Soul Asylum, which plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 28, 2024. Credit: Photo by Darin Kamnetz

The ’90s outfit that graced us with “Runaway Train”—despite a close-to-totally different lineup—promises to have a new album entitled Slowly But Shirley out by the end of the year.

Soul Asylum released an upbeat, rollicking first single, “High Road” last month, and it it would be borderline sinful if the song isn’t thrown into the group’s opening set for Stone Temple Pilots this month.

Ahead of the show, sole founding member and frontman Dave Pirner told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay about how the effect a Butthole Surfers gig had on him in 1986 made it the best gig he ever saw.

Read his full quote below.

Tickets to see Soul Asylum with Stone Temple Pilots and +Live+ play Tampa’s MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre on Wednesday, Aug. 28 are still available and start at $41.30.

I’ve seen so many amazing shows. It’s impossible to pick a favorite. The first two that came to mind were Ray Charles and the Butthole Surfers, so we’ll go with the latter. The year was 1986 at 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. The Butthole Surfers’ second album Rembrandt Pussyhorse had just been released, and I was already a huge fan. They came out ready to fight with the bass player from Bongwater, and singer Gibby Haynes with a head covered in clothespins. It was intense, chaotic, and extremely entertaining. It let me know that anything goes, and no matter how much of a freak you are…you’re in good company. –Dave Pirner, Soul Asylum

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