Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol announce full EU & UK tour dates in May,Western US tour in March!

Austin trio Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol announce the complete dates of their upcoming first ever EU and UK tour today, kicking off on May 15th. Please see all dates below. Tickets for all shows are available now HERE.

The band is currently on the road for the last week of their East Coast tour with Lip Critic supporting. Following shortly after SXSW, the band embarks on Western US headlining dates.

BIG DUMB RIFFS is available on digital, LP and cassette, released May 10th, 2024. Order/stream the album on all formats HERE.

“Our catalog has never been short on big dumb riffs, but the idea on this record was to really turn the screw,” says RBBP bassist Aaron Metzdorf. On Big Dumb Riffs, that screw is cranked incredibly tight.

“We just wanted ‘the part’: The opening of Pantera’s ‘Primal Concrete Sledge’, the breakdown in Primus' ‘Pudding Time’ — the shit that makes you move and lose your mind. Just that part the whole time.”

Across 11 concise, taut songs — most clocking in around 2 minutes or less — Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol demonstrates their skillful ability to blend the merciless low end of Leo Lydon’s 8-string guitar, Aaron Metzdorf’s masterful chordwork on the bass, and Sean St.Germain’s driving drumming.

Hot on the heels of their breakout 5th studio release Doom Wop (2023), Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol returns with Big Dumb Riffs: A whole new variant of the fuzzed out, overdriven, melodic, groovy music they have been making since 2016. While Big Dumb Riffs is decidedly more aggressive and rhythmic, it still retains the overtly melodic feel of Doom Wop. But Leo Lydon’s vocals are considerably more angry and negative.

“The whole writing process was, ‘what if we just played two notes the whole song’,” Metzdorf says. “‘What if we tuned down to almost unusable string tension?’, ‘what if we write a record that will make everyone say 'wow that is dumb’? Leo and I really move around on stage a lot. Being a dingus is crucial to the groove. All these riffs were designed to allow us to act bigger and dumber on stage.”

Big Dumb Riffs is available on vinyl LP, cassette, download and streaming, released on May 10, 2024. Orders are available HERE.

RICKSHAW BILLIE'S BURGER PATROL - LIVE 2025:

02/13 Hamtramck, MI - Small’s (w/ Lip Critic)

02/14 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle (w/ Lip Critic)

02/15 Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club (w/ Lip Critic)

02/16 Minneapolis, MN - Zhora Darling (w/ Lip Critic)

03/19 Phoenix, AZ - Linger Longer Lounge

03/20 San Diego, CA - Whistle Stop

03/21 Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon

03/22 Oakland, CA - Thee Stork Club

03/24 Portland, OR - Show Bar

03/25 Seattle, WA - Barboza

03/27 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge

03/28 Fort Collins, CO - The Coast

03/29 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre

03/30 Colorado Springs, CO - Vultures

04/10 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater (w/ The Sword)

04/11 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger (w/ The Sword)

RICKSHAW BILLIE'S BURGER PATROL EU/UK 2025:

15/05 Brussels, BE - Obsidian Dust Festival

16/05 Nijmegen, NL - Sonic Whip Festival

17/05 Wolverhampton, UK - Dive

18/05 London, UK - DesertFest London

20/05 Paris, FR - Mécanique Ondulatoire

21/05 Lille, FR - Le Bulle Café

22/05 Bochum, DE - Die Trompete

23/05 Berlin, DE - DesertFest Berlin

24/05 Lübeck, DE - Treibsand

25/05 Stockholm, SE - Bar Brooklyn

27/05 Malmö, SE - Plan B

28/05 Dresden, DE - Chemiefabrik

29/05 Traunstein, DE - Cafe Festung

31/05 Ljubljana, SI - Menza Pri Koritu

01/06 Zagreb, HR - Vintage Industrial Bar

02/06 Vienna, AT - Arena

03/06 Budapest, HU - Szimpla

05/06 Gdansk, PL - Mystic Festival

06/06 Brno, CZ - Kabinet MUZ

07/06 Prague, CZ - Bike Jesus