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(Photo via GRIT PHOTOZINE) Boy Harsher, the American darkwave duo, have announced “The Heartbreak Tour”, a North American run that opens on June 26, 2026 in San Francisco and resumes for a main leg from September 25 to November 5, 2026 across the United States and Canada. Tickets go on sale on June 12, 2026 at 10 a.m. local time.

The Heartbreak Tour is the duo’s first extensive North American headlining run since the 2022 touring for their short film and soundtrack “The Runner”. Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller open on June 26 at 1015 Folsom in San Francisco, then begin the main leg on September 25 at Basilica Hudson in Hudson, New York. The routing moves through Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Oakland, Los Angeles, Del Mar, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Fort Worth, New Orleans, Atlanta, Asheville, Washington, Philadelphia and Queens, where it closes on November 5 at Knockdown Center. The schedule includes two-night stands at Chicago’s Metro, Portland’s Revolution Hall and Seattle’s The Showbox.

Boy Harsher tour dates 2026

Support on select dates comes from Choir Boy, Evanora Unlimited, True Blue and Kassie Krut. The October 24 date in Fort Worth is part of Sick New World – DFW.

June 26 – San Francisco, CA – 1015 Folsom
September 25 – Hudson, NY – Basilica Hudson
September 27 – Boston, MA – Royale
September 29 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS
September 30 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
October 1 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
October 2 – Chicago, IL – Metro
October 3 – Chicago, IL – Metro
October 4 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
October 6 – Denver, CO – Summit
October 9 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
October 10 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
October 11 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
October 12 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
October 13 – Vancouver, BC – The Pearl
October 15 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
October 16 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
October 17 – Del Mar, CA – The Sound
October 20 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
October 21 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
October 24 – Fort Worth, TX – Sick New World – DFW
October 26 – New Orleans, LA – Republic NOLA
October 27 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
October 28 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
October 30 – Washington, DC – The Howard Theatre
October 31 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall (Making Time Pure Halloween)
November 5 – Queens, NY – Knockdown Center

Tickets go on sale on June 12, 2026 at 10 a.m. local time. Boy Harsher have not announced European dates as part of this run.

About Boy Harsher

Boy Harsher formed in 2014 in Savannah, Georgia, where vocalist Jae Matthews and producer Augustus Muller met in film school. The pair first worked together as Teen Dreamz in 2013, mixing Matthews’s spoken word with Muller’s electronics, before renaming the project Boy Harsher and releasing the home-recorded EP “Lesser Man” the same year. They later relocated to Northampton, Massachusetts.

The duo released their debut album “Yr Body Is Nothing” in 2016 through DKA Records, followed by the “Country Girl” EP in 2017. In 2018 they set up their own label, Nude Club, and reissued earlier material. Their second studio album, Boy Harsher – Careful (CD Album – Nude Club Records), arrived on February 1, 2019, with the remix set “Careful Remixes, etc.” issued the same year.

In January 2022 Matthews and Muller released their directorial debut, the short film “The Runner”, with an accompanying soundtrack, followed with festival appearances including Primavera Sound, Roadburn and Coachella. In November 2024 the duo featured on Pet Shop Boys’ double A-side single “New London Boy / All The Young Dudes”, while Muller continued his Safe Mind project with Cooper B. Handy.

The Heartbreak Tour is the duo’s first extended North American headlining run since the 2022 cycle around “The Runner”, returning Boy Harsher to the stage with shows from June through November 2026.

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