Blue October is taking its breakthrough album back out on the road for its 20th birthday, and the Boston stop is November 13 at Citizens House of Blues. Frontman Justin Furstenfeld and the rest of the Houston band will play Foiled front to back every night of the tour — the first time they’ve done a full-album performance of the record that broke them in 2006.
Tickets are on sale now via the band’s tour page. Danny Malone opens the Boston show; Jess Woodland takes over support duties starting November 17 for the southern leg.
The Album
Foiled came out in April 2006 on Universal and is RIAA-certified Platinum. It produced “Hate Me” (also platinum on its own as a single) and “Into the Ocean,” both of which got real airplay on alternative and adult-top-40 radio in 2006–07. “18th Floor Balcony” — the slow-burn ballad the band just put out a new music video for — was a deeper cut that became one of their most-streamed songs over time.
The new “18th Floor Balcony” video premiered last night on YouTube along with a live fan Q&A. The band had previously dropped a new “Congratulations” video in March to kick off the anniversary cycle.
The Tour, in Brief
The fall leg runs October 22 in Abilene, TX through December 20 in Houston — the hometown finale is three nights at 713 Music Hall, with the December 19 date already sold out and a 20th added. New England fans have two options:
- November 3 — State Theatre, Portland, ME (w/ Danny Malone)
- November 13 — Citizens House of Blues, Boston (w/ Danny Malone)
A second North American leg picks up January 29, 2027 in Midland, TX and runs through March 14 in Rockford, IL, mostly hitting the West Coast and Mountain West that didn’t get covered the first time.
Bottom Line
This is a fairly standard anniversary tour — beloved album, full-album performance, vinyl reissue — but Blue October has historically been a strong live act, and Foiled is the kind of record where playing the deep cuts in order (“Sound of Pulling Heaven Down,” “She’s My Ride Home”) will probably matter more to longtime fans than the radio singles. The band is also touring on the heels of a productive few years; they’ve put out new studio material as recently as 2023’s Spinning the Truth Around (Part II), so this isn’t a nostalgia act dusting itself off for one more lap.
If you’ve been waiting to see Foiled played the whole way through, November 13 in Boston is the night.