The Last Dinner Party announce autumn 2024 European tour

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Snow Patrol have today (May 30) shared new single ‘The Beginning’ and announced their eighth album ‘The Forest Is The Path’ with a supporting 2025 UK and Ireland arena tour.‘The Forest Is The Path’ is the band’s first full-length record in six years, following on from 2018’s ‘Wildness’, and will arrive on September 13 via Polydor. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.Produced by Fraser T Smith, the album was written by Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly and Johnny McDaid, and features 12 tracks as well as writing credits from Smith, Will Reynolds, Roy Kerr and Troy Van Leeuwen from Queens Of The Stone Age.Speaking about the new single, which was written on a trip to Somerset, Lightbody explained: “The first day we wrote ‘The Beginning’, start to finish.”McDaid added: “And he did the vocal in one take. “Straight after writing the lyrics.

Pom Poko have shared a new single, ‘Growing Story’ and announced a UK tour for later this year.The “grungy and heavy-hitting” track is the latest cut to be taken from the band’s forthcoming album ‘The Champion’, which will be released August 16 via Bella Union.Commenting on the track Pom Poko said: “On this album we wanted to explore simplifying our sound and make some songs a bit more grungy and heavy-hitting. ‘Growing Story’ came out of that process.“This song and its title is kind of describing the themes on this record: growing up, whatever that means, and finding yourself in a place where you realise you can contain a lot of different stuff at the same time.”Check it out below:The Norwegian band have also announced a UK tour for October – check out the dates below and buy tickets here.OCTOBER7 – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms 9 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms10 – Hebden Bridge, Trades Club11 – Blackpool, Bootleg Social12 – Middlesbrough, Twisterella Festival14 – Glasgow, Mono15 – Newcaste, Cluny16 – York, Crescent18 – Sheffield, Sidney and Matilda19 – Birmingham, Future Days Festival20 -Ipswich, St Stephen’s Church“It feels like we’re maturing and growing up together,” explained Ragnhild Fangel Jamtveit when speaking about the new album.

Amyl & The Sniffers have announced a 2024 UK and European tour, set to kick off later this year.The Australian punks will be kicking off the tour on November 5 at the National Stadium in Dublin. From there, they will be making stops in Glasgow, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London.Amy Taylor and co.

The Antlers and Okkervil River have announced a joint UK/Ireland and European tour for this year – find all the details below.The two bands are due to hit the road together in the autumn for a run of seven shows, beginning in Dublin on October 26. They’ll then head to Leeds (27), Bristol (28), Brighton (29) and London (30).From there, the groups will head to Denmark for gigs in Copenhagen (November 3) and Aarhus (4).Tickets are on general sale now – you can buy yours here (UK/Ireland) and here (Europe).A post shared by The Antlers (@theantlers)Explaining the concept of the upcoming tour, dubbed ‘An Intimate Evening with…’, The Antlers wrote: “We’ll each do our own set (most likely a mix of solo/duo setups), followed by a combined set to close out the evening.“The vibe will be intimate and somewhat stripped-down, and the songs will span our respective catalogues.”Okkervil River’s Will Sheff, meanwhile, said he was “thrilled” to “be doing @theantlers / Okkervil co-headline extravaganza all the way across the Atlantic this Fall”.Sheff added: “Playing a wide variety of our own songs and to play each others’ songs, accompanied by musical friends, in Ireland, England and Denmark this October and November.”The two groups are currently touring together in North America.

Declan McKenna has announced a short run of shows across the UK for this summer.Between his various dates at festivals including Glastonbury, Boardmasters, TRNSMT Festival, Truck, Y Not and more in support of his third album ‘What Happened To The Beach?’, McKenna will be playing five headline shows.He will perform two July gigs in Halifax and Bridlington, while further shows in Bexhill, Nottingham and Edinburgh will take place in August.Tickets are on sale now – grab yours here and check out the full list of dates below.A post shared by Declan Mckenna (@thedeclanmckenna)Declan McKenna’s summer 2024 tour dates are:JULY27 – Halifax, Victoria Theatre28 – Bridlington, SpaAUGUST9 – Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion11 – Nottingham, Rock City12 – Edinburgh, Playhouse Theatre In a four-star review of McKenna’s latest record, NME wrote: “On ‘What Happened To The Beach?’, perfectionism is released to make space to revel in creativity, resulting in a truly joyful effort.”McKenna said in a recent interview with NME that he’d found the process of making the album “quite empowering”, adding: “[It] has made me feel like I’m capable of executing different kinds of songs.“I see every album of mine as an opportunity to make something that I’m proud of, as well as an opportunity to learn from different people along the way.

Bambie Thug, this year’s Irish Eurovision entry, has announced a 2024 UK and European ‘Crown The Witch’ tour.Bambie, who placed 6th in this year’s competition with their showstopping performance of ‘Doomsday Blue’, is now set to tour around the UK and Europe.They will kick off at Brighton’s Chalk in August, before making their way through Manchester’s Gorilla, Glasgow’s King Tuts and London’s Heaven in September. Bambie is also due to visit cities such as Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin and Stockholm.

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James Blunt has announced a 20th anniversary reissue of ‘Back To Bedlam’, as well as details of a UK and European tour. Find out more details and buy tickets below.Announced today (May 22), the British ‘00s icon is set to re-release his iconic 2004 album ‘Back To Bedlam’ in celebration of the upcoming 20th anniversary.Set to arrive on October 11 – exactly two decades since it first dropped – the reissue will see the same tracklist, including hits ‘You’re Beautiful’ and ‘Goodbye My Lover’, as well as a number of previously unreleased songs.These include tracks titled ‘Standing All Alone’, ‘Close Your Eyes’, ‘Butterfly’, ‘Dancing Days’ and B-side track ‘Sugar-Coated’, all of which were recorded during the ‘Bedlam’ era, as well as demo versions of the tracks seen on the original album.It also arrives just a year after Blunt dropped his latest studio album, ‘Who We Used To Be’.“I’ve released seven studio albums, but ‘Back To Bedlam’ was the one people actually bought. So on its 20th anniversary, the record label and I thought we should repackage it with some early demos, and milk it for all it’s worth,” Blunt said of the re-release.

Bob Vylan have announced a new UK and European tour – see the full list of tour dates below.Yesterday (May 20), Bob Vylan took to social media to announce the UK and European leg of the ‘Humble As The Sun’ tour. The tour will see the pair of Bobby Vylan and Bobbie Vylan perform over 20 headlining shows across the UK and Europe in just over a month, including stops in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Berlin, Prague, Paris and more.OCTOBER22 – Chalk – Brighton, UK23 – Guildhall – Portsmouth, UK25 – Marble Factory – Bristol, UK26 – University – Plymouth, UK27 – Great Hall – Cardiff, UK29 – NX – Newcastle, UK30 – SWG3 Galvanizers – Glasgow, UK31 – Leadmill – Sheffield, UKNOVEMBER02 – Academy – Manchester, UK03 – O2 Institute – Birmingham, UK05 – Rock City – Nottingham, UK07 – Brixton Electric – London, UK17 – Luxor – Cologne, DE18 – Headcrush – Hamburg, DE20 – Frannz – Berlin, DE21 – Transformator – Wroclaw, PL22 – Bike Jesus – Prague, CZ23 – Kulturquartier – Stuttgart, DE25 – Petit Bain – Paris, FR27 – Patronaat – Haarlem, NL28 – Trix Hall – Antwerp, BEPre-sale tickets for the tour will be available on Wednesday (May 22) and Thursday (May 23) via the official Bob Vylan website.

Wunderhorse will be heading out on tour for their biggest shows to date later this year.The news follows the announcement earlier this week of their second album, ‘Midas’, which will land on August 30 via Communion. The album has been preceded by the single ‘July’ and the title-track.They will be supporting the album with an extensive run of UK and Ireland dates in October.

The Story So Far have shared details of a UK and European tour, set to take place later this year – find ticket details below.The upcoming tour will comprise 13 shows across the UK and Europe, and kicks off with an opening slot at the Engine Rooms in Southampton on October 23. From there, seven more headline dates are scheduled for Bristol, Oxford, Glasgow, Newcastle and Norwich.A slot at Outbreak festival is also listed amid the headline shows, taking place in Manchester on October 27, and the last of the UK dates are set for the O2 Institute in Birmingham and The Roundhouse in London on November 1 and 2 respectively.From there, Parker Cannon, Kevin Geyer, Ryan Torf and Will Levy will head overseas for four gigs across Europe.These include a show at the Trix venue in Antwerp on November 5, and continue with shows in Hamburg (6) and Cologne (7).

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Jimmy Eat World have announced details of a 2024 tour across the UK and Europe. Find ticket details below.Announced today (May 13), the run of tour dates are set to kick off with an opening night at the Columbiahalle in Berlin on November 7, and continue with two more shows in Germany, before heading to the Netherlands for a show in Amsterdam on November 9.From there, the Arizona rock icons will head over to the UK for three final shows.

Johnny Marr has announced a “mega” North American tour with James later this year – see the full list of tour dates below.Yesterday (May 7), Marr took to social media to announce the North American tour dates for his ‘Spirit Power’ shows with James, which will take place between September and October.The 20-date trek will see Marr and James play shows in Denver, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Montreal, Chicago and more. Pre-sale tickets to the shows go live today (May 8) at 10am local time, while general tickets to the tour will go on sale at 10am local time this Friday, May 10.

Loreen, who won Eurovision in both 2012 and 2023, has announced a UK and European tour for next year.The artist’s biggest jaunt across the continent to date will kick off in the Netherlands on February 15 with 20 stops across Europe. She will later head to Birmingham on March 17 before playing a headline show at London’s iconic Eventim Apollo on March 19 before continuing on to Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow.

Travis Scott has announced details of a new UK and European tour. Find ticket details below.Titled the ‘Utopia: Circus Maximus tour’, the new run of tour dates see the rapper head across the pond to celebrate the release of his record-breaking album ‘Utopia’, and arrives on the heels of his sold-out run of shows across North America.Set to take place across this summer, the dates kick off with an opening night at the GelreDome venue in Arnhem on June 28, before continuing throughout July with stops in Krakow (2), Zurich (4), Nice (6) and Antwerk (9).From there, two UK shows are lined-up – one of which is set at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and will mark his largest UK headline show to date.

Bruce Springsteen kicked off his UK and European tour last night (May 5) in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium – read on for the full setlist and footage from the gig.The Boss played his first show in Wales for 11 years at the start of a three-month string of dates that will take him up to two climactic shows at London’s Wembley Stadium on 25 and 27 July.The three-hour, 29-song setlist opened with a deep cut in the form of ‘So Young And In Love’, an outtake from the 1974 recording sessions for ‘Born To Run’ that finally saw a release as part of the 1998 box set ‘Tracks’. It was the song’s first performance since 2013.SO YOUNG AND IN LOVE OPENS CARDIFF! Thank you @mightyfraz Jason Farrelly via Spring-Nut Facebook Page! @springsteen #SpringsteenTour2024 #Springsteen #estreetband pic.twitter.com/HN6H93rTvD— Spring-Nuts (@SpringNuts_) May 5, 2024“It’s great to be in Cardiff, it’s good to be in Wales,” Springsteen said to introduce the show.

Overmono have announced a ‘Pure Devotion’ world tour that will take place across five dates in autumn 2024. See all the details below.The Welsh electronic duo, made up of brothers Tom and Ed Russell, had already been confirmed for an extensive list of festival appearances for the summer, and they will now be adding major shows across the globe to their schedules.They will begin at Brooklyn’s Paramount on October 4, before heading north to Toronto’s Opera House the following night.

AURORA has added two extra shows in Dublin and Edinburgh to her upcoming UK and European tour – see all the dates below. The Norwegian alt-pop singer is preparing to release her new album ‘What Happened To The Heart?’ in June, after which she will be playing a string of shows around the continent in September and October.