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L7 Announce The Last Hurrah Tour: 27-Date Farewell Run Kicks Off June 4
L7 announced a 27-date North American farewell, The Last Hurrah Tour, starting June 4 in Toronto and concluding Nov. 14 in Los Angeles.
On May 7 L7 confirmed what feels like the end of an era: the band will embark on a 27-date North American farewell called The Last Hurrah Tour, beginning June 4 in Toronto and closing Nov. 14 in Los Angeles.
The announcement arrives with a blunt, almost inevitable honesty. Frontwoman Donita Sparks framed the decision against the long arc that began when the group released a documentary: “When L7 decided to release a documentary in 2015, we thought maybe we would take one last victory lap around the sun by playing some shows,” she wrote, naming the film Pretend We9re Dead, which borrows its title from the single off Bricks Are Heavy.
“Instead, that lap turned into 11 more years of touring, sweat, new music and reconnecting with the fans who made this all possible in the first place.
Looking out into the crowd seeing longtime supporters rocking out next to a new generation of L7 fans has been the most powerful and humbling part of this chapter. We are deeply grateful and ready to give our audiences one last, loud, fun and hopefully unforgettable night of rock and roll.”
The Last Hurrah Tour touches major markets across the continent: Seattle, New York City, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Chicago and others sit between the Toronto opener and the Los Angeles finale. For a band that formed in Los Angeles in 1985, the decision to frame these dates as a definitive run is laden with context; L79s trajectory has always balanced defiant DIY energy with moments of commercial recognition.
Marks on the map
The band9s recorded legacy includes a self-titled debut in 1988 and the breakthrough of Bricks Are Heavy in 1992, which peaked at No. 160 on the Billboard 200 that September. Hungry for Stink followed in 1994 and reached No. 117, while 19979s The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum hit No. 172. On alternative radio, 19929s “Pretend We9re Dead” climbed to No. 8 on the Alternative Airplay chart; “Andres” later reached No. 20.
Beyond chart placements, L79s songs threaded into 1990s cinema: “Shitlist” appears on the soundtracks for both Pet Sematary 2 and Natural Born Killers, and “Shove” was placed in Tank Girl. Those syncs amplified the band9s reach, layering their music into a wider cultural moment without softening their edge.
Take a look at L7 over the years in the band9s teaser for its upcoming tour, and find the North American dates below:
This run feels like a summation: not a tidy bow but a deliberate chance to measure what the band has meant to different generations of fans. Whether The Last Hurrah truly is the last time L7 take the stage remains to be seen, but as Sparks9s statement makes clear, the motivation is less about closure than gratitude 6and about making those final nights count.
