It’s been awhile since The Shins (which are essentially James Mercer and some other people these days) have visited Tucson…I feel like they were here in 2007, but the last show I can find was at the Rialto in 2004. Feel free to heckle me in the comments if you know of one more recently.

Anyhow, the Portland-based indie rock act is coming to the Rialto Theatre on October 3rd, and while that seems like a lot of advance notice, I would imagine the show will eventually sell-out, so consider yourself warned. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 am.

BONUS: Read Eric Swedlund’s review of the newest Shins album, Port of Morrow, from our March 29th issue.

This article appears in May 24-30, 2012.

The editor of the Tucson Weekly. I have no idea how I got here.

4 replies on “The Shins Are Coming to the Rialto”

  1. I too thought they had been here again to support the next album, but Google isn’t helping. Maybe they booked and canceled? Anyway, thought this would be a nice addition to your post, The Shins live at KXCI; good sound and passable video quality. And they kinda’ screw up the song. Funny.
    http://youtu.be/l5Dv5vSmKc8

  3. For the record, the last time the Shins played Tucson was at the Rialto, June 7th, 2004. It was the last show under the prior ownership, and the Rialto was closed for renovations from that date until April 16th, 2005, for the Tucson Weekly’s Spring Crawl. I remember these events well.

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