The Los Angeles punk band X will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a series of performances beginning this Saturday, Nov. 27, in Seattle. The band will play four nights at the Crocodile there, with different opening acts each night. They will continue with four nights each in San Francisco, San Diego and L.A., also featuring different opening bands each night, and will supplement those shows with one-offs in Portland, Sacramento, San Jose and Fresno, with Small Wigs opening each of those shows. The complete itinerary is below.
The shows will feature the original lineup of X—Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebrake—with a few changes. On the band’s website, Exene made the following statement:
“For a long time interviewers and X people we’ve met have asked us did you think when X started you’d still be playing together now? And our answer is surprisingly, No! Of course not! In 1976 I was 20; now I’m 60. How’s that for weird?! DJ Bonebrake, Billy Zoom, John Doe and Exene Cervenka are STILL together! We are still touring, and guess what? We now have Billy Zoom on saxophone, DJ on vibes! We added another fine musician, Craig Packham, to fill in on drums and rhythm guitar to make that happen. Our harmonies are somewhat perfected, our souls are still intact, and against all odds, maladies and distractions, all the setbacks and obstacles, we are still here! Just some friendly advice—you should probably come see us play while you still have the chance. Not that X is going away anytime soon! A couple weeks ago we were in the van coming home from a show, and started talking about this very exciting 40th anniversary year coming up. Then Billy said: ‘That’s nice. What are we doing for our 50th anniversary?’ Aren’t you glad X is still around? I am!”
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Tour dates
SEATTLE
NOV 27
The Crocodile
With Skating Polly
NOV 28
The Crocodile
With Visqueen
NOV 29
The Crocodile
With Small Wigs
NOV 30
The Crocodile
With Tripwires
PORTLAND
DEC 2
Crystal Ballroom
With Small Wigs &Skating Polly
SACRAMENTO
DEC 4
Ace of Spades
With Small Wigs
SAN JOSE
DEC 5
The Ritz
With Small Wigs
FRESNO
DEC 6
Strummer
With Small Wigs
SAN FRANCISCO
DEC 8
The Independent
With Mike Watt & The Secondmen
DEC 9
The Independent
With Small Wigs
DEC 10
The Independent
With LP3 & The Tragedy
DEC 11
The Independent
With The Blasters
SAN DIEGO
DEC 15
The Casbah
With Mike Watt & The Secondmen
DEC 16
The Casbah
With The Blasters
DEC 17
The Casbah
With Small Wigs
DEC 18
The Casbah
With Chris Shiflet
Los Angeles
DEC 28
The Roxy Hollywood
With Mike Watt & The Secondmen
DEC 29
The Roxy Hollywood
With The Blasters
DEC 30
The Roxy Hollywood
With Small Wigs
DEC 31
The Roxy Hollywood
With Chris Shiflet
Watch the video for X’s “Los Angeles”
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