PIG announce ‘Hurt People Tour’ of North America for fall 2026
PIG announce the “Hurt People Tour” of North America: 44 shows from August 27 in Lawrence, Kansas to October 18 in Detroit, supporting “Hurt People Hurt”.
PIG : Hurt People Tour
PIG, the industrial project of English musician Raymond Watts, has announced the PIG “Hurt People Tour”, a North American run of 44 shows in fall 2026 in support of the album “Hurt People Hurt“, released May 22, 2026 via Metropolis Records. The tour starts on August 27 in Lawrence, Kansas and ends on October 18 in Detroit, Michigan.
The 44 shows include the band’s previously announced appearances at the Cold Waves XIV festival events in Los Angeles (September 11), Austin (September 18) and Chicago (September 25). An initial 40-date itinerary has been published, with further shows to be added. The August 28 date in Denver is billed with Nitzer Ebb. Ticket links are collected on the band’s official website.
Before the North American run, PIG play two previously announced sold-out shows in Tokyo on June 25 and 26, with UK dates to follow in December.
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PIG ‘Hurt People Tour’ dates: North America fall 2026
- Thu, Aug 27 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
- Fri, Aug 28 – Denver, CO – Summit (with Nitzer Ebb)
- Sat, Aug 29 – Salt Lake City, UT – Quarters DLC
- Mon, Aug 31 – Garden City, ID – Visual Arts Collective
- Wed, Sept 2 – Spokane, WA – Big Dipper
- Thu, Sept 3 – Bellingham, WA – The Shakedown
- Fri, Sept 4 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
- Sat, Sept 5 – Portland, OR – Star Theater
- Mon, Sept 7 – Eugene, OR – John Henry’s
- Tue, Sept 8 – Eureka, CA – Savage Henry
- Wed, Sept 9 – Sacramento, CA – Cafe Colonial
- Thu, Sept 10 – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
- Fri, Sept 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Cold Waves – Pacific Electric
- Sat, Sept 12 – Santa Ana, CA – La Santa
- Sun, Sept 13 – Phoenix, AZ – Last Exit Live
- Mon, Sept 14 – El Paso, TX – Bye Bye Dear
- Wed, Sept 16 – Dallas, TX – AM FM
- Thu, Sept 17 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
- Fri, Sept 18 – Austin, TX – Cold Waves – The Mohawk
- Sat, Sept 19 – Little Rock, AR – Birdie’s
- Sun, Sept 20 – St. Louis, MO – Red Flag
- Wed, Sept 23 – Davenport, IA – Raccoon Motel
- Fri, Sept 25 – Chicago, IL – Cold Waves – The Metro
- Sat, Sept 26 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
- Sun, Sept 27 – Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
- Tue, Sept 29 – Syracuse, NY – The Song and Dance
- Thu, Oct 1 – Philadelphia, PA – Nikki Lopez
- Fri, Oct 2 – Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus
- Sat, Oct 3 – Millersville, PA – Phantom Power
- Sun, Oct 4 – Richmond, VA – Fallout
- Mon, Oct 5 – Greenville, SC – Radio Room
- Wed, Oct 7 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
- Thu, Oct 8 – Orlando, FL – Conduit
- Fri, Oct 9 – Tampa, FL – Orpheum
- Tue, Oct 13 – Columbus, OH – Rumba
- Wed, Oct 14 – Pittsburgh, PA – Sidequest
- Thu, Oct 15 – Hamilton, ON – Mill’s Hardware
- Fri, Oct 16 – Montreal, QC – Toscadura
- Sat, Oct 17 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
- Sun, Oct 18 – Detroit, MI – Smalls
‘Hurt People Hurt’: the album behind the tour
“Hurt People Hurt” was released on May 22, 2026 via Metropolis Records on CD, limited edition LP and digital. The 10-track album was largely co-written by Watts with guitarist Jim Davies, known for his work with The Prodigy and Pitchshifter. Two singles preceded it: the first single “Tosca’s Kiss” on March 6, 2026, with a video directed by E Gabriel Edvy.
And the second single “Sex & Suicide” on April 10, 2026, with a lyric video directed by Grete Stitch Laus. The album is available via pigindustries.bandcamp.com.
About PIG
PIG is the long-running industrial rock project of English musician Raymond Watts, which he formed in 1988 after earlier work in London, Hamburg, and West Berlin. Before launching the project, Watts had already worked on early KMFDM material with En Esch and Sascha Konietzko, and had also been active as a live and studio sound engineer for Einstürzende Neubauten and Psychic TV. He later toured with Foetus on keyboards and guitar.
The first release was “A Poke in the Eye… with a Sharp Stick”, followed by “Praise the Lard” (1991), “A Stroll in the Pork” (1992), “The Swining” (1993), “Sinsation” (1995), “Wrecked” (1996), “Genuine American Monster” (1999), and “Pigmartyr” (2004), later reissued as “Pigmata”. Small detail, several 1990s releases first appeared in Japan, including “The Swining” and “Wrecked”.
Watts is also a founding member and recurring collaborator of KMFDM. He rejoined that orbit in 1994 for the PIG vs KMFDM release “Sin Sex & Salvation”, later worked with the Japanese projects Schaft and Schwein, and also wrote music and sound design for fashion and exhibition work, including Alexander McQueen’s “Plato’s Atlantis” and the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition “Punk: Chaos to Couture”.
After the Watts release “Pigmartyr”, the project resumed under the PIG name with “The Gospel” on September 9, 2016, followed by “Risen” on June 8, 2018 and the covers album “Candy” on June 21, 2019. The project then returned with “Pain Is God” on November 20, 2020, followed by “The Merciless Light” on September 23, 2022. That run continued with “Red Room” on May 17, 2024, the “Feast of Agony” EP on September 27, 2024, the remastered “Wrecked” on March 7, 2025, and the remix album “The Merciful Night” on November 14, 2025.
Jim Davies was a recurring collaborator the past few years. And now there is the brand new album “Hurt People Hurt”.
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