A promotional portrait of Tame Impala musician Kevin Parker standing knee-deep in the ocean under a vibrant orange sunset sky. The artist has messy, dark shoulder-length hair and a beard, wearing a dark headband and a thick braided necklace. They are dressed in a light-colored t-shirt with a graphic that reads "SAVING LIVES TOGETHER" and "THE BLOOD CENTER" featuring an illustration of people holding hands around a globe. The individual is looking off to the left, holding a lit cigarette in one hand as choppy waves roll in the foreground.
Tame Impala Credit: Grandstand HQ

After a summer run through Europe, Kevin Parker is set to make his Tampa debut with Tame Impala.

The 40-year-old Australian producer and multi-instrumentalist songwriter—accompanied by an in-the-round set featuring a B-stage—has been playing about two dozen songs each night on the tour supporting last year’s Deadbeat, the project’s first full-length since 2020.

The outing earned him a Grammy award (Best Dance/Electronic Recording for the LP closer, “End Of Summer”), and Tame Impala will be in good company. DJO, the Chicago psych-rock outfit fronted by Joe Keery (yes, Steve from “Stranger Things”) supporting its own 2025 LP, The Crux, opens.

Tame Impala’s Tampa concert at Benchmark International Arena on Thursday, July 9 is sold-out.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...