Following a recent tour announcement, Omaha indie rock icons Bright Eyes and Cursive have shared their latest collaboration, “Recluse I Don’t Have To Love”, a mashup of two fan-favorite tracks – check it out right here:

The single remixes “Lover I Don’t Have to Love” off of Bright Eyes’ 2002 album Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground, with Cursive’s “The Recluse”, the fourth track off of their 2003 album, The Ugly Organ. Both tracks were originally released on Saddle Creek Records at the height of Omaha's early-2000s indie wave. The remix can be purchased through either Bright Eyes or Cursive’s Bandcamp pages.  

The release of “Recluse I Don’t Have To Love” coincides with the National Trans Day of Visibility. All proceeds from the track will be donated to Bright Eyes’ non-profit Poison Oak Project, an initiative dedicated to supporting local and national LGBTQ+ advocacy groups. The charity emphasizes a focus on the trans community by ensuring legal advocacy, direct aid, and general support to individuals and organizations. 

The upcoming tour will provide further support for the Poison Oak Project, with assistance from PLUS1 and Propeller, who partner with venues and artists to help promote non-profit causes. Tour dates can be found down below. 

Bright Eyes Five Dice, All Threes Tour, 2025:

04/01 Fort Collins, CO @ Washington's
04/03 Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
04/04 St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
04/05 Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed
04/06 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
04/08 Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
04/09 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
04/10 Toronto, ON @ History
04/11 Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Riverworks
04/12 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
04/13 Portland, ME @ State Theatre
04/15 South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
04/17 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
04/18 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
04/19 Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
04/20 Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem
04/22 Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre
04/23 Newport, KY @ MegaCorp Pavilion
04/24 Louisville, KY @ Old Forester's Paristown Hall
04/25 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
04/26 West Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
04/27 Omaha, NE @ The Astro

06/16 Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
06/17 Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy
06/18 Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy
06/20 Dublin, IE @ The National Stadium
06/21 Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
06/22 Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland
06/24 Wolverhampton, UK @ Wulfun Hall
06/25 London, UK @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
06/27 Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
06/28 Hamburg, DE @ Fabrik
06/29 Berlin, DE @ Huxleys Neue Welt
07/01 Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller
07/02 Stockholm, SE @ Fållan
07/03 Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival 2025
07/05 Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter 2025
07/06 Amsterdam, NL @ Bostheater
07/07 Cologne, DE @ Carlswerk Victoria
07/09 Barcelona, ES @ Apolo
07/10 Madrid, ES @ Mad Cool
07/11 Gibraltar-Spain Neutral Zone, Spain @ Gozo Festival 2025
07/12 Lisbon, PT @ NOS Alive

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