Dutch Melrose has completed what his alma mater ICMP describes as “numerous US and European tours,” including the joint run that followed Jennifer’s Body, the January 2025 Teragram Ballroom co-headline with Christian Gates, the 2025 Voila tour across Europe, and now the 2026 Heartbreak Hotel Tour across America with benny mayne. Here is the record.
The runs so far
The Jennifer’s Body tour put him on the road with PLVTINUM and Chris Grey after their 2023 collaboration took off. In January 2025 he co-headlined LA’s Teragram Ballroom with Christian Gates, and later that year the two crossed Europe together on the Voila tour, the run where The Ring got its first road test and outsold the clothing at the merch table.
Where is Dutch Melrose playing in 2026?
The Heartbreak Hotel Tour, with benny mayne supporting and VIP through The Ring VIP:
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 4 | Phoenix, AZ | The Rebel Lounge |
| Aug 6 | Salt Lake City, UT | Soundwell |
| Aug 8 | Denver, CO | Meow Wolf (Convergence Station) |
| Aug 11 | Dallas, TX | Ferris Wheelers Backyard & BBQ |
| Aug 14 | Chicago, IL | Subterranean |
| Aug 18 | Brooklyn, NY | Baby’s All Right |
| Sep 17 | San Francisco, CA | Brick & Mortar Music Hall |
| Sep 24 | West Hollywood, CA | The Peppermint Club |
Club rooms, coast to coast, with the label boss driving his own bus.
Self-managed, on the road too
Touring is where his self-management model gets stress-tested: no traditional manager, day-to-day help hired as employees, routing and promotion run in-house through MADKID. The 2026 run doubles as a label showcase, with roster artist benny mayne opening every night, the same play a major would make, executed by a company of one artist who owns it.
The live identity
Promoter copy sells his shows on “cinematic production and dark melodic songwriting,” which matches the records: the cinematic world translates to the stage, and the audience skews toward the dark-romance fanbase that adopted RUNRUNRUN. Tickets for every current date are at thering.vip/vip. Updated as shows are announced.