It’s been a very busy year for ska-reggae super group, The Kilograms, and 2025 is shaping up to be just as busy. FFO: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Pietasters, The Aggrolites, Westbound Train.

The band which includes Joe Gittleman (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Avoid One Thing), Michael McDermott (The Bouncing Souls, Joan Jett), Sammy Kay, and J Duckworth (Newport Secret Six) released their self-titled debut EP at the start of this year and followed it up with a two song single in September and supported both releases with touring and some festival appearances. The Kilograms will kick off 2025 with their first ever West Coast appearances on tour with Omnigone and Big D And The Kids Table. That tour will start on February 28th in San Diego and will conclude on March 8th in Portland, OR. Following that tour, The Kilograms will open for The Menzingers and Dropkick Murphys at MGM Music Hall in Boston on March 14th. If you live on the East Coast, you can catch The Kilograms a few more times before the end of the year including shows with The Pietasters, The Bouncing Souls, Spring Heeled Jack, Mephiskapheles. All tour dates are listed below. You can purchase The Kilograms s/t EP from Asbestos Records and their two song seven-inch from Rad Girlfriend Records. Their debut self-titled EP is 5 tunes dripping in the old and new. With three generations of musicians creating together, band is pulling a sound that pays respect to where they all laid their roots, while establishing a tone that is truly their own.

Tour Dates:
December 27th @ Space Ballroom – Hamden, CT w/ Mephiskapheles & Spring Heeled Jack
December 28th @ 9:30 Club – Washington DC w/ The Pietasters
December 30th @ The Stone Pony – Asbury Park, NJ w/ The Pietasters & Bouncing Souls
February 28th @ House of Blues – San Diego, CA w/ Omnigone & Big D And The Kids Table
March 1st @ The Nile Underground – Mesa, AZ w/ Omnigone & Big D And The Kids Table
March 2nd @ Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA w/ Omnigone & Big D And The Kids Table
March 3rd @ The Echo – Los Angeles, CA w/ Omnigone & Big D And The Kids Table
March 4th @ Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA w/ Omnigone & Big D And The Kids Table
March 5th @ Harlow’s – Sacramento, CA w/ Omnigone & Big D And The Kids Table
March 7th @ Madame Lou’s – Seattle, WA w/ Omnigone & Big D And The Kids Table
March 8th @ Mission Theater – Portland, OR w/ Omnigone & Big D And The Kids Table
March 14th @ MGM Music Hall – Boston, MA w/ The Menzingers & Dropkick Murphys