Portugal. The Man brings 'In the Mountain in the Cloud' back to Fort Collins, 15 years on

The band's last Fort Collins show was at the Aggie in 2011; on Jan. 16 it plays Washington's on an anniversary tour for the album from that same year.

The last time Portugal. The Man played Fort Collins, it was May 2011 at the Aggie Theatre, and the band was months away from the album it is now touring to celebrate.

Portugal. The Man plays Washington's in Old Town on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2027, at 8 p.m. Tickets are through eTix. The date, announced Oct. 27, is part of the band's In the Mountain in the Cloud 15 Year Anniversary Tour.

That gap is the story. Fifteen years is a long time to stay away from a town this close to the band's usual Colorado routes, and the record that frames the return was being rolled out the same summer the band last left. In July 2011, Consequence and Pollstar were reporting a world tour behind it.

This year the band reopened that chapter. Rhino put out an expanded digital deluxe edition of *In the Mountain in the Cloud* on July 17, with rare remixes, live versions and instrumental takes of every track, including a classic live "So American," according to Shore Fire Media's release. Singer John Gourley has been looking back at the album in interviews too; Planet 93.9 caught him reflecting on it ahead of a U.S. run supporting Muse in August. The anniversary tour picks up after that, with an East Coast stop at Boston's Royale on Jan. 8 with special guest Anthony Green, per a Boston listing, eight nights before Fort Collins.

Fifteen years after the Aggie, the album that was about to come out is now the reason to come back.

The room is new to the band and, in a sense, new to the town. Washington's took over the spot that was Washington's Sports Bar and Grill, which the Collegian described as an Old Town staple for around 30 years. The Bohemian Foundation bought the building and renovated it with a new sound and lighting system, and it now runs as a 900-capacity hall bringing local and national bands to Northern Colorado, as Westword noted in its rundown of the city's venues. Nine hundred people is roughly the size of a well-sold theater, not an amphitheater, which suits a tour built around an older, deeper-cut record.

What to expect: a night pointed at one album and the era around it. The band has framed the tour around *In the Mountain in the Cloud* specifically, so this is a show for people who bought that record in 2011 as much as for anyone who found the band later.

It's a Saturday in January in Old Town. Wear the warm coat, catch dinner on College, and see what fifteen years did to these songs.

Sources: eTix: Portugal. The Man – In the Mountain in the Cloud 15 Year Anniversary Tour, Fort Collins, Washington's (etix.com); Consequence: Portugal. The Man announces world tour (2011) (consequence.net); Pollstar: Portugal. The Man takes on the world (2011) (news.pollstar.com); Shore Fire Media: In the Mountain in the Cloud (Deluxe Edition) expanded digital release arrives July 17 (shorefire.com); Planet 93.9: PTM's John Gourley looks back at 'In the Mountain in the Cloud' (planet939.com); The Boston Calendar: Portugal. The Man, In the Mountain in the Cloud tour (thebostoncalendar.com); Rocky Mountain Collegian: Washington's (collegian.com); Westword: Best music venues in Fort Collins (westword.com); JamBase: Portugal. The Man at Washington's (jambase.com)