Tom Sandoval Drops a Major Update on His Band: "Excited to Announce..."

   

It’s official. Tom Sandoval is hitting the road.

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On Thursday, January 23, the Vanderpump Rules cast member announced he and his cover band were preparing for their Midwest Winter Tour. 

“Excited to announce the first batch of shows for [Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras] in 2025,” he captioned the Instagram. “Tickets are moving fast so make sure to click the link in my bio! (Also this photo is pretty old so any photographers looking to shoot our band send a DM).”

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According to the post, Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras will kick off the trek on February 21 with a two-night performance in Ohama, Nebraska. The tour will continue on March 8 in New Town, North Dakota, and will conclude on March 15 in Hinckley, Minnesota.

Tom Sandoval reflects on his cover band's immediate success

Tom Sandoval posing in an alleyway.

Tom, who serves as the TS&ME’s lead singer, founded the band in 2021 alongside his good friend Jason Bader, the group's drummer and manager. Since then, the act has embarked on multiple North American treks, the latest of which was 2024’s Season of Love Tour. 
 

The St. Louis native spoke about the band in a 2022 interview with Bravo Insider, just months after TS&ME completed their first round of live performances. 

“It went really well,” he said about the East Coast shows. “It was amazing and I’ll never forget it for the rest of my life. I mean, these are all badass musicians.”

What kind of music does Tom Sandoval's band play?

Tom Sandoval poses in a white blazer.

The nine-piece band covers tunes from a wide range of genres and music eras. They’ve performed everything from Børns’ “Electric Love” and A-ha’s “Take on Me” to Wolfmother’s “Joker and the Thief” and The 1975’s “Love It If We Made It.”

“We want to do songs that people don’t normally hear in cover bands,” Tom explained. “If we play a Journey song, there’s no way we’re playing, like, ‘Don’t Stop Believin.’ We’re just all over the place. Like, we open up with Incubus’ ‘Wish You Were Here,’ I play trumpet within the first 20 seconds. And then it goes right into, you know, Loverboy’s ‘Workin’ for the Weekend.’ That’s what I really like, just the unexpectedness of it.

“It’s just been crazy. I didn’t know if this was going to be something that people really got into,” he said. “I just wanted to do it. You know what I mean? I just wanted to get out there, make music, and do it. And I love it so much.”