Skrillex and Fred again.. both just expanded their U.S. summer tour schedule, announcing Friday (May 24) that they’re playing a show together at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza on June 1.
“Fred and I have way too much new music we need to test out so we’re going to throw a rave in San Francisco next week BRB,” Skrillex wrote on X to announce the event. Tickets for the show went on sale Tuesday (May 28).
This last-minute show expands Skrillex’s U.S. summer tour schedule by a third, with the producer playing a headlining set at Lightning in a Bottle near Bakersfield, Calif., this past Sunday and a set scheduled for Lollapalooza in Chicago this August.
Meanwhile, Fred again.. is headlining Bonnaroo in June and before that will play three headlining sets at the Frost Amphitheater in Stanford, Calif., June 4-6. Skrillex also made a surprise appearance during a Fred again.. set in Mexico City earlier this month.
The pair have not performed together in the U.S. in an official capacity since headlining Coachella with Four Tet in 2023, when the trio — who earned the name “Pangbourne House Mafia” after making music together in Pangbourne, England — was swapped in as the festival’s Sunday night closers after Frank Ocean pulled out of the show. That trio made their U.S. debut in February 2023 when they headlined Madison Square Garden, with the show selling out in two minutes.
Details for the San Francisco show are scarce, but the space can hold approximately 3,000 people, according to the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department.
The post “Skrillex Announces Surprise San Francisco Show With Fred again..: ‘Fred & I Have Way Too Much New Music’” by Katie Bain was published on 05/28/2024 by www.billboard.com