Don Broco brings Nightmare Tripping to Electric City on Nov 16

The British rock band opens a short U.S. run in Buffalo, its first show here in our records, with its fifth album in tow.

Buffalo gets the first night. When Don Broco starts a short U.S. run, it starts at Electric City on Monday, Nov 16, at 8 p.m., in a 750-capacity room. Our records show no earlier Buffalo show for the band, so for a lot of people in town this will be the first time seeing them.

The band arrives with a new record. *Nightmare Tripping*, its fifth studio album, came out March 27 on Fearless Records, according to Wikipedia and Blabbermouth. The title track brought in members of Nickelback, a crossover that tells you something about the band's mix of rock muscle and pop hooks. Singer Rob Damiani and the band rolled out singles before the album, including "Cellophane" and "Disappear," both covered by Kerrang!.

For a lot of people in town this will be the first time seeing them.

This is the band's second pass through North America on this cycle. Its headline run last winter ended on the West Coast in early February, which The Concert Chronicles reviewed in Portland. Since then the band has toured Europe and the U.K. behind the record. After Buffalo come Grand Rapids on Nov. 24, Indianapolis on Nov. 25 and St. Louis on Nov. 27.

Electric City is still fairly new to the city's venue map. Los Angeles-based SaveLive announced it in December 2023 for the former Tralf Music Hall site, as a 750-capacity venue in the Theatre District, as WGRZ and WIVB reported at the time. Some local owners were wary of an outside company taking over a room with that much history, while others welcomed more booking options. A band like Don Broco, filling a mid-size room on its first trip here, is the kind of booking those optimists were hoping for.

Tickets are on sale through Prekindle. It's a Monday, so the 8 p.m. start and a 750-cap room should keep the night manageable before work.

A first Buffalo show, the first night of the run and a new record to play. Get there before the band comes on.

Sources: Nightmare Tripping — Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org); DON BROCO Enlists NICKELBACK Members For New Single 'Nightmare Tripping' — Blabbermouth (blabbermouth.net); Don Broco new single Cellophane, Fearless Records, tour — Kerrang! (kerrang.com); Don Broco have dropped another new song, Disappear — Kerrang! (kerrang.com); Show review: Don Broco winds down North American tour in Portland — The Concert Chronicles (theconcertchronicles.com); Electric City opening in Buffalo in 2024 — WGRZ (wgrz.com); Former Tralf Music Hall to reopen as Electric City — WIVB (wivb.com); Electric City offers path to save iconic music venues — Yahoo News (yahoo.com); Don Broco tickets — Prekindle (prekindle.com)