Gus Dapperton takes '4 Dear Life' to Lincoln Hall on April 17

Two weeks after his first album in three years, Dapperton books Chicago's 507-capacity Lincoln Park room, his first show here since a 2023 Thalia Hall date.

Gus Dapperton's new album has been out for two weeks, and his Chicago date is now on the calendar: a Saturday in April at Lincoln Hall.

Gus Dapperton plays Lincoln Hall on Saturday, April 17, 2027, at 8 p.m. Tickets are through Lincoln Hall + Schubas. The show was announced Oct. 27. It is his first Chicago show since Sept. 21, 2023, at Thalia Hall.

The reason for the return is *4 Dear Life*, Dapperton's fourth studio album, which came out Oct. 23 on ALTER Music, per The Line of Best Fit. He announced it in September alongside the single "Queen." Melodic Magazine noted it is his first album in three years and described the title as a nod to "holding on." Earlier singles came with their own small hooks: Ones to Watch called "My Favorite Fish" a "slow-burning love note."

His fourth album, out two weeks, is pitched as a record about holding on.

Venues on the tour are being billed under the album's name, with a 4 Dear Life Tour stop listed in Indianapolis, so expect the new record to lead the set. That should be the draw for anyone who has had it on repeat since October.

The room matters too. Lincoln Hall, at 2424 N. Lincoln Ave. in Lincoln Park, opened in 2009 next to the Biograph Theater, in a building that over the previous century housed the Fullerton Theater, an auto garage, the Crest Theater and the 3-Penny Cinema, per the building's history. It was the second venue for the team behind Schubas Tavern in Lake View, more than double the size of the original, as Pollstar reported when it opened. It won the Chicago Reader's Best Music Venue in 2011 and 2012, and landed on a Rolling Stone best-clubs list in 2013. Capacity is 507, split between the main floor and the balcony.

That is a smaller room than his last Chicago stop at Thalia Hall, which makes this one a closer look at a new record than the last time around.

Tickets are on sale now. The show is five months out, but 507 is not many tickets for a Saturday night in Lincoln Park.

Sources: Lincoln Hall + Schubas (lh-st.com); The Line of Best Fit: Gus Dapperton announces new album 4 Dear Life and shares 'Queen' (thelineofbestfit.com); Melodic Magazine: Gus Dapperton announces 4 Dear Life (melodicmag.com); Ones to Watch: Gus Dapperton sways through a slow-burning love note in 'My Favorite Fish' (onestowatch.com); Discotech: Gus Dapperton 4 Dear Life Tour at HI-FI (app.discotech.me); Wikipedia: 2424 North Lincoln Avenue (en.wikipedia.org); Pollstar: Schubas expands (news.pollstar.com); DNAinfo: Lincoln Hall, Metro, Empty Bottle make Rolling Stone's best list (dnainfo.com); JamBase: Gus Dapperton at Lincoln Hall (jambase.com)