They Might Be Giants Performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! 5/6 | Embarking on West Coast Leg of BIG SHOW TOUR
To Perform Classic Hit “Doctor Worm”
on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Tuesday, May 6Currently on BIG SHOW TOUR 2025
with Their Beast of Horns Section
San Diego, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco,
Seattle, Salt Lake City + more
All tickets + dates available here
“It’s a fantastic thing to watch a band enjoying themselves by doing exactly what they want to be doing. It’s what keeps fans like me coming back over and over again.” – Consequence
“TMBG and friends attacked each song live,
with exquisite, off-beat harmonies and pile-driving rhythm as their guide.” – Magnet Magazine
“Kudos to They Might Be Giants for continuing to mix things up.
Beloved hits and countless deep cuts? Two nights weren’t enough.” – Milwaukee Record
“They Might Be Giants has never fit comfortably into a musical genre.
From their start, childhood pals John Flansburgh and John Linnell
have done things their way.” – SPIN
Photo Credit: Jon Uleis
In celebration of their massive, ongoing sold-out tour, alternative rock legends They Might Be Giants will be performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! next Tuesday, May 6. The band will be playing their classic hit “Doctor Worm,” showcasing their beast of a horns section. The show will be airing on ABC at 11:35pm EST / 10:35pm CST, and 11:35pm PST.
The Giants’ BIG SHOW TOUR is kicking off its West Coast leg this month, with stops in San Diego, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, and Salt Lake City. The tour will then continue this fall, with rescheduled dates for Atlanta taking place this October, and Chattanooga, Nashville, and Asheville shows taking place this November. Tour dates and tickets for all shows are available here.
With the BIG SHOW TOUR, They Might Be Giants make the most of their multi-night stands in each city, delivering different shows each evening. The group’s live band has grown to an eight piece powerhouse, now showcasing a three-piece horn section. Each show presents a unique, ever-changing selection of fan favorites and deep cuts spanning TMBG’s dynamic catalog, including the band’s original pop-rock classics that dominated the early alt-rock scene and bold, horn-driven tracks that spotlight the band’s knockout arrangements and on-the-fly improv skills. Sprawling, enthralling, unpredictable, and endlessly entertaining – the BIG SHOW is an unforgettable musical experience unlike any other.
Out of sensitivity to the difficult situations in Asheville due to the aftermath of the hurricanes, the band has committed to donating $1 from every ticket sold in those cities to the MANNA Food Bank in direct support of relief efforts.
They Might Be Giants’ full-length live album Beast of Horns is out now. Culled from recent touring, the new set of bold, horn-oriented tracks captures the grandiose sound and progressive arrangements of the band’s fully expanded format. Long celebrated for their exhilarating shows, TMBG are joined by an all-star horn section: Stan Harrison (Radiohead, David Bowie, Stevie Ray Vaughn) on sax, Dan Levine (David Byrne, Björk) on trombone and euphonium, and trumpet superstar Mark “Loveman” Pender (Ella Fitzgerald, Bruce Springsteen, Conan O’Brien). The 13 tracks feature stand-outs “Doctor Worm,” “Museum of Idiots,” and “The Darlings of Lumberland.”
2025 US Tour Dates:
May 9 San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore (sold out)
May 10 San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore (sold out)
May 11 San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore (sold out)
May 13 San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
May 14 San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
May 16 Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre (sold out)
May 17 Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
June 6 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom (sold out)
June 7 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom (sold out)
June 8 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
June 10 Salt Lake City @ The Depot (sold out)
June 11 Salt Lake City @ The Depot (sold out)
June 13 Seattle, WA @ Neptune (sold out)
June 14 Seattle, WA @ Neptune (sold out)
June 15 Seattle, WA @ Neptune (sold out)
Oct 24 Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern (sold out) (originally March 28)
Oct 25 Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern (originally March 29)
Nov 13 Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal (originally March 21)
Nov 14 Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl (sold out) (originally March 22)
Nov 15 Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl (originally March 23)
Nov 18 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel (sold out) (originally March 25)
Nov 19 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel (sold out) (originally March 26)
