Jack’s Mannequin coming to the Showbox SoDo
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Jack’s Mannequin, the acclaimed alternative pop rock group led by veteran indie-pop singer-songwriter-pianist Andrew McMahon, has reunited in 2025 to celebrate their 20th anniversary on The MFEO Tour. The 30-date North American headlining tour, which sold out nightly on its first leg in June, will stop in Seattle on Wednesday, November 19 at Showbox SoDo with support from illuminati hotties. Tickets are sold out. $1 per ticket for The MFEO Tour will be donated to the Dear Jack Foundation. Jack’s Mannequin recently surprised fans with the release of Everything In Transit: Strings Attached EP on August 22nd to officially mark their 20th anniversary.
Everything In Transit: Strings Attached EP features brand-new acoustic versions of five songs off the band’s Gold-certified debut album, Everything In Transit, originally released August 23, 2005. Produced by Suzy Shinn (Weezer, Fall Out Boy) and recorded at Treehouse Studios in Los Angeles, the special collection strips down Jack’s Mannequin’s Gold-certified hit single “Dark Blue” and fan favorites “Holiday From Real,” “I’m Ready,” “Bruised” and “The Mixed Tape” set against string arrangements courtesy of LA-based artist Allie Stamler. PRESS HERE to listen to Everything In Transit: Strings Attached EP. PRESS HERE to pre-order on vinyl. A new vinyl pressing of Everything In Transit is also available to pre-order.
In addition to marking 20 years of Jack’s Mannequin, August 23rd also represented a bigger, more personal milestone for McMahon. At the age of 22, he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) and admitted to the hospital on the same day the recording of Everything In Transit finished. A few months later, on the album’s release day (August 23, 2005), McMahon received a stem cell transplant from his sister, ultimately saving his life. After making a full recovery, Andrew founded the Dear Jack Foundation in 2006, a nonprofit providing impactful programming that directly benefits adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer in order to improve quality of life and create positive health outcomes from treatment to survivorship for patients and their families.
Jack’s Mannequin launched in 2005 as McMahon’s more personal solo project following the success of his pop-punk band Something Corporate in the early 2000s. During its tenure, the esteemed quartet – McMahon (vocals, piano), Bobby “Raw” Anderson (guitar), Jay McMillan (drums) and Mikey Wagner (bass, keys) – released a total of three acclaimed studio albums, with both their sophomore LP The Glass Passenger (2008) and third and final album People and Things (2011) entering the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart. Jack’s Mannequin also performed multiple times on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, received major media support, and were featured in the hit TV series One Tree Hill. Though Jack’s Mannequin officially went on hiatus in 2012, leading to McMahon launching his current moniker Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness in 2014, the highly adored SoCal band has reunited on a handful of special occasions over the years.
In other recent news, on July 23rd, Andrew McMahon headlined the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre for the sold-out Three Pianos concert, where he performed with all three of his bands (Jack’s Mannequin, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Something Corporate) in one night for the first time ever. The special career-spanning evening, which saw McMahon performing on all three of his beloved pianos representing each of his musical chapters, made Red Rocks history with McMahon becoming the first artist to star as opening act, direct support, and headliner all in one night.
PRESS HERE to read an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone about the return of Jack’s Mannequin.
PRESS HERE to read an exclusive interview with Parade Magazine about the new Everything In Transit: Strings Attached EP
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