BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2026@mkeshows.com SUMMARY:Sleep DTSTAMP:20260826T165452Z DTSTART:20261106T020000Z DTEND:20261106T040000Z DESCRIPTION:Today\, the legendary band Sleep releases new single “Have Spac esuit Will Travel”\nvia Third Man Records\, their first new music since 20 18. In addition\, the band\nannounces a fall North American tour\, as well as releases the first issue of the\nSleep Comic Book\, written by bassist and songwriter Al Cisneros.\n\n“Have Spacesuit Will Travel” begins Sleep’ s first mission without Matt Pike on\nguitar. The music and art are alive and after the decades of obstacles that\nSleep has overcome\, it is time t o move forward and make songs and albums. Al\nwishes Matt the best on his earth bound maneuvers.\n\nAlongside Cisneros\, the latest incarnation of S leep features Dale Crover on\ndrums and Bubba Dupree on guitar. Dale has b een in some serious bands\, like the\nMelvins and Redd Kross. That Al woul d seek him out makes sense\, an almost\nelementary choice that probably wo uldn’t raise too many eyebrows. Bubba Dupree\,\nfrom the fiercely loved ba nd Void\, hailing out of Columbia\, MD\, is a pick that\nis not only compl etely mind-blowing\, but a choice no one would have seen coming.\nJust the thought of Bubba\, who was amazing from the first Void shows on\, playing \nguitar in Sleep is almost too much for the mind to comprehend.\n\nAl Cis neros\, Bubba Dupree\, and Dale Crover as a trio looks really good on pape r\,\nbut the only way to see if it worked was to get everyone in a room an d play. Al\nsays the answer made itself evident immediately: “The vibe of the first jam was\nobvious. It was blue sunglasses-era Iommi in the qualit y\, and equally awesome is\nBubba is also one of the coolest people I’ve b een able to make music with.”\n\n“Have Spacesuit Will Travel” at no time t ries to pick up where The Sciences left\noff. There’s a considerable amoun t of new blood in the band\, so imitation\, as\nBubba notes\, would greatl y limit the potential of three very unique and talented\nmusicians. That b eing said\, Sleep answers to an incredible recorded history\,\nliterally d ecades in the making\, so it would not be surprising that Al\, Dale and\nB ubba would find themselves composing in the spirit of that which had been\ nestablished so long ago. The three of them were able to make an album tha t can\ntruly be identified as genuine Sleep music\, yet with a sharpness a nd agility to\nthe recordings. URL:https://mkeshows.com/event/sleep-north-america-2026 GEO:43.0411402;-87.9104618 LOCATION:The Pabst Theater - 144 E Wells St\, Milwaukee\, WI 53202 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Ages X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Today, the legendary band Sleep releases ne w single “Have Spacesuit Will Travel” via Third Man Records, their first n ew music since 2018. In addition, the band announces a fall North American tour, as well as releases the first issue of the Sleep Comic Book, writte n by bassist and songwriter Al Cisneros.

“Have Spacesuit Will Travel ” begins Sleep’s first mission without Matt Pike on guitar. The music and art are alive and after the decades of obstacles that Sleep has overcome, it is time to move forward and make songs and albums. Al wishes Matt the b est on his earth bound maneuvers.

Alongside Cisneros, the latest inc arnation of Sleep features Dale Crover on drums and Bubba Dupree on guitar . Dale has been in some serious bands, like the Melvins and Redd Kross. Th at Al would seek him out makes sense, an almost elementary choice that pro bably wouldn’t raise too many eyebrows. Bubba Dupree, from the fiercely lo ved band Void, hailing out of Columbia, MD, is a pick that is not only com pletely mind-blowing, but a choice no one would have seen coming. Just the thought of Bubba, who was amazing from the first Void shows on, playing g uitar in Sleep is almost too much for the mind to comprehend.

Al Cis neros, Bubba Dupree, and Dale Crover as a trio looks really good on paper, but the only way to see if it worked was to get everyone in a room and pl ay. Al says the answer made itself evident immediately: “The vibe of the f irst jam was obvious. It was blue sunglasses-era Iommi in the quality, and equally awesome is Bubba is also one of the coolest people I’ve been able to make music with.”

“Have Spacesuit Will Travel” at no time tries to pick up where The Sciences left off. There’s a considerable amount of n ew blood in the band, so imitation, as Bubba notes, would greatly limit th e potential of three very unique and talented musicians. That being said, Sleep answers to an incredible recorded history, literally decades in the making, so it would not be surprising that Al, Dale and Bubba would find t hemselves composing in the spirit of that which had been established so lo ng ago. The three of them were able to make an album that can truly be ide ntified as genuine Sleep music, yet with a sharpness and agility to the re cordings.

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