American Football

American Football: “We fell into this thing totally backwards 25 years ago”

As the luminaries of Midwest emo kick off a UK tour, frontman Mike Kinsella talks to NME about celebrating 25 years of their influential debut album with covers by Iron & Wine, Ethel Cain and more

Check out Ethel Cain’s ethereal cover of American Football’s ‘For Sure’

The cover is in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Midwest emo band's seminal debut self-titled album

The American Football house can now be rented on Airbnb

"By preserving the 130+-year-old house and opening it up for artists, creative retreats, events, and nightly stays, we hope this indelible space will continue to inspire others for many years to come"

American Football announce 25th anniversary self-titled album reissue with covers by Ethel Cain, Blondshell and more

The band have previewed the upcoming two-part project with Iron & Wine's take on 'Never Meant'

American Football are teasing new music

A video snippet suggests something is coming next week

Primavera Sound 2024: how you can watch this year’s festival via livestream

The list of performers who will be live-streamed has been confirmed – sets by Charli XCX, Pulp, PJ Harvey, Troye Sivan, Disclosure and more will be watchable on Amazon Music

American Football announce 2024 US ‘LP1’ 25th anniversary tour dates

The newly announced dates will follow the band's UK and European run

American Football announce 2024 UK tour dates

The shows will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their self-titled debut album

Here are the stage times and support acts for The 1975 at Finsbury Park

See what's going down and when at the band's biggest UK headline to date

American Football buy the house from their iconic self-titled album art

They've gone in on the Illinois property with their label Polyvinyl and a number of friends and collaborators
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