Wallows plays a bigger venue every time it comes to Tampa Bay

Wallows has been subject to a rapid uprising since its first album Nothing Happens dropped six years ago. The boys made their Tampa Bay area debut in 2020 for one of the last local shows before Covid, and two years later, Tell Me That It’s Over brought them to the more spacious Jannus Live on the other side of the Bay.

Now it’s going down at Clearwater’s BayCare Sound, where the venue capacity has grown once again for Wallows’ tour promoting last year’s Model, which sees Dylan Minnette and friends embracing their inner punk-rock with some crisp guitar riffs, and taking on a few rock ballads, too.

A new EP, More, is set to drop next month, and it includes a slow-going, sax-tinted “Your New Favorite Song” which will probably be played during a “let’s wind down” moment of this set.

Hell, if all goes well in this era, Tampa’s Yuengling Center could be in the cards for the Los Angeles outfit by the end of the decade.

Tickets to see Wallows play the BayCare Sound in Clearwater on Sunday, Feb. 23 are still available and start at $50.50.

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This article appears in Feb 20-26, 2025.