The Sword announce 2025 West Coast tour (playing Warp Riders in full)
Photo credit: Dave Creaney
The Sword will celebrate the 15th anniversary of Warp Riders will a special trek along the West Coast.
Revealed today, the trek kicks off on August 17 at Phoenix’s Crescent Ballroom, and it’ll conclude on August 30 at The Bellwether in Los Angeles. For this trek, The Sword will perform Warp Riders in full each night. Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol and Pink Fuzz will be the supporting acts for this trek.
Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets will go on sale to the general public this Friday (May 2) at 10 a.m. local time here. Prior to the West Coast trek, The Sword will embark on a tour across Europe.
The Sword tour dates
June 19 Copenhagen, DK Copenhell Festival
June 21 Netphen, DE Freak Valley Festival
June 22 Nijmegen, NL Doornroosje
June 25 Gothenburg, SE Monument
June 26 Stockholm, SE Slaktyrkan
June 28 Oslo, NO Tons of Rock Festival
August 17 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
August 18 Albuquerque, NM Sister Bar
August 19 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
August 20 Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall
August 22 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
August 23 Seattle, WA Neumo’s
August 24 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
August 25 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
August 27 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
August 28 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s
August 29 San Diego, CA Belly Up Tavern
August 30 Los Angeles, CA The Bellwether
Since 2009, MP3s and NPCs owner Terrance Pryor has written about music, conventions, cosplay, and video games for publications such as AXS, Examiner, Fake Walls, and Ranker. Based out of Los Angeles, the former rock concert promoter/radio host can be seen talking about rock music on AXS TV’s Music’s Greatest Mysteries and discussing music and whatever else on their Black Man Talks Rock channel on YouTube.