Tomahawk played their first show in 13 years as they kicked off a US tour with the Melvins on Saturday at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville.
The Mike Patton-led supergroup — which also features Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard), John Stanier (Helmet), and Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle) — played an 18-song set.
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With the band having never toured in support of their most recent album, Tonic Immobility, due to the pandemic and Patton’s mental health struggles, the show featured six live debuts from the 2021 LP.
The rest of the set was culled from three of Tomahawk’s previous albums, including their 2001 self-titled debut, 2003’s Mit Gas, and 2013’s Oddfellows, plus a cover of Duane Eddy’s “Stalkin’.”
Meanwhile, the Melvins’ played a 12-song set, included a cover of The Rolling Stones’ “Sway.” They were joined on the set-closer “Night Goat” by Tomahawk’s Dunn, who is bandmates with Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne in the group Fantômas.
The tour runs through an August 15th show in Los Angeles. Along the way, it will hit such cities as Dallas, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, and San Francisco, among others, with tickets available here.
Prior to the tour, Melvins’ Osborne and Tomahawk’s Denison connected over Zoom for Consequence‘s “Two for the Road” series. The pair discussed the tour, the bands’ history together, their influence on other music acts, and more.
See fan-filmed video of Tomahawk and the Melvins performing at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville, as well as their setlists and upcoming tour dates, below.
Tomahawk Setlist:
Flashback
SHHH! (Live Debut)
Predators and Scavengers (Live Debut)
Business Casual (Live Debut)
Doomsday Fatigue (Live Debut)
Capt. Midnight
Rape This Day
Birdsong
White Hats / Black Hats
Fatback (Live Debut)
South Paw
I.O.U.
Mayday
Point and Click
Encore:
Stalkin’ (Duane Eddy cover)
Sidewinder (Live Debut)
Laredo
Encore 2:
God Hates a Coward
Melvins Setlist:
Working the Ditch
Never Say You’re Sorry
Sway (The Rolling Stones cover)
Evil New War God
Civilized Worm
It’s Shoved
A History of Bad Men
The Bit
Blood Witch
Hag Me
Honey Bucket
Night Goat (with Trevor Dunn)
Tomahawk & Melvins Upcoming 2026 Tour Dates:
07/21 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
07/23 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
07/24 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
07/26 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
07/27 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
07/28 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
07/30 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
07/31 – Buffalo, NY – Electric City
08/01 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
08/03 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
08/04 – Chicago, IL – The Riviera Theatre
08/05 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
08/07 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
08/08 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
08/10 – Portland, OR – Pioneer Courthouse Square
08/11 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
08/12 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
08/14 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
08/15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
