promo gig at Irving Plaza

Swervedriver would spend the rest of the year touring extensively for the album. The band performed a promo gig opening for Hum on 26 February 1998 at Irving Plaza in New York and kicked off a North American stint in late May with acts such as Sianspheric , The Dandy Warhols , and Beck . The tour swung to the UK at the end of July, and discussions started within the band about a break: “it cropped up – ‘Is this fun? Are we having fun doing this?’ I guess we kind of weren’t,” spoke Franklin in a 2011 interview. They ultimately decided to keep going until the end of the year, honoring their touring commitments, and then according to Franklin, “take a bit of a time out… although it did seem like the end, to me.” The group returned to the US to headline a nine-show club tour in the Northeast; they immediately followed with a wide-ranging Australian tour opening for Powderfinger , with their last show taking place at Bootleg Brewery in Margaret River near Perth on 13 December 1998.