The punk super-group Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are back with a new album, ¡Blow it…at Madison’s Quinceañera!, via Fat Wreck Chords. The album will be dropping June 14, and they’ve also released a new single, “Dancing Queen,” to hype up it up.
Stream “Dancing Queen” here.
This album is done in collaboration with 91X in San Diego when Me First and the Gimme Gimmes launched a search for a family willing to host the ultimate punk rock cover band, and Madison’s family was the lucky winner. It was designed to replicate the time they ruined Johnny’s Bar Mitzvah 20 years ago. It was recorded on July 15, 2023 at The Soap Factory in San Diego.
Frontman, Spike Slawson, on ¡Blow it…At Madison’s Quinceañera!:
“It was really tense for me going out to no applause … and to people actually walking away when we were playing. A Quinceañera is a very celebrated and important event, not just in a young girl’s life, but in the whole family’s. Mom and Dad were great, but it took the uncles a little while to warm up to me and our off-color jokes, though I think eventually they got it. Our process is to cast the line out and bring people to the point of, and beyond, outward expressions of displeasure like booing, and then hopefully reel them back in by the end of the set.”
Alongside the news of a new album, they’ve also announced a North American and European tour.
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Tour Dates:
April 12: Chicago, IL @ House of Blues Chicago
April 13: Indianapolis, IN @ Old National Centre
April 14: Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre
April 16: Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues Cleveland
April 17: Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
April 19: Toronto, ON @ History
April 20: Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
April 21: South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Ballroom
April 23: Portland, ME @ State Theatre
April 24: Boston, MA @ Big Night Live
April 26: Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts (TLA)
April 27: Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
April 28: New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza Powered
April 30: Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
May 2: Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage Theater
May 3: St. Augustine, FL @ St Augustine Amphitheater – Backyard Stage
May 4: Orlando, FL @ House of Blues Orlando
May 5: Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live
June 23: Zürich, Switzerland @ Dynamo Saal
June 26: Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof Wiesbaden
June 28: Vienna, Austra @ Arena Wien
June 30: Ysselsteyn, Netherlands @ Jera On Air
July 2: Paris, France @ La Machine du Moulin Rouge
July 4: Berlin Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus
Get tickets here.
¡Blow it…at Madison’s Quinceañera! Tracklist:
1. Changes
2. Love Will Keep Us Together
3. Dancing Queen
4. I Could Fall in Love
5. Estos Celos
6. La Ultima Muñeca
7. Happy Birthday
8. Por Tu Maldito Amor
9. Good 4 U
10. Queen of Hearts
11. Camino de Guanajuato
12. Before the Next Teardrop Falls
13. De Niña a Mujer
