PUP Team Up With Jeff Rosenstock For New Single Get Dumber, Announce Co-Headline US Tour
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Written by Laura Johnson
Photo: Vanessa Heins
PUP have shared Get Dumber, a new single featuring their good friend Jeff Rosenstock.
The raucous punk-rock track is the latest preview of their fifth album, 'Who Will Look After The Dogs?', following Hallways and Paranoid. Explaining how the song ended up including the wrong lyrics, the band's vocalist-guitarist Stefan Babcock said:
“I wrote “Get Dumber” in Jeff’s basement. I was house sitting for him while he was on tour. I recorded the first demo for it on his guitar using his mics and his computer. Maybe because the ghost of Jeff was in the room with me, I always imagined our voices on this song together, so I was very happy when he agreed to sing on it.
“We recorded the vocals together, in the same room, facing each other. What that means is, we both had to nail it at the same time because we couldn’t really cut between takes. On the first take, he forgot a line in the second verse and said “ahhhhhh, lyrics” instead. I couldn’t finish the take because I was laughing too hard. Anyway, he practiced singing the correct lyrics but then we decided those lyrics kinda sucked and he should just stick to “ahhhh lyrics” because it’s funny and the song is called Get Dumber. We nailed it on the second take.”
The follow-up to 2022's 'THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND' will arrive on May 2 through Little Dipper/Rise Records.
PUP and Rosenstock have also revealed they'll be embarking on a co-headline tour of the US this autumn, which they've billed as PUP + Jeff Rosenstock Present: A Cataclysmic Rapture Of Friendshipness. Support will come from Ekko Astral and tickets go on general sale at 10am local time on March 28. They will be offering low-income tickets for $20 at venue box offices. They explained:
“We are offering low-income tickets for this tour! There will be a limited amount of tickets for every show available for $20 at the venue box office*. We know times are shit and hope this helps some people down to the ol' gig who wouldn't otherwise be able to! And we must admit, we completely stole this idea from Los Campesinos! who have been doing it for a while and encouraging other bands to offer this as well, so thank you Los Campesinos! for the inspiration.”
The last time both bands toured together was 10 years ago, and it didn't go so well, with Rosenstock's van breaking down (twice), Stefan falling face first into a pile of cacti, food poisoning and stolen gear being just some of the issues they faced. Let's hope they have better luck this time!
Prior to the US run, they'll tour the UK and Europe in May, and Australia and New Zealand in August. Tickets for the former run are on sale now and tickets for their shows Down Under go on general sale at 9am local time on March 28.
Pup Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed May 07 2025 - BIRMINGHAM XOYO
Thu May 08 2025 - LEEDS Project House
Sat May 10 2025 - MANCHESTER O2 Ritz
Sun May 11 2025 - GLASGOW SWG3
Mon May 12 2025 - NEWCASTLE University Students Union
Tue May 13 2025 - BRISTOL Marble Factory
Thu May 15 2025 - SOUTHAMPTON Enginerooms
Fri May 16 2025 - LONDON O2 Forum Kentish Town
Sun May 18 2025 - AMSTERDAM Melkweg (Netherlands)
Tue May 20 2025 - COLOGNE Club Volta (Germany)
Wed May 21 2025 - HAMBURG Logo (Germany)
Thu May 22 2025 - BERLIN Hole44 (Germany)
Fri May 23 2025 - MUNICH Strom (Germany)
Sun May 25 2025 - PARIS Bellevilloise (France)
Tue May 27 2025 - MADRID Sala MON (Spain)
Wed May 28 2025 - BARCELONA Upload (Spain)
Thu May 29 2025 - VALENCIA Loco Club (Spain)
Fri May 30 2025 - SAN SEBASTIAN Dabadaba (Spain)
Tue August 05 2025 - AUCKLAND Tuning Fork
Wed August 06 2025 - WELLINGTON San Fran
Fri August 08 2025 - BRISBANE Princess Theatre
Sat August 09 2025 - SYDNEY Metro Theatre
Sun August 10 2025 - MELBOURNE Northcote Theatre
Tue August 12 2025 - ADELAIDE Hindley St Music Hall
Thu August 14 2025 - PERTH Magnet House
Wed September 03 2025 - MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota - Palace Theatre (USA)
Thu September 04 2025 - MADISON Wisconsin - Sylvee (USA)
Fri September 05 2025 - CHICAGO Illinois - Salt Shed (USA)
Sat September 06 2025 - DETROIT Michigan - Russell Industrial Center (USA)
Mon September 08 2025 - PITTSBURGH Pennsylvania - Stage AE (USA)
Tue September 09 2025 - COLUMBUS Ohio - KEMBA Live (USA)
Wed September 10 2025 - CLEVELAND Ohio - Agora Theatre (USA)
Fri September 12 2025 - WASHINGTON District of Columbia - Anthem (USA)
Sat September 13 2025 - BROOKLYN New York - Paramount (USA)
Mon September 15 2025 - BOSTON Massachusetts - Roadrunner (USA)
Wed September 17 2025 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Fillmore (USA)
Fri September 19 2025 - RALEIGH North Carolina - Ritz (USA)
Sat September 20 2025 - CHARLOTTE North Carolina - Fillmore (USA)
Mon September 22 2025 - ATLANTA Georgia - Eastern (USA)
Wed September 24 2025 - HOUSTON Texas - White Oak Music Hall (USA)
Thu September 25 2025 - DALLAS Texas - House of Blues (USA)
Fri September 26 2025 - SAN ANTONIO Texas - Paper Tiger (USA)
Sat September 27 2025 - AUSTIN Texas - Radio East (USA)
Tue September 30 2025 - PHOENIX Arizona - Van Buren (USA)
Wed October 01 2025 - SAN DIEGO California - Sound (USA)
Thu October 02 2025 - LOS ANGELES California - Hollywood Palladium (USA)
Sat October 04 2025 - OAKLAND California - Fox Theater (USA)
Mon October 06 2025 - PORTLAND Oregon - Mcmenamins Crystal Ballroom (USA)
Tue October 07 2025 - SEATTLE Washington - Showbox SoDo (USA)
Thu October 09 2025 - SALT LAKE CITY Utah - Rockwell At The Complex (USA)
Sat October 11 2025 - DENVER Colorado - Mission Ballroom (USA)
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