August 19, 2025 – On the heels of the announcement of their new album, God Save The Gun, due October 17 via Loma Vista Recordings, Militaire Gun announced “The BAD IDEA Tour” with support from Liquid Mike and Public Opinion. The 21-date run will celebrate the release of their forthcoming album and kick off in Palm Springs, California, on October 25 with stops in Louisville, Worcester, Baltimore, Richmond, New Orleans, Houston and more before wrapping up in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 22. 

“The BAD IDEA Tour” takes its name from the band’s lead single “B A D I D E A,” which arrived alongside the announcement of God Save The Gun last week and with a video directed by vocalist Ian Shelton. God Save The Gun is a very human document of being at your worst when you should be on top of the world – an absurdist guide to the intersection of self-destruction and self-belief. “I’m well aware that being this vulnerable turns my personal trauma into a marketing hook for this album,” Shelton says. “But I’m fine with it, if not provoking it. Over the past couple years, as I spoke about addiction from the perspective of someone affected by it, I became the one struggling with it. There’s a farcical logic to entering a situation, fully knowing the consequences, and doing it anyway – but that’s where my head was when I started leaning on drinking.” Militarie Gun’s 2023 debut album, Life Under The Gun, was centered around lifelong cycles of hurt, with the singer looking back at growing up with family members struggling with addiction, and while God Save The Gun is still tethered to that history, this time, he’s not the witness—he’s the protagonist. It wasn’t until the band was scheduled to enter the studio in early 2025 that Shelton realized he was the one who needed to hear God Save The Gun’s message.

Upcoming Live Dates

+ with Gorilla Biscuits, Cosmic Joke, Start Today and more

! supporting Sex Pistols

# with Alkaline Trio

^ with Death Lens and Milly

* with Fleshwater & Angel Dust

% with Liquid Mike and Public Opinion

09/07 – Garden Grove, CA @ Garden Amp + 

09/19 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest ^

9/20 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest Late Night Show at Metro #

?09/24 – Oxnard, CA – The Elks Lodge ^

09/25 – Bakersfield, CA – Temblor Brewing ^

09/26 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Humdinger ^

09/27 – Oakland, CA – New Paris ^

09/28 – Sacramento, CA – Cafe Colonial ^

09/30 – Tacoma, WA – Real Art Tacoma ^

10/01 – Bellingham, WA – Make.Shift ^

10/02 – Portland, OR – High Limit Room ^

10/03 – Boise, ID – Shrine Basement ^

10/04 – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell *

10/05 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theater ^

10/15 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield !

10/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium !

10/25 – Palm Springs, CA @ Hotel Zoso %  

10/26 – Henderson, NV @ Grey Witch %  

10/29 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck %  

10/30 – Des Moines, IA @ xBk %  

10/31 – Louisville, KY @ Camp Spaceman %  

11/01 – Columbus, OH @ Dirty Dungarees %  

11/02 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Bottlerocket Social Hall %  

11/04 – Troy, NY @ No Fun %  

11/06 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium Upstairs %  

11/07 – Amityville, NY @ Amityville Music Hall %  

11/08 – Lakewood, NJ @ Maggie’s Bar & Grill %  

11/09 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar %  

11/11 – Richmond, VA @ The Warehouse %  

11/12 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy %  

11/14 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern %  

11/15 – Hattiesburg, MS @ Fat Cat %  

11/16 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa %  

11/18 – Houston, TX @ Secret Group %  

11/19 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger %  

11/21 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head %  

11/22 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad %  

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