M'Lou Elkins 
In 2020, Perfumes and Fripperies, the first full-length album from U.S. goth/rock band The Wake in nearly 25 years, was released followed by the Mixers & Elixirs remix companion in 2021. Now The Wake is poised for another return as the band has announced its first live shows in more than twenty years.
Having last hit the stage in 1999 just prior to the group’s dissolution, frontman and founding member Troy Payne states, “This has been so long in coming that by the time we step onstage, I expect to be sweating venom.” With fellow goth/rock act Caroline Blind as a special guest, and presented by BLVSPHMY, the first leg of The Wake’s scheduled performances will take place on October 22 at QXT’s Nightclub in Newark, NJ, with tickets now available via Eventbrite. The second leg of the tour lands the band in Madrid, Spain, performing on November 4 at NAZCA Music Live with NU:N as support. Tickets for this show are available via Entradium.
Not only do these two shows mark The Wake’s first live performances in 23 years, but they also will feature the band’s original lineup of Troy Payne, founding guitarist Rich Witherspoon, bassist James Tramel, and drummer Daniel C. playing together onstage for the first time since 1994.
