# SPACEHOG and EMF join forces for 2025 U.S. Tour!

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/spacehog-and-emf-join-forces-for-2025-u-s-tour/
- Published: 2025-03-07T13:00:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **SPACEHOG And EMF⏎ Announce Co-Headline West Coast Tour

**MARCH 3, 2025 (New York, NY) – **Coming June 2025, two platinum-selling artists
will join forces for a co-headline tour – Forest of Dean’s favorite sons **EMF **
and Leeds-by-way-of-NYC’s **Spacehog**. The tour kicks off on June 14th in San Jose,
CA and focuses their routing around the West Coast, including dates in San Francisco,
Seattle, Denver, and Los Angeles before wrapping up in Las Vegas, both bands are
excited to be combining forces for a perfectly inspired lineup.

“We’re so looking forward to getting back on the road, reconnecting with everyone,
and sharing these moments together again,” says Spacehog vocalist/bassist **Royston
Langdon. “**To be out there with EMF makes it all the more special — we can’t wait
to see all your faces and feel that energy once more.” Adds drummer **Jonny Cragg,**“
I am personally very excited at the prospect of playing with EMF who were such a
big part of my youth in Leeds – both playing in bands and going to the clubs. Sometimes
it’s just about waiting for the perfect wave and riding it to the shore.”

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Echoes EMF’s vocalist **James Atkin**, “The fact Spacehog is joining us on this 
double headline jaunt is just the icing on the cake for EMF.”

**TOUR DATES:**

 * Jun 14 – San Jose CA, The Ritz ([tickets](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=cfc28afdf6&e=615f2b8493))
 * Jun 15 – San Francisco CA, Great American Music Hall ([tickets](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=24974dc142&e=615f2b8493))
 * Jun 17 – Portland OR, Star Theater ([tickets](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=a4a0790417&e=615f2b8493))
 * Jun 18 – Seattle WA, The Neptune ([tickets](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=495eb3e8e1&e=615f2b8493))
 * Jun 20 – Salt Lake City UT, Metro Music Hall ([tickets](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=59b4e6b850&e=615f2b8493))
 * Jun 21 – Denver CO, Oriental Theater ([tickets](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=6c4f745718&e=615f2b8493))
 * Jun 23 – Phoenix AZ, Crescent Ballroom ([tickets](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=970ea1964e&e=615f2b8493))
 * Jun 24 – San Diego CA, Music Box ([tickets](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=abbf781850&e=615f2b8493))
 * Jun 26 – Santa Ana CA, The Observatory ([tickets](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=4b3dafd20b&e=615f2b8493))
 * Jun 27 – Los Angeles CA, The Regent ([tickets](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=1b447ff90f&e=615f2b8493))
 * Jun 28 – Las Vegas NV, House of Blues ([tickets](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=d2b1acc598&e=615f2b8493))

A decade since their last show in San Francisco and 30 years since the release of
their breakthrough debut _**Resident Alien**_, Spacehog took a break from the music
realm to focus on life for a spell. A pivotal placement of their massive single “**
In the Meantime**,” however, awoke the itch to get back on the road.

“We were all busy doing our big boy jobs in 2023 when ‘In The Meantime’ found a 
whole new audience in the soundtrack of Marvel’s _**Guardians of the Galaxy 3**_,”
says Cragg. “The attention got us talking to one another again and resulted in a
very kind invitation to rehearse at the legendary _Record Plant _in Sausalito, CA.
Being in a place where so many amazing records were made was magical, and playing
together helped us recapture the alchemy that happens when we make music.”

Having had a triumphant return to the U.S. in 2024 for three shows – Milwaukee’s
_Summerfest_, Detroit, and Brooklyn, their first Stateside performances since 1992,
EMF was riding on a crest of newfound and rejuvenated popularity. Their fifth album_**
The Beauty and the Chaos **_(released in January 2024) garnered pages of glowing
press including British tome Retropop who hailed that the album “reaffirms EMF’s
place in the pop landscape and proves, even three decades later, they’re still capable
of delivering material to the standard of their classic recordings.”

With dozens of glowing press coverage that extended to the U.S. with features in
SPIN, Consequence, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Rock And Roll Globe, among dozens 
of others., EMF’s return was heralded with welcoming open arms. “Having had a small
taste of being back in the USA last year in Milwaukee, Detroit and NYC, we are thrilled
to get a West Coast tour in the diary for June 2025. We can’t wait to see you all
again,” replied Atkin excitedly.

**ABOUT SPACEHOG:**

Spacehog were formed by natives of Leeds, England in the spring of 1994 in New York
City. Guitarist **Antony Langdon **met drummer **Jonny Cragg **at a café in the 
East Village, where Cragg worked killing rats in the basement. The pair agreed to
make music and Langdon persuaded his younger brother **Royston **to move to the 
States to sing and play bass. The current lineup was finally completed by Craggs’
friend **Richard Steel **who moved to New York to fill out an all Yorkshire lineup.

[⌊Spacehog⌉⌊Spacehog⌉[

The band quickly generated a following and record company interest with their epic
live shows and sharp, irreverent and mesmerizing song craft. They signed with Sire
Records in the Spring of 1995. Spacehog, with producer **Bryce Goggin **recorded
their platinum debut at _Bearsville Studios _later that year, scoring a mega-hit
single with “**In The Meantime**” in early 1996.

The band’s follow up, **_The Chinese Album_**, was released in 1998, taking a more
thoughtful and conceptual approach, it consolidated their appeal In Europe and South
America, and tours with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Aerosmith and Sex Pistols.

The advent of the new millennium saw more touring with REM and Oasis and a third
album **_The Hogyssey_**, recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis with producer **
Paul Ebersold**. Spacehog were largely inactive from 2001 until July 2006 when they
reformed to play Craggs’ birthday party. The party served as a catalyst for recording
their fourth studio LP _**As It Is on Earth**, _again with Goggin and released in
2013. 

In 2024 the band contributed to the GRAMMY®-nominated soundtrack to _Guardians Of
The Galaxy 3_. And now after this long ride the band has decided to saddle up once
again. 

Spacehog - In the Meantime (Official Music Video)

[⌊Spacehog - In the Meantime (Official Music Video)⌉⌊Spacehog - In the Meantime (
Official Music Video)⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

**Spacehog “In the Meantime”**

**ABOUT EMF:**

Exploding on the U.K. scene in November 1990 with their debut album _**Schubert 
Dip**_, EMF made quite an entrance with their inescapable and irresistibly catchy
single “[**Unbelievable**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=883471562f&e=615f2b8493),”
which conquered the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, hitting #1 on the Billboard
Hot 100 and #3 in the UK. The single was certified gold in May 1991 in the U.S.,
and it sold over 500k. The song was in such heavy rotation for most of the year 
in America that it finished as the #6 single overall. **_Schubert Dip _**was certified
platinum in the U.S. by September of that year, selling over one million.

[⌊EMF⌉⌊EMF⌉[

Their latest album, _**The Beauty And The Chaos**_, saw the return of the late **
Ralph Jezzard **(_Chapterhouse, Fatima Mansions, Senseless Things_) in the producer’s
chair (he produced their first two full-length albums, _Schubert Dip _and _**Stigma**_).

Said the band of working with Jezzard again, “We produced another set of classic
songs about our lives and the world in 2023 inspired by our favorite past, present,
and future sounds. We mixed **James Atkin**’s techno synths and **Ian Dench**’s 
punk guitar, heated it to 200 degrees with **Stevey Marsh **and **Aid Todd**’s groovy
rock rhythms, iced it with **Derry Brownson**’s maniacal sampling and popped it 
in a box of Ralph Jezzard’s sonic excellence. Unwrap and enjoy!”

The album’s first single, “**Hello People**,” reestablished the band’s stronghold
on the mainstream, with My Global Mind commenting, “I, for one, am overjoyed. Bouncing
around the room like it’s 1991-92 all over again and feeling great for it.”

EMF - "Hello People" (featuring Stephen Fry)

[⌊EMF - "Hello People" (featuring Stephen Fry)⌉⌊EMF - "Hello People&
quot; (featuring Stephen Fry)⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

**EMF “Hello People”**

[⌊Reybee Inc⌉⌊Reybee Inc⌉[

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