Guided By Voices will celebrate 40 years with shows in Dayton

Guided By Voices will celebrate their 40-year anniversary with shows at the Dayton Masonic Center on Friday, Sept. 1 and Saturday, Sept. 2. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY TONY NELSON

Guided By Voices will celebrate their 40-year anniversary with shows at the Dayton Masonic Center on Friday, Sept. 1 and Saturday, Sept. 2. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY TONY NELSON
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June 15, 2023
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Iconic Dayton rock band Guided By Voices will celebrate its 40-year anniversary back where it all began this summer.

Tickets go on sale Friday, June 16 at noon for a two-night celebration at the Dayton Masonic Center slated Friday, Sept. 1 and Saturday, Sept. 2. The evening will feature supporting bands Dinosaur Jr, Built To Spill, The Heartless Bastards, Wednesday and Kiwi Jr.

Singer Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices. Photo by Matt Cowan/Getty Images for Coachella

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The band, which currently includes founder Robert Pollard, Doug Gillard, Kevin March, Mark Shue and Bobby Bare Jr., will release its 36th album July 21 titled “Welshpool Frillies.” The summer release is the band’s second album of 2023. A third album is expected in November.

Pollard, a former elementary school teacher, founded the band in Dayton in 1983. Throughout the four decades since, Guided By Voices has had a number of lineup changes and have disbanded a few times, but have come back together to continue its legacy. It’s this “surprising and extraordinary” career the band intends to celebrate with the Dayton community in late summer, Guided By Voices noted.

Tickets are priced at $50-$70 excluding Ticketmaster fees.

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For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.guidedbyvoices.com/.

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