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October 26, 2026

They Might Be Giants will be appearing on CBS Saturday Morning for a Saturday Sessions in-studio performance on October 31, between 7 AM and 9 AM ET. The segment was recorded on September 22.

October 6, 2026

They Might Be Giants will be releasing a new live album on vinyl, Live On KEXP, featuring their performance on KEXP last year for Record Store Day Black Friday. See the official RSD site for more details.

October 2, 2026

They Might Be Giants were briefly interviewed about their current tour in The Local: Twin Cities Newsletter from The New York Times. John and John also appeared on Minneapolis radio show The Current yesterday.

September 25, 2026

TMBG appeared on a Studio Milwaukee Session on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, where they introduced new trio accordion arrangements of "Eyeball" and "Hit The Ground."

September 24, 2026

Paste Magazine has published a new Q&A interview with John & John about songwriting and being in a band. TMBG also recorded an appearance for CBS Saturday Morning slated to air around the end of October.

September 22, 2026

St. Cloud, MN university radio station KVSC 88.1 FM aired an interview with John Linnell on The Menu today in advance of the band's Minnesota shows (should soon be uploaded here), and John Flansburgh spoke to OnMilwaukee about the upcoming shows and 1992 Milwaukee stage collapse.

September 15, 2026

John Linnell spoke to Kansas City paper The Pitch about songwriting, performing and TMBG's upcoming tour dates.

September 10, 2026

They Might Be Giants have released a new song, "Milwaukee In 14 Days", to celebrate their tour kicking off in two weeks. Check it out on YouTube or tmbgshop.

September 6, 2026

Milwaukee newspaper Shepherd Express has interviewed John Flansburgh about TMBG's latest album and current tour.

September 4, 2026

A deluxe edition of My Murdered Remains on "translucent elderberry" vinyl has been released on tmbgshop.com featuring two LPs, with the second disc containing the vinyl debut of More Murdered Remains.

We'll meet at the end of the tour. (News archives...)

This Day in TMBG


Events of October 27:

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Shows of October 27:

Oct 27, 1988 - WQAX, Bloomington, IN
Oct 27, 1988 - Second Story, Bloomington, IN
Oct 27, 1994 - Irving Plaza, New York, NY
Oct 27, 1996 - Hearnes Center, Columbia, MO
Oct 27, 1999 - Tufts University, Medford, MA
Oct 27, 2001 - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI
Oct 27, 2007 - The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
Oct 27, 2013 - Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA
Oct 27, 2017 - Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT
Oct 27, 2018 - Terminal 5, New York, NY

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