Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta
A new documentary about Omar Rodríguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta and At The Drive In will premiere at Raindance, an independent UK film festival, in October. Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird was directed by Nicolas Jack Davies, with music by Omar, and its world premiere is set for October 28 at Genesis Cinema. Its description reads, "A film that charts the artistic and personal relationship between two era-defining artists, Omar Rodríguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-In / The Mars Volta), told almost entirely through hundreds of hours of self-shot footage filmed by Omar over the last 40 years." Watch the trailer below.
News of the documentary arrives as The Mars Volta embark on their fall tour, supporting their 2022 self-titled album, their first in a decade. The shows are with Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes, and include a BrooklynVegan-presented NYC show at Kings Theatre on September 22. You can get tickets now, and see all dates below.
THE MARS VOLTA: 2023 TOUR DATES Sep 13 Wed Uptown Theater Minneapolis, MN, United States Sep 15 Fri GLC Live at 20 Monroe Grand Rapids, MI, United States Sep 16 Sat Agora Theater & Ballroom Cleveland, OH, United States Sep 19 Tue The National Richmond, VA, United States Sep 20 Wed Rams Head Live! Baltimore, MD, United States Sep 22 Fri Kings Theatre Brooklyn, NY, United States Sep 23 Sat College Street Music Hall New Haven, CT, United States Sep 25 Mon MTELUS Montreal, QC, Canada Sep 27 Wed Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA, United States Sep 29 Fri Old Forester's Paristown Hall Louisville, KY, United States Sep 30 Sat The Andrew J Brady Music Center Cincinnati, OH, United States Oct 01 Sun Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN, United States Oct 03 Tue The Factory Chesterfield, MO, United States Oct 08 Sun Uptown Theater Kansas City, MO Oct 09 Mon Red Rocks Amphitheatre Denver, CO Oct 11 Wed The Union Event Center Salt Lake City, UT
