Colour Haze to Continue 30th Anniversary Touring in 2025
A short time after I took the above photo at Bear Stone Festival this past July in Croatia, I stood by the side of the stage with an assemblage from among the media-types brought in to cover the fest. I had been singing Colour Haze‘s praises before the set, as one will, and as a few turned to me with now-knowing smiles, I said flat out they’re my favorite band in the world to watch on a stage.
What’s worse, I think I meant it.
Wildly influential yet singular in their character, the (mostly) German four-piece comprised of guitarist/vocalist Stefan Koglek, bassist Mario Oberpucher, drummer Manfred Merwald and keyboardist/synthesist Jan Faszbender will continue to tour celebrating the band’s 30th anniversary early next year, following up on 2024 dates heralding the same cause. Whatever the reason, get to a Colour Haze gig if you can. There were rumors around of North American touring next year too. I haven’t heard anything solid in that regard as yet, but, well, a boy can hope. Any year you get to see them play is a good one.
Note that El Padre El Don is a new father-son duo from Mario Lalli and Dino Von Lalli, who feature together otherwise in Fatso Jetson. They’ll have desert-mainstay Sean Wheeler (see also Mario Lalli and the Rubber Snake Charmers) with them for a few dates as well, while no less than UK expectation-destroyers Josiah will provide direct support for the bulk of the dates. You can’t go wrong here.
Dates were posted on socials as follows:
Tour in February 2025:
Colour Haze + Josiah + El Padre El Don (Mario & Dino Lalli):
14.02.25 (AT) Vienna, Arena
15.02.25 (PL) Kraków, Hype Park
16.02.25 (PL) Warszawa, Proxima
17.02.25 (DE) Leipzig, Werk 2
18.02.25 (DE) Hamburg, Knust
19.02.25 (DE) Hannover, Faust
20.02.25 (NL) Groningen, Vera
21.02.25 (NL) Nijmegen, Doornroosje
22.02.25 (LU) Esch-sur-Alzette, Kulturfabrik
Colour Haze + Josiah + El Padre El Don (Mario & Dino Lalli) featuring Sean Wheeler:
23.02.25 (FR) Paris, Petit Bain
Colour Haze + El Padre El Don (Mario & Dino Lalli) featuring Sean Wheeler:
24.02.25 (CH) Genf, L’Usine
25.02.25 (IT) Milano, Legend Club
26.02.25 (CH) Düdingen, Bad Bonn
27.02.25 (CH) Aarau, Kiff
28.02.25 (DE) Freiburg, Jazzhaus
01.03.25 (DE) Tübingen, Sudhaus
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