Destroy Boys bring 'FOIE GRAS' to Cat's Cradle, fresh off the new record

The band's first Carrboro show since 2024 lands Tuesday, March 23, 2027, less than three weeks after its Epitaph album drops, with illuminati hotties and The Rat Utopia Experiment on the bill.

Destroy Boys last played Cat's Cradle on May 13, 2024. When they come back next spring, they'll be carrying a record that will have been out for less than three weeks — which means the room on West Main will be one of the first anywhere to hear it loud.

Destroy Boys play Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on Tuesday, March 23, 2027, at 7 p.m., with illuminati hotties and The Rat Utopia Experiment in support. Tickets are on sale through eTix. The show was announced Oct. 26.

The occasion is FOIE GRAS, the band's new album, due March 5 on Epitaph Records. The lead single is "Hysteria," and the band has since shared "Plucked" as well. Landing on Epitaph puts the group on one of punk's most storied labels, and the rollout has been built around getting the songs on stages quickly.

The tour carrying them is billed as Destroy Boys Presents FOIE GRAS: a 22-date North American headline run that opens March 13 at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles and closes April 16 at August Hall in San Francisco. Carrboro falls about ten days in — late enough for the new songs to have settled into the set, early enough that the crowd will still be learning the words.

Carrboro gets FOIE GRAS less than three weeks after it drops.

The support slot is worth getting there early for. illuminati hotties, the project led by Sarah Tudzin, has been a steady touring presence in recent years — Rolling Stone covered the "Can't Be Still" era and its accompanying tour — and the two bands have shared bills before, including a 2024 lineup that put Destroy Boys and Illuminati Hotties on the same poster. The Rat Utopia Experiment rounds out the night.

Cat's Cradle is the right size for this. At around 750 capacity, it's big enough to hold the crowd a new Epitaph record should draw and small enough that a 7 p.m. Tuesday still feels like an event rather than a school-night obligation. It's also the room where Destroy Boys played last time, so the return is a straight line: same stage, new record, bigger bill.

If you're planning around it, the album's March 5 release gives you a little over two weeks of homework before the show. Tickets for a midweek night at the Cradle don't always go fast — but a band touring a brand-new record with a strong opener tends to change that math. The full run is listed on the band's site, destroydestroyboys.com.

Two years is long enough to miss a band. Less than three weeks is about the perfect amount of time to fall for a new album before you hear it in a room that small.

Sources: Destroy Boys announce new album FOIE GRAS for Epitaph (The Line of Best Fit) (thelineofbestfit.com); Destroy Boys Debut 'Plucked' (Northern Transmissions) (northerntransmissions.com); Destroy Boys set 22-date North American tour for spring 2027 (TicketNews) (ticketnews.com); Illuminati Hotties Return With New Single 'Can't Be Still,' Preps Tour (Rolling Stone) (rollingstone.com); Scene Point Blank news (new.scenepointblank.com); Destroy Boys at Cat's Cradle (JamBase) (jambase.com)