"Pyramid Scheme"

US Tour Dates Announced in Support of Critically Acclaimed Album The Past Is Still Alive, Following Recent Performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Austin City Limits & More

Crosscountry Run with Bright Eyes Kicks Off Next Week, Shows with Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman & More Set for Summer

Today, Hurray for the Riff Raff has shared their first new single and music video of 2025, along with the announcement of dozens of US tour dates for spring and summer. Arriving just before the one-year anniversary of bandleader Alynda Segarra's memoiristic opus, The Past Is Still Alive—which appeared on numerous outlets' Best of 2024 lists, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly, Slate, NPR Music, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Billboard, OUT, PAPER, Garden & Gun, Bitter Southerner, Paste, Stereogum, Mojo, Uncut and more—"Pyramid Scheme" embodies that record's spirit of resilience and rebellion. Filled with poetic prowess and personal truths, the song conveys a contempt for the dark side of the Internet and the alienating, undermining effects it has on artists and outsiders. "And you can paint your portal on the wall with the intention to break through," sings Alynda Segarra (they/them). "But every time you bang your head against it, tiny little pieces fall out of you."

Lyrical nods to Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane, Darby Crash, and Frida Kahlo (in a black ski mask) are wrapped in melodies and arrangements that are equal parts scrappy and saccharine, backed by Phil Cook on organ, Yan Westerlund on drums, Hand Habits' Meg Duffy on electric guitar, and The Past Is Still Alive producer Brad Cook on bass. 

Listen to "Pyramid Scheme" via Nonesuch, and watch the video animated by Jayla Kai Smith: HERE

This spring and summer, Hurray for the Riff Raff headlines more than fifteen newly added US tour dates, including stops in Los Angeles and numerous shows across the West Coast, East Coast, and Midwest. The shows feature support from Merce Lemon, and will follow an extensive run with Bright Eyes that begins next week, in addition to dates with Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman, festivals, and more to still be revealed for summer.

Pre-sales for Hurray for the Riff Raff's newly added 2025 tour dates begin today at 11am local time (password: pyramidscheme), followed by the public on-sale at 10am local time tomorrow, February 21. Find tickets and information HERE

Hurray for the Riff Raff began 2025 with performances on Season 50 of PBS' Austin City Limits and, most recently, Jimmy Kimmel Live!. In an exhilarating three and a half minutes, Alynda Segarra tore through a saxophone-studded rendition of "Snake Plant (The Past Is Still Alive)," declared "there's a war on the people," and told their life story of leaving home, losing loved ones, hopping trains, shoplifting for food, lighting campfires on superfund sites, and playing music with a barrel of freaks. Watch the Jimmy Kimmel Live! performance HERE, and revisit other recent TV appearances on The Kelly Clarkson Show and CBS Saturday Morning. 

Hurray for the Riff Raff's Alynda Segarra is also serving as a judge for NPR Music’s 2025 Tiny Desk Contest, and is publishing new writing, notes from the road, current obsessions, cover songs, demo recordings, direct reflections, and other real, honest musings every week on Resist Psychic Death. Subscribe to the publication via Substack. 

Photo by Tommy Kha

Hurray for the Riff Raff Tour Dates

2/26 - Fayetteville, AR - George's Majestic Lounge*

2/27 - Austin, TX - ACL Live at The Moody Theater*

2/28 - Dallas, TX - The Factory in Deep Ellum*

3/1 - San Antonio, TX - The Aztec Theatre*

3/2 - Baton Rouge, LA - Chelsea's Live*

3/3 - Jacksonville, FL - Florida Theatre*

3/5 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Live*

3/7 - Orlando, FL - The Beacham*

3/8 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle*

3/9 - Knoxville, TN - The Mill & Mine*

3/12 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel*

3/13 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel*

3/14 - Pelham, TN - The Caverns*

3/15 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt*

3/17 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall*

3/18 - Little Rock, AR - The Hall*

3/20 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom*

3/21 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater*

3/22 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant*

5/1-5/4 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

5/14 - Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre^

5/16 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel^

5/17 - Sonoma, CA - Sebastiani Theater^

5/20 - Portland, OR - Mission Theater^

5/21 - Portland, OR - Mission Theater^

5/23 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile^

5/28 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Music Hall^

5/30 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour^

5/31 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriets^

6/1 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom^

6/20-6/22 - Mount Solon, VA - Red Wing Roots Festival

6/21 - LaFayette, NY - Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards!

6/22 - Woodstock, NY - Levon Helm Studios

6/24 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom

6/28 - Eau Claire, WI - Blue Ox Festival

7/15 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown

7/23 - Jersey City, NJ - White Eagle Hall

7/24 - Elkton, MD - Elkton Music Hall

7/25 - Hamden, CT - Space Ballroom

*w/ Bright Eyes

^w/ Merce Lemon

!w/ Waxahatchee & MJ Lenderman

Newly added dates in BOLD

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