keys, guitar), Trevor Weekz (bass), Jeff Arevalo (vocals, percussion, drums), Cotter Ellis (drums)
GOOSE - TOUR 2024
SEPTEMBER
1– Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
2 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
3 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
4 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
6 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Broadview Stage at SPAC
7 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Broadview Stage at SPAC
9 – Charlottesville, VA – Ting Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
11 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
12 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
13 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
14 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
15 – Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall
17 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Plaza at America First Field
19 – Missoula, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater
20 – Missoula, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater
21 – Seattle, WA – Remlinger Farms
22 – Troutdale, OR – Edgefield Concerts on the Lawn
24 – Eugene, OR – Cuthbert Amphitheater
26 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
27 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre
28 – Stanford, CA – Frost Amphitheater
OCTOBER
4 – Memphis, TN – Mempho Music Festival †
24 – Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater
25 – Asheville, NC - ExploreAsheville.com Arena
26 – Asheville, NC - ExploreAsheville.com Arena
29 – Miami, FL – The Fillmore Miami Beach
30 – Miami, FL – The Fillmore Miami Beach
31 – St. Petersburg, FL – St. Pete Pier
NOVEMBER
1 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
2 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
7 – Pittsburgh, PA – Petersen Events Center
8 – Cincinnati, OH – Andrew J Brady Music Center
9 – Cincinnati, OH – Andrew J Brady Music Center
10– Cincinnati, OH – Andrew J Brady Music Center
12 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
13 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
DECEMBER
13 – North Charleston, SC– Goosemas @ North Charleston Coliseum *
14 – North Charleston, SC– Goosemas @ North Charleston Coliseum *
† Festival Appearance
