Gogol Bordello Tickets

Since 1999, the band have consistently riled up audiences with an inimitable patchwork of raucous punk and Eastern European Gypsy-swing. Since then, these sonic insurgents have been on the verge of infiltrating the mainstream, remaining undeniably embedded within the zeitgeist. A multicultural band that combines Eastern, Western and also Latin traditions, they’re the rare force who could light up stages alongside System of a Down and Primus, go on Warped Tour alongside Rancid and Dropkick Murphys, duet with Regina Spektor, cut an album with Rick Rubin or Steve Albini, or appear in art house films such as Liev Schreiber’s Everything Is Illuminated with Elijah Wood or Filth and Wisdom helmed by Madonna. Gogol Bordello is also the subject of several documentaries, including Gogol Bordello Non-Stop, The Pied Piper of Hutzovina, and a new one in the making.

The New York-based collective—Eugene Hutz (vocals, guitar), Sergey Ryabtsev (violin), Pedro Erazo (vocals, percussion), Boris Pelekh (guitar), Ashley Tobias (vocals), Korey Kingston (drums), and Gil Alexandre (bass) proclaim the spirit of resilience in the face of adversity louder than ever on SOLIDARITINE. “Our music was always about perseverance,” says Eugene. “Take a group of people who have endured immigrant traumas and dislocation and then through the magic of band-synergy and band-alchemy, they make something out of it—like an uplifting gypsy punky party that entertains and inspires people worldwide. Suddenly, humankind encounters a worldwide pandemic, war, and multiple calamities. This is when punk rock is needed the most and where Gogol performs the best because that’s where we came from. It’s not like we’re invincible, but I feel like maybe we got a bit of natural resilience. When the Chernobyl disasters happened in 1986, I was only 13. That was my first evacuation.”

In 2021 as the live music world reawakened from the pandemic pause, Gogol Bordello was one of the first to restart touring, but inevitably several members caught Covid and left the tour to recover. Eugene grabbed an electric guitar along with his usual acoustic and played them both interchangeably to finish the tour.