Frank Turner's farewell run brings him back to The Van Buren

Nearly three years after his last Phoenix show, Frank Turner returns to the same room on March 24 — on a tour billed as his last for the foreseeable future.

The last time Frank Turner played Phoenix was June 12, 2024, at The Van Buren. When he walks back onto that same stage on Wednesday, March 24, 2027, it may be the last chance local fans get to see him for a long while.

The date, announced Oct. 27, is part of the Last Evenings World Tour with his band The Sleeping Souls. It follows Turner's September announcement that he is stepping away from the road, and TicketNews describes the North American leg as a farewell run, split into two stretches between March and May. Coverage of the announcement at The Music Universe puts it plainly: this is his final run for the "foreseeable future."

The Phoenix show starts at 7:30 p.m. at The Van Buren, with Skinny Lister and Beans On Toast opening. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster.

That's the stake. Turner has been one of the most reliable road dogs in rock and punk-leaning songwriting, the kind of artist who comes back often enough that it's easy to skip a show and catch the next one. This time there isn't an obvious next one on the calendar after the tour wraps.

The scale of the goodbye is big. FOX5 Las Vegas reports 45 dates across seven countries in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. After North America, the tour moves to the U.K. and Europe in October 2027, per TicketNews; one German outlet, MS Aktuell, lists ten German shows alone between Oct. 9 and 23, with two nights each in Cologne, Hamburg and Munich.

Phoenix lands early, in the western swing. Live Nation listings show Anaheim on March 5 and Berkeley on March 6, and FOX5 has the band at House of Blues Las Vegas on March 27, three nights after The Van Buren. If Wednesday doesn't work, Vegas is the nearest fallback. If it does, there's something to be said for seeing a farewell lap at home, in the 1,800-capacity room where he last played this town.

The undercard is worth getting there early for. Skinny Lister are a British folk-punk band and Beans On Toast is a singer-songwriter, per MS Aktuell, and the pairing isn't new: the two acts have toured North America together before, on an Xtra Mile package that also included Will Varley, as Read Junk reported. Expect a bill that plays like one long night rather than three separate sets.

What's changed since 2024 is mostly the framing. A Turner show has always felt communal, built on the crowd singing as loud as the band. Knowing it's the last pass through for a while tends to turn that up, not down.

This time there isn't an obvious next one on the calendar.

So mark it: a Wednesday in late March, a room he already knows, and a tour built around saying goodbye properly. The JamBase listing is here. Get the ticket now and save the regret for someone else.

Sources: JamBase: Frank Turner at The Van Buren (jambase.com); TicketNews: Frank Turner 2027 North American Last Evenings tour (ticketnews.com); FOX5 Las Vegas: Frank Turner brings Last Evenings tour to House of Blues Las Vegas (fox5vegas.com); The Music Universe: The run marks his final for the foreseeable future (themusicuniverse.com); Live Nation: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls Last Evenings World Tour (livenation.com); Live Nation: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls Last Evenings World Tour (livenation.com); MS Aktuell: Frank Turner spielt 2027 zehn Konzerte vor seiner Bühnenpause (ms-aktuell.de); Read Junk: Xtra Mile announces North American tour with Skinny Lister, Beans On Toast, Will Varley (readjunk.com); Ticketmaster: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Phoenix (ticketmaster.evyy.net)