If you have ever wondered whether downtown Syracuse has a scene worth showing up for on a Tuesday night in late September, here is your answer. PIG — the industrial project of British musician Raymond Watts — comes to The Song & Dance on September 29, presented by After Dark and Dominion Goth Night. Doors open at 6:30 PM, show at 7:30 PM.
This is the kind of bill that makes a 200-capacity room feel exactly right. Watts founded PIG in West Berlin in 1988 and has spent the decades since building one of industrial music’s most distinctive catalogs — fourteen albums deep, with collaborations stretching from KMFDM (which he co-founded) to Einsturzende Neubauten to Trent Reznor, who released PIG’s Sinsation through his Nothing Records label. He has composed music for Alexander McQueen’s Plato’s Atlantis show and the Met’s Punk retrospective. Raymond Watts has been in a lot of rooms. He knows what he is doing in them.
The current run is behind Hurt People Hurt, released May 22, 2026 on Metropolis Records — a ten-track record co-written with Jim Davies, formerly of The Prodigy and Pitchshifter. The touring band for the North American Hurt People Tour includes En Esch, Guenter Schulz, Z. Marr, and Galen Waling.
Support comes from Cyanotic (Chicago industrial) and Komrads (Rochester industrial punk), plus DJ LiuLiuLiminal. After Dark and Dominion Goth Night have been building something real at The Song & Dance, and this bill is the evidence.
The Venue
The Song & Dance opened in 2023 at 115 E. Jefferson St. in downtown Syracuse — a 200-capacity bar and music venue right in the heart of the city. For a show like this, that size is not a limitation; it is the whole point. Get there when doors open at 6:30 PM. This one will fill up.
Tickets & Pricing
Tickets start at $31.59. This is a 16+ show — bring your ID. Guests under 16 are admitted with a parent or legal guardian. Grab tickets through the link below.
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