QRO spotlights one of the all-time alt-punk icons, the one-and-only Dinosaur Jr.
Name: Dinosaur Jr
Former name(s): Dinosaur
Associated act(s): Deep Wound, Folk Implosion, Sebadoh, Sentridoh, Witch
Hometown: Amherst, MA
Members: Lou Barlow, J Mascis, Murph
Albums: Dinosaur (1985), You’re Living All Over Me (1987), Bug (1988), Green Mind (1991), Where You Been (1993), Without a Sound (1994), Hand It Over (1997), Beyond (2007), Farm (2009), I Bet on Sky (2012), Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016), Sweep It Into Space (2021)
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Tour dates:
Jul 30, 2022 – Fuji Rock Festival – Niigata, Japan
Sep 9, 2022 – State Theater of Ithaca – Ithaca, NY
Sep 10, 2022 – The Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON, Canada
Sep 11, 2022 – The Majestic Theatre – Detroit, MI
Sep 13, 2022 – The Bluebird – Bloomington, IN
Sep 14, 2022 – Saturn – Birmingham, AL
Sep 16, 2022 – The Joy Theater – New Orleans, LA
Sep 17, 2022 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
Sep 18, 2022 – Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater – Austin, TX
Sep 20, 2022 – Granada Theater – Dallas, TX
Sep 21, 2022 – Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK
Sep 23, 2022 – The Pageant – St Louis, MO
Sep 24, 2022 – The Truman – Kansas City, MO
Sep 25, 2022 – The Waiting Room Lounge – Omaha, NE
Sep 26, 2022 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
Sep 28, 2022 – Majestic Theatre – Madison, WI
Sep 30, 2022 – The Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL
Oct 1, 2022 – Agora Theatre and Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
Oct 2, 2022 – The Athenaeum Theatre – Columbus, OH
Oct 10, 2022 – Vicar Street – Dublin, Ireland
Oct 11, 2022 – QMU – Glasgow, UK
Oct 13, 2022 – Asylum – Hull, UK
Oct 14, 2022 – O2 Ritz Manchester – Manchester, UK
Oct 16, 2022 – O2 Forum Kentish Town – London, United Kingdom
Oct 19, 2022 – Trix – Antwerp, Belgium
Oct 20, 2022 – Columbiahalle – Berlin, Germany
Oct 22, 2022 – FVTVR – Paris, France
Oct 23, 2022 – Carlswerk Victoria – Cologne, Germany
Oct 25, 2022 – Les Docks – Lausanne, Switzerland
Oct 26, 2022 – Neue Theaterfabrik – Munich, Germany
Oct 28, 2022 – Q-Factory – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Oct 29, 2022 – Fabrik – Hamburg, Germany
Dinosaur Jr playing “Little Fury Things” at Webster Hall:
Dinosaur Jr playing “Pick Me Up” at Webster Hall:
Dinosaur Jr playing “Crumble” at Webster Hall:
Dinosaur Jr playing “In a Jar” at Webster Hall:
Dinosaur Jr playing “Freak Scene” at Webster Hall:
Dinosaur Jr playing “Mountain Man” at Webster Hall:
, Sentridoh
J Mascis playing Dinosaur Jr’s “Repulsion” at powerHouse Arena:
Dinosaur Jr playing “Feel the Pain” at Music Hall of Williamsburg on January 17th, 2010:
Dinosaur Jr playing “Freak Scene” at Music Hall of Williamsburg on January 17th, 2010:
Dinosaur Jr playing “Kracked” at Music Hall of Williamsburg on January 17th, 2010:
Dinosaur Jr playing “Sludgefest” at Music Hall of Williamsburg on January 17th, 2010:
Dinosaur Jr playing “In a Jar” at Hard Rock Hotel:
Dinosaur Jr playing “Pieces” at Hard Rock Hotel:
