Editor’s Note: “Boston Thriving” is an ongoing series from Vanyaland highlighting and honoring the national and global success of Boston- and New England-based bands and artists.
This fall, Couch are getting asses off sofas. The Boston band today (April 22) announced a headlining tour that will bring them to the largest venues they’ve played to date, culminating with a home turf finale at Roadrunner in Brighton on November 22.
The run will bring Couch’s funk- and soul-pop to venues like Brooklyn Steel and Washington D.C.’s famed 9:30 Club, although the tour flyer promises “many more dates TBA,” as well as the opportunity to add-on a pre-show VIP experience. The news feels like a natural next step for the band, who have previously performed at Boston Calling (pictured above) and Levitate Music & Arts Festival.
In fact, Couch’s history at other Bowery Boston venues — selling out The Sinclair and Royale — illustrates a pipeline that The Bowery Presents’ vice president discussed with Vanyaland when Roadrunner opened in 2022. In recent years, the band has successfully advanced from smaller clubs to Roadrunner’s 3,500-person footprint, climbing the ladder of Bowery’s local venues as their monthly Spotify listeners climbs in tandem (as of print time, that number stands at 376,000).
The band will warm up for the tour this summer while joining Lake Street Dive — another Massachusetts-born band — for a handful of shows.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, just ahead of their appearance at The Town And The City Festival in Lowell; check out the initial list of headlining dates below.
