This band has done nothing since they started but make things happen for themselves. Releasing a killer debut album in 2021’s Secrets of the Black Moon (review here) through Ripple certainly helped, but whether it’s touring the West Coast with Sasquatch, hitting Europe and the UK last summer and then going back in December, when I was lucky enough to catch them at Truckfighters Fuzz Festival #3 (review here), or vocalist Ryan Garney — who was kind enough to provide the quote below about heading abroad for the third time in not quite 12 months — organizing the massive RippleFest Texas lineups and contributing directly to the flourishing community of which the band are part, High Desert Queen put their money where their riffs are, and if you’ve never seen them play, they bring it on stage in all-in fashion.

This tour, which hits both Spring Desertfests and Esbjerg Fuzztival and has room for more besides (help with TBAs if you can), finds High Desert Queen teamed with Fatso Jetson and then Mario Lalli‘s improv desert-art-rock outfit The Rubber Snake Charmers, and I’m pretty sure at over a month it’s the longest stint they’ve done to-date. Much respect, wishes for safe travel, and all that kind of stuff. This is the kind of thing most acts dream about. High Desert Queen, once again, making things happen for themselves. Seems to just be how they do.

From the PR wire:

High Desert Queen – “Smoke and Dust Tour”

Texan heavy rock powerhouse HIGH DESERT QUEEN returns to Europe this spring with an extensive tour alongside desert rock veterans Fatso Jetson, including festival appearances across the continent.

After two successful trips to Europe so far, High Desert Queen embarks on their largest tour to date. Their “Smoke and Dust Tour” is highlighted by several large festivals like Desertfest London, Desertfest Berlin and Esbjerg Fuzztival, and will see them travel throughout the UK and all across Europe this spring.

“We couldn’t be more excited to be heading across the pond to several places we’ve been to before and experiencing several more places for the first time,” says singer Ryan Garney. “We are also humbled to announce we will be touring with the legendary Fatso Jetson for the first half of the tour, and the improvisational project the Rubber Snake Charmers for the last half. We have a pretty good feeling some of us will be all playing together and creating something original and new every night.”

6.5.23 London, UK Desertfest London*
8.5.23 Bournemouth, UK The Anvil*
9.5.23 Tunbridge Wells, UK The Forum*
10.5.23 Winchester, UK Railway Inn*
11.5.23 Hastings, UK The Crypt*
12.5.23 Rotherham, UK The Hive*
13.5.23 Bradford, UK The Underground*
14.5.23 Leeds, UK Boom*
15.5.23 Newcastle, UK Trillian’s*
17.5.23 Utrecht, NE dB’s*
18.5.23 Munster, DE Rare Guitar*
19.5.23 TBA
20.5.23 Berlin, DE Desertfest Berlin*
21.5.23 TBA
23.5.23 Cologne, DE Club Volta*
24.5.23 Hannover, DE Lux*
25.5.23 Leuven, BE JH SOJO*
26.5.23 Hamburg, DE Molotow*
27.5.23 Esbjerg, DK Esbjerg Fuzztival*
28.5.23 Asendorf, DE Kulturhaus +
29.5.23 TBA
30.5.23 TBA
31.5.23 Lucerne, CH Sedel +
1.6.23 TBA
2.6.23 Verona, IT Anteprima +
3.6.23 TBA
4.6.23 Pisa, IT Pontile 102 +
5.6.23 Zero Branco, IT Altroquando +
6.6.23 Ljubljana, SL Channel Zero +
7.6.23 Ulm, DE Hexenhaus +
8.6.23 TBA
9.6.23 TBA
10.6.23 TBA

*w/ Fatso Jetson
+w/ Rubber Snake Charmers

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High Desert Queen, Secrets of the Black Moon (2021)

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