We’re excited to announce that Relix will be presenting all of the dates on Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit’s upcoming reunion tour. The band, which we referred to as “the Jamband Velvet Underground” in our 40th anniversary issue, will be playing their first shows since a 2011 gig at Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA.

The tour will kick off with a two-night run at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO on July 29 and 30. Next, the band will make a few more stops in Colorado before before swinging through the Southeast at the beginning of August. ARU will then head to the Northeast, where they will wrap up the reunion outing with a show at the Brooklyn Bowl in New York City on August 16. Tickets for all of the dates are set to go on sale this Friday, March 27 at 11am ET.

Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit played a seminal role in fostering today’s jamband community. For the upcoming reunion tour, the band will be hitting the road with its classic lineup of frontman Col. Bruce Hampton, guitarist Jimmy Herring, bassist Oteil Burbridge and drummer Jeff Sipe. They will also be joined by keyboardist Matt Slocum, who performed with them at their 2011 Georgia Theatre show.

While longtime ARU mandolin player Matt Mundy will not be touring with the group, Relix reports that Mundy has been performing in acoustic settings as of late, so we will hold out hope that he will make an appearance at some point along the way.

Col. Bruce Hampton & ARU Reunion Tour Dates:

July 29 Boulder, CO—Fox Theatre
July 30 Boulder, CO—Fox Theatre
July 31 Bellvue, CO—Mishawaka
August 1 Denver, CO—Ogden Theatre
August 5 Birmingham, AL—Iron City
August 6 Nashville, TN—Cannery
August 7 Atlanta, GA—Buckhead Theatre
August 8 Athens, GA—Georgia Theatre
August 9 Asheville, NC—Orange Peel
August 12 Raleigh, NC—The Ritz
August 13 Richmond, VA—The National
August 14 Washington DC—The Howard Theatre
August 15 Port Chester, NY—The Capitol Theatre
August 16 Brooklyn, NY—Brooklyn Bowl