Tomahawk Play First Show in 13 Years as They Launch Tour with Melvins: Video + Setlists

Tomahawk played their first show in 13 years as they kicked off a US tour with the Melvins on Saturday at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville. The Mike Patton-led supergroup — which also features Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard), John Stanier (Helmet), and Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle) — played an 18-song set. Get Tomahawk & Melvins Tickets Here With the band having never toured in support of their most recent album, Tonic Immobility, due to the pandemic and Patton’s mental health struggles, the show featured six live debuts from the 2021 LP. The rest of the set was culled from three of Tomahawk’s previous albums, including their 2001 self-titled debut, 2003’s Mit Gas, and 2013’s Oddfellows, plus a cover of Duane Eddy’s “Stalkin’.” Meanwhile, the Melvins’ played a 12-song set, included a cover of The Rolling Stones’ “Sway.” They were joined on the set-closer “Night Goat” by Tomahawk’s Dunn, who is bandmates with Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne in the group Fantômas. The tour runs through an August 15th show in Los Angeles. Along the way, it will hit such cities as Dallas, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, and San Francisco, among others, with tickets available here. Prior to the tour, Melvins’ Osborne and Tomahawk’s Denison connected over Zoom for Consequence‘s “Two for the Road” series. The pair discussed the tour, the bands’ history together, their influence on other music acts, and more. See fan-filmed video of Tomahawk and the Melvins performing at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville, as well as their setlists and upcoming tour dates, below. Tomahawk Setlist: Flashback SHHH! (Live Debut) Predators and Scavengers (Live Debut) Business Casual (Live Debut) Doomsday Fatigue (Live Debut) Capt. Midnight Rape This Day Birdsong White Hats / Black Hats Fatback (Live Debut) South Paw I.O.U. Mayday Point and Click Encore: Stalkin’ (Duane Eddy cover) Sidewinder (Live Debut) Laredo Encore 2: God Hates a Coward Melvins Setlist: Working the Ditch Never Say You’re Sorry Sway (The Rolling Stones cover) Evil New War God Civilized Worm It’s Shoved A History of Bad Men The Bit Blood Witch Hag Me Honey Bucket Night Goat (with Trevor Dunn) Tomahawk & Melvins Upcoming 2026 Tour Dates: 07/21 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater 07/23 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues 07/24 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre 07/26 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club 07/27 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer 07/28 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel 07/30 – Boston, MA – House of Blues 07/31 – Buffalo, NY – Electric City 08/01 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues 08/03 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore 08/04 – Chicago, IL – The Riviera Theatre 08/05 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue 08/07 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre 08/08 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center 08/10 – Portland, OR – Pioneer Courthouse Square 08/11 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox 08/12 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox 08/14 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield 08/15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco Save $20 on Tomahawk and Melvins tickets at Vivid Seats using promo code Vivid20 on new orders of $200 or more.