News | Lucero - Part 2

Lucero Family Christmas

Lucero Family Christmas returns December 14th with special guests Slobberbone, Rattlesnake Milk, and The Dirty Streets. Join us at Minglewood Hall for great music, vendors, & more!

 

Fan Club + VIP tickets are on sale NOW using the password FAMILY (link in bio)

$1 from every ticker purchase will benefit 901 Girls with Goals, an organization dedicated to making a positive impact in the lives of girls in Memphis through soccer, by providing need-based support to area middle and high schools girls’ soccer programs.

There are a limited number of VIP tickets available, so grab yours while they last!

Package includes:
– One ticket to Lucero Family Christmas
– Access to VIP viewing area downstage right in the main room
– VIP collector’s laminate
– Signed Family Christmas poster
– All you can eat Central BBQ
– Access to VIP bar with complimentary beer, and spirits provided by Cathead Distillery (water available as well)
– Meet & Greet photo opportunity with Lucero
– Intimate solo mini-performance by Ben Nichols (promptly after meet & greet) in 1884 Lounge

Thanks to all our sponsors:

Central BBQ
Cathead
98.1 The Max

We’ll see you soon, Memphis!

[artwork by Adam Carstens]

Fall 2024 Tour Just Announced

We’re hitting the road this November and are really excited to be reunited with our friends Vandoliers! Fan-club tickets are on sale now using the password LUCERO24: https://luceromusic.com/tour/

11/2: George’s Majestic Lounge – Fayetteville, AR
11/3: Beer City Music Hall – Oklahoma City, OK +
11/6: Tumbleroot Brewery – Santa Fe, NM
11/7: Mesa Theater – Grand Junction, CO
11/8: The Commonwealth Room – Salt Lake City, UT
11/11: Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
11/12: Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA +
11/13: Aladdin Theater – Portland, OR +
11/15: Crystal Bay Club – Crystal Bay, NV +
11/16: Goldfield Trading Post – Roseville, CA
11/17: The Guild Theatre – Menlo Park, CA
11/19: Majestic Ventura Theater – Ventura, CA
11/20: The Regent – Los Angeles, CA +
11/21: Observatory North Park – San Diego, CA +
11/22: The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
11/23: Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ +

+ includes VIP Experience

We’re also offering an exclusive VIP Package in select markets! The “Drink ‘Till We’re Gone” Pre-Show experience will include:

– One (1) General Admission ticket
– Hear a few songs not featured in the night’s set list before the show
– Group photo opportunity
– Signed tour poster
– Commemorative VIP laminate
– Early Entry to the venue
Head to our website to see which cities this experience is available in, for more info, & to buy your tickets now!

See y’all on the road!

New Summer Merch

We heard y’all! Got some fresh new merch up in the webstore for the summer including the Tiger Tattoo design printed on Comfort Colors, as well as a ladies “Nobody’s Darling” tank, and a new baseball tee! Also got some little Silver Heart keychains and more!

OH! And we raided the warehouse and uncovered a whole lot of old posters that you can grab now as well. Limited stock available so grab ‘em while you can!

 

 

Shop the store now: https://lucero.merchtable.com/

On Tour with The Menzingers this June

 

Excited to be joining The Menzingers and The Dirty Nil for the Some Of It Was True Tour 2024!

 

6/1/24: Hi-Fi Annex – Indianapolis, IN *
6/2/24:  Mr. Smalls – Pittsburgh, PA *
6/4/24: 3S Artspace – Portsmouth, NH *
6/5/24: Fete – Providence, RI
6/6/24: HMAC – Harrisburg, PA
6/7/24: White Eagle Hall – Jersey City, NJ [SOLD OUT]
6/8/24: White Eagle Hall – Jersey City, NJ
6/9/24: Ram’s Head – Live Baltimore, MD
6/11/24: Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
6/12/24: Music Farm – Charleston, SC
6/13/24: Georgia Theatre – Athens, GA
6/14/24: Beacham – Orlando, FL
6/15/24: Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
6/16/24: The Ritz – Tampa, FL
6/18/24: Victory North – Savannah, GA *
6/19/24: The Underground – Charlotte, NC
6/20/24: Salvage Station – Ashevillle, NC
6/21/24: Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY
6/22/24: Wooly’s – Des Moines, IA
6/23/24: Varsity – Minneapolis, MN
6/25/24: Codfish Hollow – Maquoketa, IA *
6/26/24: Madrid – Kansas City, MO
6/27/24: Bourbon Theatre – Lincoln, NE
6/28/24: The Sylvee – Madison, WI
6/29/24: Grewal Hall at 224 – Lansing, MI
6/30/24: Castle Theater – Bloomington, IN *

Tickets available here.

“That Much Further West” turns 20

In honor of the 20th anniversary of “That Much Further West” we’ve re-pressed (& re-mastered) the album for vinyl! Remastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Mastered with the vinyl lacquers cut by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl, a limited amount have been pressed on “baby blue” wax and are available for pre-order bow! Available in record stores 11/3/23.

 

 

Pre-order your copy here!

Fall Tour 2023

We’re hitting the road this fall with our buds Jason Boland & The Stragglers. Fan Club tickets are on sale now using the pw LUCEROJB. See y’all out there!

 

 

10/27: Chelsea’s Live – Baton Rouge, LA *

10/28: Druid City Music Hall – Tuscaloosa, AL *

10/29: The Fest – Gainesville, FL *

10/30: Neighborhood Theatre – Charlotte, NC

10/31: The Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA

11/2: White Eagle Hall – New Jersey, NJ *

11/3+ 4: Ottobar – Baltimore, MD *

11/5: World Cafe Live – Philadelphia, PA *

11/7: Big Night Live – Boston, MA

11/9: Essex – Rochester, NY

11/10: XL Live – Harrisburg, pA

11/11: Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH

11/12: Skully’s Music Diner – Columbus, OH

11/14: El Club – Detroit, MI

11/15: Elevation – Grand Rapids, MI

11/16: The Bluebird – Bloomington, IN

11/17: Metro – Chicago, IL

11/18: Liberty Hall – Lawrence, KS

* Lucero Only

Tickets available here

Artwork by Nate Powell 

Announcing “Should’ve Learned By Now”

Should’ve Learned by Now was written in bits and pieces over the last few years. It’s a collection of (mostly) upbeat rock and roll songs that didn’t fit the thematically darker two previous albums, Among the Ghosts (2018) and When You Found Me (2021). On those records there was no room for anything that wasn’t super serious. If it wasn’t intense and brooding it had to be set aside…

But finally, all that fun stuff has a home! It’s time to get these songs out into the world! That’s how we got to the appropriately-for-us-titled album Should’ve Learned by Now. The album is basically about how we know we are fuckups and I guess we are ok with that.

Hope you enjoy it!

Pre-order the album HEREListen to the first single “One Last F.U.” HERE

Announcing ‘When You Found Me’

When You Found MeI wanted a very classic rock sound for this album. I wanted it to sound like stuff I heard on the radio growing up. I didn’t want to make a retro record at all, but I did want to reference some of those sounds and tones and moods. I think we struck a nice balance between nostalgia and something that still sounds like contemporary Lucero. The album was recorded over two weeks in July (we wore masks the entire time) at Sam Phillips Recording Studio in Memphis, TN with Matt Ross-Spang.

My daughter is four now and I’ve been reading her a lot of fairytales at bedtime. Consciously or not, that seeped into my songwriting process on “When You Found Me”. This album has a lot of me and my personal experiences in it, but the lyrics aren’t as directly first person as they’ve been in the past. I like to think the lyrics on “When You Found Me” have a more storybook quality to them. “Have You Lost Your Way?” with its young heroine, is written to be exactly like a fairytale or fable. Then the second song, “Outrun the Moon”, is a more modern take on the same type of story. “Coffin Nails” is about a banshee, and “The Match” is based on an old Irish folktale. “Back in Ohio” is based on a true story that reads like fantasy. I love drinking whiskey in bars and singing songs about heartbreak and lost loves, but it was nice to incorporate some other interests and themes and elements into these lyrics.

We hope you enjoy.

Pre-order the album HERE.
Listen to the first single “Outrun the Moon” HERE.