Joe Keery has been busy this year. Not content with dropping his third album The Crux to rave reviews, he’s now surprise-released The Crux Deluxe, and he’s about to take it all on the road for a nearly sold-out run of shows.
The Another Bite tour starts this month, hitting US cities like New York, Atlanta, LA and more, with festival stops including Austin City Limits and All Things Go. Most of the headline dates have already sold out, and the rest are close to it. If you’re lucky enough to have tickets, you’ll also see his Post Animal bandmates back on stage with him. And for every US ticket sold, $1 goes to the Ally Coalition, supporting LGBTQ+ youth, a nice extra touch to an already buzzy tour.
Next year he’s heading even further: Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Colombia are already confirmed for Lollapalooza and Estéreo Picnic. That’s on top of a huge summer that saw him make his Glastonbury and Coachella debuts, plus a 75,000-strong homecoming set at Lollapalooza Chicago. It’s clear the Djo live show is fast becoming its own phenomenon.
Tour Dates
September 24 – Gordon Field House – Rochester, NY
September 26 – All Things Go – Forest Hills, NY
September 27 – College Street Music Hall – New Haven, CT ** SOLD OUT **
September 28 – All Things Go – Washington, DC
September 30 – Asheville Yards Amphitheater – Asheville, NC ** SOLD OUT **
October 1 – Coca-Cola Roxy – Atlanta, GA ** SOLD OUT **
October 2 – The Pinnacle – Nashville, TN ** SOLD OUT **
October 4 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX
October 5 – Lawn at White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX **LOW TICKET WARNING**
October 7 – Grinders KC – Kansas City, MO ** SOLD OUT **
October 9 – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory – Irving, TX ** SOLD OUT **
October 10 – ACL Live at The Moody Theater – Austin, TX ** SOLD OUT **
October 11 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX
October 13 – The Criterion – Oklahoma City, OK ** SOLD OUT **
October 15 – Arizona Financial Theatre – Phoenix, AZ ** SOLD OUT **
October 17 – Channel 24 – Sacramento, CA ** SOLD OUT **
October 18 – The Greek Theatre – Berkeley, CA
October 20 – The Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA ** SOLD OUT **
October 21 – The Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA **LOW TICKET WARNING**
2026
March 13-15, 2026 – Lollapalooza Argentina – Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 13-15 – Lollapalooza Chile – Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region
March 20-22 – Lollapalooza Brasil – São Paulo, SP
March 20-22 – Festival Estereo Picnic – Bogotá, Colombia
And then there’s the album news. The Crux Deluxe landed this week, adding 12 more tracks written during the same sessions as The Crux. Songs like Carry The Name, It’s Over and Awake had been teased over the last few days before he dropped the whole thing in one go. Conceptually, the record plays as a kind of mirror image to The Crux, same length, similar palette, but with a darker, late-night mood running through it. It’s less polished, more shadowy, and feels like an extension rather than an afterthought.
What makes this release exciting is that Keery isn’t treating music like a side project anymore. The sound has grown beyond the bedroom synth-pop of his first two albums into something warmer and bigger, leaning on lush guitars and 70s-tinged instrumentation. Taken together, The Crux and its deluxe edition tell a story of heartbreak, resilience and starting again, themes that should hit even harder in a live setting.
So whether you’re streaming the deluxe tracks at home or chasing one of those last tour tickets, this feels like a peak moment for Djo. From the outside, it’s easy to frame Keery as “that guy from Stranger Things who makes music.” But right now, he’s proving he’s so much more than that.
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