Third Eye Blind coming to Alabama on âSummer Gods Tourâ: How to get tickets
Third Eye Blind, the rock band behind 1990s hits such as “Semi-Charmed Life,” “Graduate,” “Jumper” and “How’s It Going to Be,” returns to the Birmingham area this year on a “Summer Gods Tour.”
The band, fronted by Stephan Jenkins, is set to perform on July 28 at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham, with Yellowcard and A R I Z O N A. Tickets for the 6:30 p.m. show go on sale Friday, Jan. 12, at 10 a.m. CT via Live Nation/Ticketmaster. Prices are $29.75, $39.75, $59.75, $79.75, $99.75 and $109.75, plus service charges, according to promoter Red Mountain Entertainment.
Pre-sales start on Tuesday at 10 a.m. CT and run through Thursday at 10 p.m. CT, according to the ticket site.
The Pelham date is the only Alabama stop announced for Third Eye Blind’s tour, which starts on June 8 in Spokane, Washington, and ends Aug. 3 in Woodlands, Texas. Other Southern cities include Franklin, Tennessee (June 30, FirstBank Amphitheater); Charlotte, North Carolina (July 23, PNC Music Pavilion); Jacksonville, Florida (July 26, VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena); and Alpharetta, Georgia (July 27, Ameris Bank Amphitheatre).
“I have this sense that I am feeling the same way everybody else is — that we need a summer tour so badly, like more than ever,” Jenkins said on Monday via social media. “We need the lights, the noise, the heat and everybody up close to each other, singing as one. Can’t wait.”
Third Eye Blind has performed in Alabama several times over the years, dating back to a show in November 1998 at the former Five Points South Music Hall in Birmingham. (At the time, singer Jenkins told The Birmingham News that he regarded concerts as theatrical events and thought of himself as a kind of rock ‘n’ roll Marlon Brando.)
The band returned here for a headlining date at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in 2000, appeared at Gadsden’s Riverfest in 2014, headlined the “MoonPie Over Mobile” festivities for New Year’s Eve in 2022 and more. Most recently, Third Eye Blind performed in March 2023 at the Mark C. Smith Concert Hall at Huntsville.
“I love keeping our old songs alive,” Jenkins said in a 2023 interview with AL.com’s Matt Wake, “and that makes me very happy. But the moment I’m not inspired by what I’m doing now I’ll quit.”
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At the time, Third Eye Blind was touring on a 2022 “Unplugged” album, which features acoustic versions of their hits and classics. Jenkins also said, however, that the band would perform some new, unreleased songs during last year’s tour.
“This latest stuff is more about opening up a groove and just kind of letting the vocal roll, let it roll. It’s more about very simple beats, a bassline and a vocal,” Jenkins told AL.com. “Less organic. And then after that, I really want to go with big guitars and just make an Oasis record.”
Third Eye Blind, formed in 1993, has seven studio albums to its credit, 1997-2021, along with live albums, compilations and EPs. The band’s self-titled debut in 1997 (which includes “Semi-Charmed Life”) sold more than 6 million copies, earning multi-platinum status from the Recording Industry Association of America.