Pixies P40 Celebrating 40 Years

On 2 June 2026, Pixies bring P40, their 40-year celebration, to 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin. Formed in Boston in 1986 by Black Francis, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal and David Lovering, the band shaped a stark mix of quiet-loud dynamics, jagged guitar lines and surreal imagery. Surfer Rosa and Doolittle fixed that vocabulary early on, with songs like Where Is My Mind?, Debaser and Monkey Gone to Heaven becoming touchstones on stage. After a split in 1993, they regrouped in 2004 and kept releasing new material, with the line-up evolving around Francis, Santiago and Lovering.

P40 looks across all these chapters. Expect a set that threads the raw edges of the first records with more recent tracks, shifting gears without warning and leaning on that tension-and-release writing the group made its own. Four decades in, the focus stays on immediacy: short bursts, sharp hooks, and lyrics that twist the scene at the last second. Dublin gets a tour through a catalogue built for impact, played with the clipped drive that has defined Pixies live.