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Released in God's year of 2026, the 250th anniversary of the founding of America in Kurt Vile's fine city of Philadelphia, 'Philadelphia's been good to me' finds one of the US's greatest songwriters staking a claim on his hometown. "This is my 'bringing it all back home to Philly' record," Vile says. "I'm treating it like my last one. I put everything into it. It's my best vocal record. It's my best electric guitar record. It's my most organic record, made in the comfort of my own zone."

Make no mistake: 'Philadelphia's been good to me' is the sound of Philly's constant hitmaker coming back to kick ass, son the haters, and put on for the City of Brotherly Love — and in true Kurt Vile fashion, doing so while sounding more relaxed than ever. Between the 250th anniversary of America and its hosting of select World Cup games, 2026 is shaping up to be a big deal for Philadelphia. "And then there's one other thing," Vile says. "I gotta be that third thing. Because I am Philadelphia. I gotta own it. I gotta rise to the occasion."

Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band's New Threats from the Soul is a masterclass in reducing the sublime to the prosaic, immensity to infinitesimally, and vice versa (the trick can only work both ways). Everything in our universe is essentially flotsam or jetsam, rubbish heaps of fragments and shards. We, especially, are jerry-rigs of bubblegum and driftwood, inconsistencies and incoherencies, dead dreams and necrophagous hopes. The record functions in parallel with Kafka's winking dictum that there is an infinite amount of hope in the universe, just not for us. New Threats suggests that maybe, just maybe, something like redemption is possible, but only once we're entirely emptied out and hawked in toto down at Walden Pawn.

Setlists

    1. 1.Back to Moon Beach (Kurt Vile cover)
    2. 2.Hey Like a Child (Kurt Vile cover)
    3. 3.Jesus Fever (Kurt Vile cover)
    4. 4.Say the Word (Kurt Vile cover)
    5. 5.Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone) (Kurt Vile cover)
    6. 6.Speed of the Sound of Loneliness (John Prine cover)
    7. 7.Bassackwards (Kurt Vile cover)
    8. 8.Like Exploding Stones (Kurt Vile cover)
    9. 9.Loading Zones (Kurt Vile cover)
    10. 10.Check Baby (Kurt Vile cover)
    11. 11.Pretty Pimpin (Kurt Vile cover)
    12. 12.Wakin on a Pretty Day (Kurt Vile cover)
    1. 1.Back to Moon Beach (Kurt Vile cover)
    2. 2.Hey Like a Child (Kurt Vile cover)
    3. 3.Dust Bunnies (Kurt Vile cover)
    4. 4.Bassackwards (Kurt Vile cover)
    5. 5.Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone) (Kurt Vile cover)
    6. 6.(solo acoustic)
    7. 7.Girl Called Alex (Kurt Vile cover)
    8. 8.Like Exploding Stones (Kurt Vile cover)
    9. 9.Loading Zones (Kurt Vile cover)
    10. 10.Hunchback (Kurt Vile cover)
    11. 11.Pretty Pimpin (Kurt Vile cover)
    12. 12.Wakin on a Pretty Day (Kurt Vile cover)
    1. 1.Back to Moon Beach (Kurt Vile cover)
    2. 2.Hey Like a Child (Kurt Vile cover)
    3. 3.Jesus Fever (Kurt Vile cover)
    4. 4.Bassackwards (Kurt Vile cover)
    5. 5.Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone) (Kurt Vile cover)
    6. 6.How Lucky (John Prine cover)
    7. 7.Girl Called Alex (Kurt Vile cover) (with Built to Spill's "Kicked It in the Sun" snippet)
    8. 8.Like Exploding Stones (Kurt Vile cover)
    9. 9.Loading Zones (Kurt Vile cover)
    10. 10.KV Crimes (Kurt Vile cover)
    11. 11.Pretty Pimpin (Kurt Vile cover)
    12. 12.Wakin on a Pretty Day (Kurt Vile cover)
    1. 1.Back to Moon Beach (Kurt Vile cover)
    2. 2.Hey Like a Child (Kurt Vile cover)
    3. 3.Jesus Fever (Kurt Vile cover)
    4. 4.Bassackwards (Kurt Vile cover)
    5. 5.Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone) (Kurt Vile cover)
    6. 6.How Lucky (John Prine cover) (Kurt solo)
    7. 7.Girl Called Alex (Kurt Vile cover)
    8. 8.Like Exploding Stones (Kurt Vile cover)
    9. 9.Loading Zones (Kurt Vile cover)
    10. 10.KV Crimes (Kurt Vile cover)
    11. 11.Pretty Pimpin (Kurt Vile cover)
    12. 12.Wakin on a Pretty Day (Kurt Vile cover)

  2. Encore

    1. 13.Blackberry Song (Kurt Vile cover) (Kurt solo)
    2. 14.Check Baby (Kurt Vile cover)
    3. 15.Skinny Mini (Kurt Vile cover)
    4. 16.Cool Water (Kurt Vile cover)
    1. 1.Back to Moon Beach (Kurt Vile cover)
    2. 2.Hey Like a Child (Kurt Vile cover)
    3. 3.Jesus Fever (Kurt Vile cover)
    4. 4.Bassackwards (Kurt Vile cover)
    5. 5.Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone) (Kurt Vile cover)
    6. 6.Runner Ups (Kurt Vile cover)
    7. 7.Girl Called Alex (Kurt Vile cover)
    8. 8.Like Exploding Stones (Kurt Vile cover)
    9. 9.Check Baby (Kurt Vile cover)
    10. 10.KV Crimes (Kurt Vile cover)
    11. 11.Pretty Pimpin (Kurt Vile cover)
    12. 12.Wakin on a Pretty Day (Kurt Vile cover)

  2. Encore

    1. 13.Say the Word (Kurt Vile cover)
    2. 14.Dust Bunnies (Kurt Vile cover)
    3. 15.Skinny Mini (Kurt Vile cover)
    4. 16.Cool Water (Kurt Vile cover)

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Kurt Vile & the Violators play at Vicar Street, Dublin on 14 September 2026.

Tickets for Kurt Vile & the Violators are on sale on Friday 10 April at 10am.

Kurt Vile & the Violators' latest album is 'Philadelphia's been good to me'.

Kurt Vile & the Violators will be joined by special guest Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band.