Gus Dapperton brings '4 Dear Life' to Soma next March

Two weeks after his fourth album landed, Gus Dapperton has booked his first San Diego date since 2024: Wednesday, March 31 at Soma.

The last time Gus Dapperton played San Diego, it was October 2024 at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, out on the bay. The next time will be on a Wednesday night at the end of March, and he will have a whole new record to show for the gap. Gus Dapperton plays Soma on Wednesday, March 31, 2027, at 8pm. Tickets are $34.55 through Ticketmaster. The date was announced Oct 26.

That new record is *4 Dear Life*, his fourth studio album, which came out Oct 23 on ALTER Music. When it was announced in September, Melodic Magazine reported that the title comes from the phrase "holding on for dear life," and The Line of Best Fit covered the announcement alongside the single "Queen." The tour carries the album's name, and the ticket listing for this show bills it as the 4 Dear Life Tour, so expect the new songs to be the backbone of the set.

That matters for a return like this one. A lot has changed in two and a half years: a fresh album, a new label home in ALTER Music, and a tour built around material most of the room will have had about five months to live with by the time he takes the stage. For fans who have been waiting since the Rady Shell, March is the first chance to hear any of it in this town.

For fans who have been waiting since the Rady Shell, March is the first chance to hear any of it in this town.

Soma is a different kind of night from an outdoor amphitheater show. The room holds 2,300, all of them indoors and on top of each other, and a Wednesday-night indie show there tends to feel like a gathering of the people who really wanted to be there. For an artist whose last local stop was a big open-air setting, it is a chance to see him in a room where the crowd is the atmosphere.

It is also a long runway. The show is nearly five months off, which gives anyone curious about *4 Dear Life* plenty of time to get acquainted before March. If you already know you are going, there is no need to wait for a closer date; the price is set and tickets are on sale now.

The practical bits are simple. Doors and set times will firm up closer to the night, but the show is billed for 8pm. Tickets are linked from this page. Midweek shows have a way of sneaking up, so put it on the calendar now.

San Diego has gone more than two years without Gus Dapperton. Come the end of March, the wait is over, and he is bringing the record that kept him away.

Sources: Gus Dapperton announces new album 4 Dear Life and shares Queen — The Line of Best Fit (thelineofbestfit.com); Gus Dapperton – 4 Dear Life — Melodic Magazine (melodicmag.com); Gus Dapperton Announces New Album '4 Dear Life' — Clash (clashmusic.com)