It’s been a long time since alt-rock fans have had a slice of Cake, but the band is looking to end its absence with a show in Sterling Heights this summer.

The quirky Sacramento-based Cake achieved mainstream success back in the 1990s, with songs such as “The Distance,” “Sheep Go to Heaven,” and “Never There.” But their last album was released in 2011.

Singer John McCrea in October 2024 announced the band’s first new project and released a new song, “Billionaire In Space.” Cake expects to release the album — their ninth effort — this fall.

The band also contributed a new song — “Hold You (Responsible)” — to the Noise For Now compilation album Songs for Sex, an artist response to Project 2025.

In addition, Cake stopped by a Texas Public Radio station to record a song for a “Live From the Freight Elevator” session performing “Billionaire in Space.”

McCrea said the song “is an observation, really of all billionaires, and the economic imbalance that we have been lulled into accepting as the norm. It is a song about being left behind.”

Cake will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13 at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill, 14900 Metro Parkway, Sterling Heights.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at 313Presents.com, LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.com.