Kylesa expand reunion line up to include Nausea's Roy Mayorga and John Jesse, add U.S. dates

Kylesa has locked in their reunion lineup ahead of their 2025 comeback shows. Joining founding members Laura Pleasants and Phillip Cope are Roy Mayorga (Ministry, Stone Sour, ex-Nausea) on drums and John John Jesse (ex-Nausea) on bass.

The group have also added three more U.S. dates to their previously announce shows, Toronto, ON, Savannah, GA, and New York City, NY. Full dates listed below. 

In a new Decibel interview, Pleasants revealed the lineup shift started when Jesse slid into her DMs on Instagram:

John John hit me up on IG 'reporting for duty,' should we need a bass player. We had already made our first announcement about Roadburn and Inferno, so word was out that we were reforming. Although we were talking about lineup possibilities in the background, we had not yet solidified a band. I was a bit shocked when I heard from John John, so I half-jokingly texted him back saying, 'Sure! Just hit up Roy and we'll be off to the races.' The next day I got a phone call from Roy!

When I called Phillip about the possibility of jamming with these guys, I could hardly contain myself. I was like, 'Dude, ok, are you sitting down? I have some news' I think it was Phillip who turned me on to Nausea in the first place when I was probably 18. We're longtime fans and even covered a song of theirs back in the day.

Current reunion tour schedule:

04/17 Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival
04/18 Oslo, NO @ Inferno Fest
05/09 Copenhagen, DK @ A Colossal Weekend
05/10 Aalborg, DK @ 1 Fryd
05/12 Athens, GR @ Gagarin 25 Live Music Space
05/31 Toronto, ON @ Prepare The Ground 
06/22 Clisson, FR @ Hellfest Open Air
07/30-8/2 Wacken, DE @ Wacken Open Air
07/31 Berlin, DE @ Lido
08/13 London, UK @ Underworld
08/13-17 Bristol, UK @ ArcTanGent
12/4 Savannah, GA @ District Live with Royal Thunder and The Maxines
12/6 New York City, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge with pageninetynine