Later this month, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. will return to Europe for another typically extensive tour, but this time they will be celebrating the music collective’s 30th anniversary. The tour, titled Dark Within Of Astropia Tour, kicks off on 23 April in Spain and ends over a month later on 31 May in France. In total, the band will play 38 shows in 13 countries.
In addition, it has been announced that bassist Sawano Shozo will not be joining the tour, as his wife recently gave birth to a baby. Two bassists will replace him during the European tour, Julien Omeyer (Emiko & Kirisute Gome) will join from the first day until 4 May, followed by Taigen Kawabe (Bo Ningen, Mainliner) from 5 April until the end of the European tour.
Acid Mothers Temple have been active since 1995 and have built up an enormous discography that is easy to get lost in. During the pandemic, the band launched a Bandcamp page, through which they released more than 60 albums, including a wealth of previously unreleased material. They’ve hosted several 24-hour listening sessions for their fans, featuring their digital compilations AMT24 and AMT24 vol.2. These releases offer a mix of older material and a few new tracks.
Over the years, the group has collaborated with a wide range of musicians, including psychedelic pioneers like Gong and Guru Guru, Simeon (Silver Apples), Nik Turner (Hawkwind), as well as notable Japanese artists such as Afrirampo, Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins), Maso Yamazaki (Masonna), Seiichi Yamamoto (Boredoms), Jun Kuriyama (The Ox), and many more.
Besides Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., other variations exist within the larger Acid Mothers Temple universe with contributions from different combinations of band members. This led to different band names for those specific projects branded ‘AMT’, think Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno, Acid Mothers Temple SWR, Acid Mothers Temple & The Space Paranoid, to name a few. Yet Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. can be seen as the main project, the core of their music. Each of these projects explores different aspects of psychedelic and experimental rock, but all are linked by the distinctive, surrealist style popularised by Acid Mothers Temple and the group’s founder, ‘speed guru’ Makoto Kawabata.
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. UK & European Tour 2025 Dates
Wednesday 23 April, 2025: Moby Dick – Madrid, Spain
Thursday 24 April, 2025: Dabadaba – San Sebastian, Spain
Friday 25 April, 2025: Upload – Barcelona, Spain
Saturday 26 April, 2025: 16 Toneladas – Valencia, Spain
Sunday 27 April, 2025: Planta Baja – Granada, Spain
Monday 28 April, 2025: Sala X – Sevilla, Spain
Tuesday 29 April, 2025: ZDB – Lisbon, Portugal
Wednesday 30 April, 2025: Lovers and Lollipops – Porto, Portugal
Thursday 01 May, 2025: Iboat – Bordeaux, France
Friday 02 May, 2025: Cold Crash – Reze, France
Saturday 03 May, 2025: Petit Bain – Paris, France
Sunday 04 May, 2025: Hope and Ruin – Brighton, Untied Kingdom
Monday 05 May, 2025: Moor Beer – Bristol, Untied Kingdom
Tuesday 06 May, 2025: The King Arthur – Glastonbury, Untied Kingdom
Wednesday 07 May, 2025: Night & Day – Manchester, Untied Kingdom
Thursday 08 May, 2025: Mono – Glasgow, Untied Kingdom
Friday 09 May, 2025: Wood Hall at The Common Room – Newcastle, Untied Kingdom
Saturday 10 May, 2025: Hare and Hounds – Birmingham, Untied Kingdom
Sunday 11 May, 2025: Norwich Arts Centre – Norwich, Untied Kingdom
Monday 12 May, 2025: Esquires – Bedford, Untied Kingdom
Tuesday 13 May, 2025: The Pig – Hastings, Untied Kingdom
Wednesday 14 May, 2025: 100 Club – London, Untied Kingdom
Thursday 15 May, 2025: Corsica Studios – London, Untied Kingdom
Friday 16 May, 2025: Magasin 4 – Brussels, Belgium
Saturday 17 May, 2025: Autonomes Jugendzentrum – Bienne, Switzerland
Sunday 18 May, 2025: La Claque – Genoa, Italy
Monday 19 May, 2025: Arci Bellezza – Milan, Italy
Tuesday 20 May, 2025: Mostovna – Nova Gorica, Slovenia,
Wednesday 21 May, 2025: Vintage Industrial Bar- Zagreb, Croatia
Thursday 22 May, 2025: klub Azimut – Sibenik, Croatia
Friday 23 May, 2025: Caffe bar Baza – Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Saturday 24 May, 2025: Termokiss- Pristina, Kosovo
Sunday 25 May, 2025: Pave – Sofia, Bulgaria
Monday 26 May, 2025: Eightball Club – Thessaloniki, Greece
Wednesday 28 May, 2025: Eremo Club – Molfetta, Italy
Thursday 29 May, 2025: Orto Sonoro Santa Valvola Festival – Prato, Italy
Friday 30 May, 2025: L’Embobineuse – Marseille, France
Saturday 31 May, 2025: Festival Dark Side Of The Rock II @ Le Pari – Tarbes, France
