{"id":23550,"date":"2026-05-16T17:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/23550\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T17:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:01:06","slug":"japanese-pop-punk-icons-shonen-knife-hit-north-america-this-summer-with-men-at-work-and-toad-the-wet-sprocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/23550\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Pop-Punk Icons Shonen Knife Hit North America This Summer With Men At Work and Toad the Wet Sprocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thatericalper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ddss.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"557\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ddss-696x557.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"ddss\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>40 years deep and still running on pure punk energy, Shonen Knife are back on North American soil this summer for a tour that pairs them with 2 of the most beloved acts of the era. Men At Work and Toad the Wet Sprocket join the Osaka pop-punk legends across 20 dates kicking off July 16 at Pompano Beach Amphitheater in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The routing covers the continent from Florida to Los Angeles, with stops in Atlanta, Nashville, Detroit, Bangor, Council Bluffs, Salina, and more. The trek also features 2 special \u201cOsaka Ramones\u201d shows, Shonen Knife headlining sets built entirely around their love of punk icons The Ramones, at New York City\u2019s Le Poisson Rouge on July 31 and Indianapolis\u2019 Hi-Fi on August 4.<\/p>\n<p>Since forming in Osaka in the early 1980s, Shonen Knife have released over 20 albums and earned the admiration of Nirvana, Redd Kross, The Ramones, and Sonic Youth. Their blend of punk rock and pop, loaded with humor and the textures of everyday life, has kept them one of the most distinctive acts in the game for 4 decades.<\/p>\n<p>Founding member and lead vocalist Naoko didn\u2019t hold back her excitement: \u201cI\u2019m very excited to tour with rock legends. This tour will be gorgeous and I hope you enjoy the chemical reaction of these 3 bands!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also spoke directly about her tourmates: \u201cI really respect Colin Hay and love the songs of Men At Work. I always sing their songs at karaoke because the melody lines are so fantastic. Toad The Wet Sprocket is also a very cool band. Their music touches my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tour also gives fans a chance to pick up the reissued debut cassette, Minna Tanoshiku, available exclusively at the merch table at Shonen Knife\u2019s concerts. Originally released in 1982 with only 70 copies pressed, it\u2019s one of the rarest artifacts in the band\u2019s catalog. Last year the group also released an expanded vinyl edition of 2023\u2019s \u2018Our Best Place\u2019, featuring new cover art and 4 new songs.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are on sale now.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Tour Dates:<\/p>\n<p>July 16 \u2014 Pompano Beach Amphitheater, Pompano Beach, FL<\/p>\n<p>July 17 \u2014 The St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL<\/p>\n<p>July 18 \u2014 The BayCare Sound, Clearwater, FL<\/p>\n<p>July 21 \u2014 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n<p>July 22 \u2014 BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove, Southaven, MS<\/p>\n<p>July 23 \u2014 The Pinnacle, Nashville, TN<\/p>\n<p>July 24 \u2014 Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI<\/p>\n<p>July 26 \u2014 The Music Circus, Cohasset, MA<\/p>\n<p>July 28 \u2014 The Whittemore Center, Durham, NH<\/p>\n<p>July 29 \u2014 Maine Savings Amphitheater, Bangor, ME<\/p>\n<p>July 31 \u2014 Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY (Osaka Ramones)<\/p>\n<p>Aug 1 \u2014 Delaware State Fair, Harrington, DE<\/p>\n<p>Aug 4 \u2014 Hi-Fi, Indianapolis, IN (Osaka Ramones)<\/p>\n<p>Aug 6 \u2014 Grossinger Motors Arena, Bloomington, IL<\/p>\n<p>Aug 7 \u2014 Performing Arts Pavilion at The Commons, New Lenox, IL<\/p>\n<p>Aug 8 \u2014 Stir Cove at Harrah\u2019s Casino, Council Bluffs, IA<\/p>\n<p>Aug 10 \u2014 Stiefel Theatre, Salina, KS<\/p>\n<p>Aug 14 \u2014 Remlinger Farms, Carnation, WA<\/p>\n<p>Aug 18 \u2014 Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, NV<\/p>\n<p>Aug 20 \u2014 The United Theater on Broadway, Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"40 years deep and still running on pure punk energy, Shonen Knife are back on North American soil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18645,18646,18647,18648,18649,18650,18651,8,17,18652,18653,18654,18655,18656,18657,18658,18659,18660,18661,18662,15914,18663,18664,18665,18666,18667,18668,18669,18670,18671,18672,18673,18674],"class_list":["post-23550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-bankplus-amphitheater-at-snowden-grove","tag-brad-raffenaud","tag-cobb-energy-performing-arts-centre","tag-colin-hay","tag-delaware-state-fair","tag-grossinger-motors-arena","tag-hi-fi","tag-japan","tag-japanese","tag-le-poisson-rouge","tag-madison-house","tag-maine-savings-amphitheater","tag-masonic-temple","tag-men-at-work","tag-naoko","tag-nirvana","tag-performing-arts-pavilion-at-the-commons","tag-pompano-beach-amphitheater","tag-redd-kross","tag-remlinger-farms","tag-shonen-knife","tag-silver-legacy-resort-casino","tag-sonic-youth","tag-stiefel-theatre","tag-stir-cove-at-harrahs-casino","tag-the-baycare-sound","tag-the-music-circus","tag-the-pinnacle","tag-the-ramones","tag-the-st-augustine-amphitheatre","tag-the-united-theater-on-broadway","tag-the-whittemore-center","tag-toad-the-wet-sprocket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}