Blue October are coming home. The Houston band closes out the fall leg of the Foiled 20th Anniversary Tour with a two-night stand at 713 Music Hall on December 18 and 19 — the December 19 show serving as the North American finale. Booking the 5,000-capacity 713 for a hometown closer says something deliberate: this isn’t a routing date, it’s a capstone. The set concept is equally deliberate — Foiled front-to-back, every night, in full.
About Blue October
Blue October formed in Houston in 1995, Justin Furstenfeld and brother Jeremy at the core with Ryan Delahoussaye, Matt Noveskey, and Steve Schiltz rounding out the current lineup. Foiled came out in April 2006 on Universal Records, hit #29 on the Billboard 200, and went Platinum. “Hate Me” peaked at #2 on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and held the top five for twenty consecutive weeks — the kind of chart run that burns a song into a generation’s memory whether they wanted it there or not. “Into the Ocean” became a rock radio staple. The album’s quiet peak might be “Congratulations,” which features guest vocals from Imogen Heap — a moment of particular precision in a record otherwise built around rawness and confession.
Furstenfeld wrote Foiled out of addiction and grief — his mother’s death, his own damage — without the gloss that usually smooths that material into something safe for mainstream rock consumption. It’s why the front-to-back concept carries weight here. This is testimony being revisited, not nostalgia being packaged. Justin put it plainly in the tour announcement: “Let’s show and remind everyone just how special and eclectic that album is… how much we wore our heart on our sleeve for it.” Foiled also receives its first vinyl release in 2026, timed to the tour — for a lot of listeners, that’s long overdue.
About 713 Music Hall
Houston’s 713 Music Hall opened in 2021 inside POST Houston, the adaptive reuse of the former Barbara Jordan Post Office on Franklin Street. At 5,000 capacity, it fills the gap between the House of Blues (1,800 seats) and Toyota Center (18,000) — a mid-tier room Houston’s circuit had been missing for years. Live Nation operates the hall. For a Blue October homecoming at this scale, the room is calibrated right: big enough to feel like an event, not so big it becomes an impersonal arena night.
Tickets & VIP
Tickets for the December 18 show are available through Ticketmaster. A Meet & Greet Soundcheck Experience is bookable through BlueOctober.com for the full VIP package. Support on select dates comes from Danny Malone and Jess Woodland — check the show page to confirm the December 18 opener. Doors at 713 Music Hall are typically 7:00 PM for an 8:00 PM showtime.