Tinlicker return to The Ritz Ybor in December, now as a live trio

The Dutch electronic act last played Tampa in August 2023; on Dec. 12 they come back to the same Seventh Avenue room with a new album and a new lineup.

In August 2023, Tinlicker played The Ritz Ybor as a DJ-and-production act. When they walk back onto the same stage in December, they will be a band.

Tinlicker play The Ritz Ybor on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 10 p.m. Tickets are $30 to $40 through See Tickets, and the date was announced Oct. 27. It is their first Tampa Bay show since Aug. 5, 2023, in the same room.

What has changed since is most of the act. In late 2025 the Dutch outfit announced that Hero Baldwin, a longtime collaborator, had become a full member, turning Tinlicker into a trio, and paired the news with the single "I Want My Freedom" and word of a new album. "Reborn," a trance-leaning single, followed. The album, *Dreams of the Machine*, arrived Feb. 27, 2026, on Remember The Future/PIAS: 14 tracks, and by the band's own framing a move to entirely live performance.

They took that show on the road this year. A European and UK run began in March, with stops including AFAS Live in Amsterdam on March 13, and the dates were billed as the first time Tinlicker performed as a trio on tour. In April they announced a 21-date North American tour that opened Sept. 16 in Chicago and ran through Detroit, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle before closing Oct. 17 in Vancouver. Tampa wasn't on that route, which makes December's date its own trip south.

The last time they were here, it was a set. This time, it's a band.

The room suits a return. The Ritz, at 1503 E. Seventh Ave., opened in 1917 as the Rivoli, a silent-movie house, and was expanded and reopened as the Ritz Theatre in 1931. It ran strong into the early 1960s, slid with the rest of Ybor's social halls, and has since hosted everything from burlesque and plays to rock shows and foam parties. A 2008 renovation set it up for the concert life it has now, and its 1,114-person capacity puts a lot of people close to a stage that, this time, will hold instruments as well as decks.

What to expect: material from *Dreams of the Machine* played live, with the melodic, slow-building tracks that made their name reworked for three players. It's a 10 p.m. start on a Saturday on Seventh Avenue, so the night will run late.

For a scene that gets its share of DJ dates, a returning act showing up with a different kind of show is worth noticing. Same room as 2023, a different Tinlicker.

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