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Kurt Vile

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Wed Nov 4 Buffalo, United States · Babeville Tickets
Thu Nov 5 Columbus, United States · Newport Music Hallwith WCBE Tickets
Fri Nov 6 Louisville, United States · Headliners Music Hall Tickets
Sat Nov 7 St. Louis, United States · The Sovereign Tickets
Sun Nov 8 Milwaukee, United States · Turner Hall Ballroom Tickets
Tue Nov 10 Des Moines, United States · Wooly's Tickets
Wed Nov 11 Lawrence, United States · Liberty Hall Tickets
Thu Nov 12 Omaha, United States · The Waiting Room Loungewith Kurt Vile And The Violators Tickets
Fri Nov 13 Fort Collins, United States · Washington's Tickets
Sat Nov 14 Denver, United States · Summit Music HallKurt Vile & the Violators · with the Violators Tickets
Mon Nov 16 Fayetteville, United States · George's Majestic Lounge Tickets
Tue Nov 17 Memphis, United States · Minglewood Hall Tickets
Wed Nov 18 New Orleans, United States · Joy Theatre Tickets
Fri Nov 20 Athens, United States · 40 Watt Club Tickets
Sat Nov 21 Charleston, United States · Music Farm Tickets
Sun Nov 22 Charlotte, United States · Neighborhood Theatre Tickets
Mon Nov 23 Richmond, United States · The National Tickets
Tue Nov 24 Baltimore, United States · Ottobar Tickets

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Kurt Samuel Vile (born January 3, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is known for his solo work, music released under the name "Kurt Vile and the Violators", and as the former lead guitarist of rock band the War on Drugs. Both in the studio and during live performances, Vile is accompanied by his backing band, the Violators, which currently includes Jesse Trbovich (guitar, saxophone), Kyle Spence (drums) and Adam Langellotti (bass, keyboards).

Influenced by Pavement, John Prine, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Dinosaur Jr., Bruce Springsteen and John Fahey, Vile began his musical career creating lo-fi home recordings with frequent collaborator Adam Granduciel in Philadelphia, with whom he has participated in early work by the War on Drugs as well as various solo projects. Focusing on his solo career, Vile released two albums, Constant Hitmaker (2008) and God Is Saying This to You... (2009), compiling various home recordings dating back to 2003. Vile signed to Matador Records in 2009, and released his third album, Childish Prodigy, that same year. The album was his first recorded in a studio and with the full participation of the Violators.

In 2011, Vile released his fourth studio album, Smoke Ring for My Halo, which significantly increased his exposure. His fifth studio album, Wakin on a Pretty Daze, was released in 2013, with Rob Laakso replacing Granduciel in his backing band. In 2015, Vile released his sixth studio album, B'lieve I'm Goin Down.... The lead single from the album, "Pretty Pimpin", was Vile's best performing song to date, topping the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart in March 2016. His 2017 release, Lotta Sea Lice, is a collaboration with Australian singer and guitarist Courtney Barnett. In 2018, he released his eighth studio album, Bottle It In, followed by a country-influenced EP, Speed, Sound, Lonely KV, in 2020.

Vile's ninth studio album, (watch my moves) (2022), was recorded mostly at a Vile's home studio during COVID-19 lockdowns. In May 2023, his longtime Violators bandmate and recording partner Rob Laakso died from cholangiocarcinoma. That same year, he released the 52-minute-long EP, Back to Moon Beach. Vile's tenth album, Philadelphia's Been Good to Me, was released on May 29, 2026.

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Kurt Vile est un auteur-compositeur-interprète américain de rock indépendant, originaire de Philadelphie, né en 1980.

Membre fondateur de The War on Drugs, il quitte le groupe pour se consacrer à sa carrière solo et est signé par Matador Records en 2009. Son album Smoke Ring for My Halo, sorti en 2011, se classe dans le Billboard 200.

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