Eric Church has just announced a massive fall tour. The 2025 Free The Machine Tour will begin this September in Pittsburgh and run into November.
Elle King, Marcus King Band and Charles Wesley Godwin will open for Church throughout the tour. The 22-date trek fills out a tour calendar that had been highlighted by a trio of shows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in July.
- Free The Machine Tour will support Church’s new Evangeline vs. the Machine album, due May 2.
- It’s his first tour since the Outsiders Revival Tour in 2023.
- Premium members of the Church Choir will get first access to tickets.
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Pre-sales for Church’s new tour start May 5 at 10AM local time (Philadelphia pre-sales start May 12). Premium members of Church Choir — the superstar’s fan club — get first access to tickets. Sign up for pre-sale access at Church’s website.
Fans who’ve followed Church closely know that one tour is never like the one that came before it. Most recently, he embarked on a long journey of solo shows that found him playing songs from across his catalog for nearly three hours. Prior to that, his sets have been an unpredictable combo of acoustic country, hard rock and blues.
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The Evangeline vs. the Machine album promises to be unlike anything he’s done previously, as he’s teasing heavy strings across much of the project. At just eight songs, it’s his shortest album to date, but several tracks are at least five minutes long.
Fans have already familiarized themselves with “Darkest Hour,” a song he used to benefit the rebuild after a hurricane struck his home state of North Carolina. “Hands of Time” is his current single.
Eric Church’s 2025 Free The Machine Tour Dates:
Sept. 12 — Pittsburgh, Pa. @ PPG Paints Arena
Sept. 13 — Columbus, Ohio @ Nationwide Arena
Sept. 18 — Philadelphia, Pa. @ Wells Fargo Center
Sept. 19 — Boston, Mass. @ TD Garden
Sept. 20 — Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Barclays Center
Sept. 25 — Green Bay, Wisc. @ Resch Center
Sept. 26 — Milwaukee, Wisc. @ Fiserv Forum
Sept. 27 — Des Moines, Iowa @ Wells Fargo Arena
Oct. 2 — Detroit, Mich. @ Little Caesars Arena
Oct. 3 — Lexington, Ky. @ Rupp Arena
Oct. 9 — Indianapolis, Ind. @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Oct. 10 — Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Van Andel Arena
Oct. 11 — Cleveland, Ohio @ Rocket Arena
Oct. 23 — Salt Lake City, Utah @ Delta Center
Oct. 24 — Boise, Idaho @ ExtraMile Arena
Oct. 25 — Spokane, Wash. @ Spokane Arena
Nov. 6 — Vancouver, B.C. Canada @ Rogers Arena
Nov. 7 — Portland, Ore. @ Moda Center
Nov. 8 — Seattle, Wash. @ Climate Pledge Arena
Nov. 13 — Sacramento, Calif. @ Golden 1 Center
Nov. 14 — Fresno, Calif. @ Save Mart Center at Fresno State
Nov. 15 — Inglewood, Calif. @ Intuit Dome
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