Young The Giant brings new album to Tampa this summer

A live concert photograph of Sameer Gadhia, lead singer of Young The Giant, performing on stage. They have dark curly hair and a beard, wearing an orange and yellow vertical-striped short-sleeve button-down shirt. They are leaning into a vintage-style silver microphone, eyes closed in a moment of intense vocal performance against a dark, moody background. Young The Giant plays Gasparilla Music Festival at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 17, 2024. Credit: Keir Magoulas / Gasparilla Music Festival

Whether you sat out or got soaked at Young The Giant’s Gasparilla Music Festival rain set two years ago, here’s your chance for redemption.

This morning, the California alt-rock outfit announced that a trio of Florida shows would be added to its upcoming summer tour, with the first one taking place in Tampa. The 42-date run coincides with the release of the band’s upcoming sixth album Victory Garden, which shares a title with the tour. While the album’s hopeful first single “Different Kind of Love” and its rainy music video have made waves since dropping last month, it’s easier to lyrically connect with last week’s single “Bitter Fruit,” which sees frontman Sameer Gadhia and friends long for the days when they could really live hard and enjoy life again.

Joining the band in Tampa will be Long Beach indie-rock band Cold War Kids, which will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album Robbers & Cowards, and up-and-coming indie-pop trio Almost Monday. And if this early-in-the-week University of South Florida gig doesn’t match up with your schedule, a Ft. Lauderdale gig two days later is still an option, as is an outdoor stop three hours away at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre that Friday.

Tickets to see Young The Giant play Tampa’s Yuengling Center on Tuesday, June 2 go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. Prices have yet to be announced.

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