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December 2, 2016
Mitski Named Best Songwriter of 2016 by Village Voice
Mitski Named Best Songwriter of 2016 by Village Voice
Fresh off the heels of her first full-band tour of Europe, Mitski was named Best Songwriter of 2016 by the Village Voice . Shortly thereafter she sat in with Jon Batiste and Stay Human on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. She and the band played her songs throughout the show, plus they recorded a knockout take of "Your Best American Girl" for the web.
As we reach the end of the year, Puberty 2 is racking up "Best of" accolades:
#3 - Time Magazine
#5 - Paste
#11 - Consequence of Sound
#23 - Rolling Stone
#8 - Stereogum
Purchase Puberty 2
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Fresh off the heels of her first full-band tour of Europe, Mitski was named Best Songwriter of 2016 by the Village Voice . Shortly thereafter she sat in with Jon Batiste and Stay Human on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. She and the band played her songs throughout the show, plus they recorded a knockout take of "Your Best American Girl" for the web.
As we reach the end of the year, Puberty 2 is racking up "Best of" accolades:
#3 - Time Magazine
#5 - Paste
#11 - Consequence of Sound
#23 - Rolling Stone
#8 - Stereogum
Purchase Puberty 2
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Fleurie Releases "Fire In My Bones" Video
Watch "Fire In My Bones" at YouTube
Fleurie Releases "Fire In My Bones" Video
December 2, 2016 (Nashville, TN) -- Nashville artist Fleurie has unveiled her music video for "Fire In My Bones," the fourth video released from her critically acclaimed EP, Arrows. "'Fire In My Bones' is a song about the inner battle for control that stems from unresolved or buried pain and shame," explains Fleurie. "This video tells the story of the little girl still alive in me, wanting acceptance for her failures, and the woman I am today fighting to reign victorious, to believe I am in control.”
Released back in September of 2015, Arrows proved to be a launching pad for the electronically-laced, cinematic, dreamy pop sound that has come to be synonymous with Fleurie. NYLON Magazine originally premiered "Fire In My Bones," citing her ability to meld a singer/songwriter approach with electronica. NPR Music highlighted the EP's second single, "Still Your Girl," saying, "...Fleurie uses heavy, jarring electronica to turn an airy pop song into something dark and downright luscious."
2016 saw the release of Fleurie's cinematic album,Love and War, which featured many songs that have received prominent placements in TV and film. "Soldier" was used in the international film trailer forConcussion starring Will Smith, "Hurts Like Hell" can be heard in MTV's Scream, and she's had multiple placements on CW's The Originals with "Breathe" and "Sirens." On top of that, she recently wrapped up a national U.S. tour alongside hip-hop artist NF.
In-between releasing Arrows, Love and War, writing for TV/film, and touring the U.S., Fleurie has begun writing and preparing for her next full-length release.
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GUCCI MANE - "ST. BRICK INTRO" VIDEO & "DROVE U CRAZY" (FT. BRYSON TILLER)
GUCCI MANERELEASES NEW TRACK “DROVE U CRAZY” (FT. BRYSON TILLER)& VISUAL FOR “ST. BRICK INTRO”
DOWNLOAD/STREAM “DOVE U CRAZY” (FT. BRYSON TILLER):https://atlanti.cr/droveucrazy
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WATCH THE “ST.BRICK INTRO” VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/yuBbGyWSc-cDOWNLOAD / STREAM “ST.BRICK INTRO”: https://atlanti.cr/stbrick [image error]
DIRECTED BY: EIF RIVERA
v “THE RETURN OF EAST ATLANTA SANTA” will be exclusively available for purchase on iTunes and streaming on Apple Music on December 16th.
v East Atlanta Santa Merch Shop now open, shop here: http://smarturl.it/Gucci.ShopYT
v Hit track, “Last Time (Feat. Travis Scott),” was recently joined by its official companion video – watch here: https://youtu.be/42Amfo4YN8c
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GUCCI MANE:www.instagram.com/laflare1017https://twitter.com/gucci1017www.facebook.com/guccimanehttps://www.snapchat.com (@guwopsnaps)www.youtube.com/guccimanewww.atlanticrecords.com
DOWNLOAD/STREAM “DOVE U CRAZY” (FT. BRYSON TILLER):https://atlanti.cr/droveucrazy
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WATCH THE “ST.BRICK INTRO” VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/yuBbGyWSc-cDOWNLOAD / STREAM “ST.BRICK INTRO”: https://atlanti.cr/stbrick [image error]
DIRECTED BY: EIF RIVERA
v “THE RETURN OF EAST ATLANTA SANTA” will be exclusively available for purchase on iTunes and streaming on Apple Music on December 16th.
v East Atlanta Santa Merch Shop now open, shop here: http://smarturl.it/Gucci.ShopYT
v Hit track, “Last Time (Feat. Travis Scott),” was recently joined by its official companion video – watch here: https://youtu.be/42Amfo4YN8c
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GUCCI MANE:www.instagram.com/laflare1017https://twitter.com/gucci1017www.facebook.com/guccimanehttps://www.snapchat.com (@guwopsnaps)www.youtube.com/guccimanewww.atlanticrecords.com
Peter Doherty's Hamburg Demonstrations Out Today
Peter Doherty New Album Hamburg Demonstrations Out Today“You come away from ‘Hamburg Demonstrations’ only further assured of the breadth and indestructibility of Doherty’s talent.”-Mojo****
“The prettiest, best realised songs of Doherty’s career.”-NME****
“Wistful, reflective album.”-The London Times****
“Astute and refreshingly low-key.”-The Guardian***
“Peter Doherty remains one to watch”-Esquire 8/10
Peter Doherty’s highly anticipated album Hamburg Demonstrations is out today via BMG/Clouds Hill. The album is welcomed to rave reviews, with the Daily Mirror calling it “a demonstrable success,” and Q Magazine rating it four stars and naming it album of the month stating, “The album is studded with wonderful moments.”
Peter Doherty recently revealed the video for his latest single 'I Don't Love Anyone (But You're Not Just Anyone) off the album, with NME declaring the track “a pristine return from one of Britain’s most cherished musicians.”
The video was directed by Italian Luca Monterosso Whitmann using footage of Peter performing the song along with beautiful illustrations by art student Celine Jennings. Luca says "I am very proud and flattered to give my contribution to the creation of this beautiful project. Being able to work with Peter has been an amazing experience."
Hamburg Demonstrations is available on CD, 12" vinyl and digital download and is available now here.
Peter will be touring France in November, including two sold-out nights at Le Bataclan (16th and 17th).
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New album from Tennis
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December 1, 2016
Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome Out Now !
THE ROLLING STONES RETURN TO THE BLUES WITH NEW ALBUM
‘BLUE & LONESOME’ OUT NOW
Five decades in the making and just three days to record
The Rolling Stones have released ‘Blue & Lonesome’, their first studio album in over a decade. Recorded in just three days in London, England, ‘Blue & Lonesome’ takes the band back to their roots and the passion for blues music which has always been at the heart and soul of The Rolling Stones. Released today, December 2nd, on Interscope Records, ‘Blue & Lonesome’ is available in various formats (see below).
The album was recorded over the course of just three days in December last year at British Grove Studios in West London, just a stone’s throw from Richmond and Eel Pie Island where the Stones started out as a young blues band playing pubs and clubs. It was produced by Don Was and The Glimmer Twins.
Their approach to the album was that it should be spontaneous and played live in the studio without overdubs. The band - Mick Jagger (vocals & harp), Keith Richards (guitar), Charlie Watts (drums), and Ronnie Wood (guitar) were joined by their long time touring sidemen Darryl Jones (bass), Chuck Leavell (keyboards) and Matt Clifford (keyboards) and, for two of the twelve tracks, by old friend Eric Clapton, who happened to be in the next studio making his own album.
‘Blue & Lonesome’ sees the Rolling Stones tipping their hats to their early days as a blues band when they played the music of Jimmy Reed, Willie Dixon, Eddie Taylor, Little Walter and Howlin’ Wolf - artists whose songs are featured on this album. “This album is manifest testament to the purity of their love for making music, and the blues is, for the Stones, the fountainhead of everything they do.” Don Was, Co-Producer of ‘Blue & Lonesome’ #BlueAndLonesome
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GABRIELLA COHEN - debut album 'Full Closure and No Details' out in EU/UK today!
GABRIELLA COHEN
Releases Full Closure and No Details in the EU/UK today
PRAISE FOR GABRIELLA COHEN
“…a modern psychedelic prophet who layers drawling vocals, heartache, and healing over a background of Velvet Underground-esque guitar distortion.” - ROOKIE
"Cohen's songs are wholly her own, filled with reverb, heartache, and '60s girl-group sway—and we can't wait to hear more.” - ELLE
"Musically there's bits of Mazzy Star, Nick Cave and The Velvet Underground to devour." - NME
"Full Closure and No Details is a kaleidoscopic fuzz-pop statement."
- Rolling Stone Australia ★★★★
"Smokey guitar pop, steeped in the Velvet Underground and vintage soul." - Brooklyn Vegan
"Gabriella has a badass way with a distorted electric guitar...Fuzzy smokey Velvet Underground guitar-pop, coupled with a woozy but articulate voice." - MOJO ★★★★
"A striking debut." - Uncut ★★★★Gabriella Cohen releases her debut album Full Closure and No Details throughout the globe - out Friday 2nd December in EU/UK via Dot Dash. The record was released earlier in 2016 in Australia viaDot Dash / Remote Control Records and in the USA via Dot Dash / Captured Tracks.
Gabriella has quickly established herself as a brooding storm dressed in silk, gaining well-deserved attention with her vivacious live shows that still audiences to surrender. Having just toured the UK and North America as part of her A Crepe & A Nightcap Tour, Gabriella returns home having left behind crowds enraptured by her charm, and now, with a record to hold on to.
Her first solo full-length, Full Closure and No Details , is the product of ten days and two microphones. Co-produced alongside close friend, bandmate and engineer Kate ‘Babyshakes’ Dillon, the record is the result of what Gabriella describes as the “ceremony” of reflecting on a relationship. The songs are soaked in the kind of aching nostalgia that is tinged with equal measures of sadness and triumph. On 'I Don’t Feel So Alive', Gabriella warns: “This could be the last time we get together”, and on one hand it’s melancholy, but it’s in the spirit of endings that are also beginnings.
There are two sides to Gabriella’s coin though — for every moment of raw, cutting emotion, there’s one of otherworldly ethereality. It’s what makes the record feel timeless, which doesn’t mean old-fashioned — but rather that the vocoder on 'Feelin’ Fine' and the fuzzy, frenzied drums of 'Alien Anthem' don’t feel at odds with the dreamy, ambling melodies and old-school ethos at the heart of Gabriella’s songwriting.
The album’s title is a mirror held up to both the relationship it details, and to the songs themselves: they feel confessional while remaining opaque, full of story-telling but never detail-heavy. Instead, the songs exist in a kind of vacuum, personal to every listener, like a dream that’s hard to recall after waking.
You can experience this sensation watching her latest video for 'Downtown', directed by Sky Richards. Gabriella Cohen had this to say about the track and video: "Downtown was written in the summer of 2014 in Highgate Hill, Australia. I remember just finishing the recording in my room. A friend walked past. I yelled at him to duck his head in and listen… Take what you want from it… I guess it comes from a direct place of figuring out self-worth and personal integrity. The film clip happened two years later… a real spin on things it seems. We did it in the forest, my favourite place. Enjoy.” Watch the video via the image below.
Own Gabriella Cohen's Full Closure and No Details : http://remotecontrolrecords.lnk.to/GabriellaCohen Gabriella Cohen - 'Downtown'
Releases Full Closure and No Details in the EU/UK today
PRAISE FOR GABRIELLA COHEN“…a modern psychedelic prophet who layers drawling vocals, heartache, and healing over a background of Velvet Underground-esque guitar distortion.” - ROOKIE
"Cohen's songs are wholly her own, filled with reverb, heartache, and '60s girl-group sway—and we can't wait to hear more.” - ELLE
"Musically there's bits of Mazzy Star, Nick Cave and The Velvet Underground to devour." - NME
"Full Closure and No Details is a kaleidoscopic fuzz-pop statement."
- Rolling Stone Australia ★★★★
"Smokey guitar pop, steeped in the Velvet Underground and vintage soul." - Brooklyn Vegan
"Gabriella has a badass way with a distorted electric guitar...Fuzzy smokey Velvet Underground guitar-pop, coupled with a woozy but articulate voice." - MOJO ★★★★
"A striking debut." - Uncut ★★★★Gabriella Cohen releases her debut album Full Closure and No Details throughout the globe - out Friday 2nd December in EU/UK via Dot Dash. The record was released earlier in 2016 in Australia viaDot Dash / Remote Control Records and in the USA via Dot Dash / Captured Tracks.
Gabriella has quickly established herself as a brooding storm dressed in silk, gaining well-deserved attention with her vivacious live shows that still audiences to surrender. Having just toured the UK and North America as part of her A Crepe & A Nightcap Tour, Gabriella returns home having left behind crowds enraptured by her charm, and now, with a record to hold on to.
Her first solo full-length, Full Closure and No Details , is the product of ten days and two microphones. Co-produced alongside close friend, bandmate and engineer Kate ‘Babyshakes’ Dillon, the record is the result of what Gabriella describes as the “ceremony” of reflecting on a relationship. The songs are soaked in the kind of aching nostalgia that is tinged with equal measures of sadness and triumph. On 'I Don’t Feel So Alive', Gabriella warns: “This could be the last time we get together”, and on one hand it’s melancholy, but it’s in the spirit of endings that are also beginnings.
There are two sides to Gabriella’s coin though — for every moment of raw, cutting emotion, there’s one of otherworldly ethereality. It’s what makes the record feel timeless, which doesn’t mean old-fashioned — but rather that the vocoder on 'Feelin’ Fine' and the fuzzy, frenzied drums of 'Alien Anthem' don’t feel at odds with the dreamy, ambling melodies and old-school ethos at the heart of Gabriella’s songwriting.
The album’s title is a mirror held up to both the relationship it details, and to the songs themselves: they feel confessional while remaining opaque, full of story-telling but never detail-heavy. Instead, the songs exist in a kind of vacuum, personal to every listener, like a dream that’s hard to recall after waking.
You can experience this sensation watching her latest video for 'Downtown', directed by Sky Richards. Gabriella Cohen had this to say about the track and video: "Downtown was written in the summer of 2014 in Highgate Hill, Australia. I remember just finishing the recording in my room. A friend walked past. I yelled at him to duck his head in and listen… Take what you want from it… I guess it comes from a direct place of figuring out self-worth and personal integrity. The film clip happened two years later… a real spin on things it seems. We did it in the forest, my favourite place. Enjoy.” Watch the video via the image below.
Own Gabriella Cohen's Full Closure and No Details : http://remotecontrolrecords.lnk.to/GabriellaCohen Gabriella Cohen - 'Downtown'
The best music of 2016
BEST Records of 2016
1. DAVID BOWIE “Blackstar”2. LEONARD COHEN “You Want It Darker”3. MITSKI “Puberty 2”4. SWANS “Glowing Man”5. KEVIN MORBY “Singing Saw”6. THEE OH SEES “Weird Exits”7. SAVAGES “Adore Life”8. DEATH GRIPS “Bottomless Pit”9. ANGEL OLSEN “My Woman”10. WARPAINT “Heads Up”
WARPAINT11. IGGY POP “Post Pop Depression”12. BAT FOR LASHES “The Bride”13. WEYES BLOOD “Front Row Seat to Earth”14. ITASCA “Open To Chance”15. PSYCHIC ILLS “Inner Journey Out”16. SCOTT WALKER “Childhood Of A Leader”17. STILL CORNERS “Dead Blue”18. HOPE SANDOVAL and the Warm Inventions “Until The Hunter”19. CATE LE BON “Crab Day”20. HERON OBLIVION “Heron Oblivion”
BAT FOR LASHES
STILL CORNERS
CATE LE BON21. THE GROWLERS “City Club”22. HAMILTON LEITHAUSER “I Had A Dream You Were Mine”23. NICOLAS JAAR “Sirens”24. CONOR OBERST “Ruminations”25. TY SEGALL “Emotional Mugger”26. SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS “SVIIB”27. WIRE “Nocturnal Koreans”28. ANOHNI “Hopelessness”29. NICK CAVE “Skeleton Tree”30. AGNES OBEL “Citizen of Glass”
WIRE
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS31. DEVENDRA BANHART “Ape In Pink Marble”32. HALEY BONAR “Impossible Dream”33. JULIA JACKLIN “Don’t Let The Kids Win”34. FRANKIE COSMOS “Next Thing”35. PARQUET COURTS “Human Performance”36. VUM “Cryptocrystalline”37. JULIANNA BARWICK “Will”38. JAPANESE BREAKFAST “Psychopomp”39. SUNFLOWER BEAN “Human Ceremony”40. MARISSA NADLER “Strangers”
VUM41. AURORA “All My Demons Greeting Me A Friend”42. JOSEPH HEIN “AM Gold”43. DIANE BIRCH “Nous”44. AUTOLUX “Pussy’s Dead”45. TIM PRESLEY “The Wink”46. ALLAH LAS “Calico Review”47. NITE JEWEL “Liquid Cool”48. SUZANNE VEGA “Lover, Beloved”49. THE MYSTERY LIGHTS “Mystery Lights”
50. TACOCAT “Lost Time”
TIM PRESLEYphotos by Angel Ceballos
Here is a Spotify Playlist of the best 2016 music: https://play.spotify.com/user/1255538808/playlist/13vgy0dWxjIms0EUXXGJcN
Desert Stars is excited to announce our new sister event STARRY NITES FESTIVAL
Desert Stars is excited to announce our new sister event STARRY NITES FESTIVAL March 18th and 19th, 2017 held on 42 beautiful acres in Santa Barbara at Live Oak CampgroundANNOUNCEMENT#1 ! Our 1st wave lineup announcement for Desert Stars Festival's new spring time sister event, Starry Nites Festival, is here! We are excited to reveal this year's headliners include legendary recording artist and producer Alan Parsons, art rock minimalists -- The Kills, one of our favorites ever -- The Dandy Warhols, dark wave pioneers -- She Wants Revenge, Vancouver's own -- Black Mountain, and for the 1st time since last performing Santa Barbara in 1967 - Strawberry Alarm Clock will perform a very special 50 year anniversary show AND WE have lots more. You can view the current released lineup now at our website! More acts to be revealed..Tickets are on sale now through TICKETFLY as well as unique package deals on our Pledge Music Campaign!A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF EARLY BIRD PASS DEALS ARE AVAILABLE AT OUR PLEDGE PAGE!https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1384609…http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/starrynitesmusicfestivalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shzl9Lescughttp://www.starrynitesfestival.com/
Low share heartfelt new song “Some Hearts (At Christmas Time)"
Low share heartfelt new song “Some Hearts (At Christmas Time)"
Spotify http://u.subpop.com/2fVanEo
You Tube http://u.subpop.com/2gbtGHf
Soundcloud http://u.subpop.com/2gM1lst
Photo credit: Zoran OrlicSold Out UK & Ireland tour starts todayListen to Low’s Christmas EP (1999) on Spotify
http://u.subpop.com/2gbq5ctOn the eve of Low's UK & Ireland tour - on which they're set to play tracks from their seminal 1999 EP Christmas - the Duluth trio present a reflective and inspiring new recording, closing out our current year and looking ahead to the next."Some Hearts (at Christmas Time)" finds Mimi Parker's lead vocal soaring above Alan Sparhawk's own artfully processed vocal and plaintive guitar motif.The song comes with a short message from the band:"To friends who have moved away and friends who have passed on this year. To one and all, especially those who are alone, we wish you a Merry Christmas and new hope for the new year. May we all find ways to lift each other.With love,Mimi, Alan and Steve."Low have an unparalleled pedigree when it comes to releasing seasonal aural delights. Their eight-song 1999 EP Christmas is often referred to as one of the best Christmas albums of the alternative era, and is a gift that many fans return to year in, year out. Originally championed by John Peel, the EP collects five Christmas-themed originals by the band as well as covers of "Little Drummer Boy," "Blue Christmas" and "Silent Night."Starting today, fans will have a rare chance to experience the joy,peace and reflection imbued in these songs - as well as new release "Some Hearts (at Christmas Time)" - when they're performed live in some of the most handsome venues that the UK and Ireland has to offer.The tour, which includes two nights at London's Union Chapel, is nigh-on sold out with just a handful of tickets remaining at certain venues.Low Christmas 2016 tour
Dec. 01 - Norwich, UK - Arts Centre (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 02 - Buxton, UK - Opera House
Dec. 03 - Brighton, UK - St. Georges (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 05 - London, UK - Union Chapel (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 06 - London, UK - Union Chapel (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 07 - Bristol, UK - St. Georges (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 08 - Salford, UK - Eagle Inn* (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 09 - Halifax, UK - Minster (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 10 - Glasgow, UK - St. Lukes Church (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 12 - Belfast, UK - Empire
Dec. 13 - Dublin, IE - Christchurch (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 14 - Kilkenny, IE - Set Theatre
Spotify http://u.subpop.com/2fVanEo
You Tube http://u.subpop.com/2gbtGHf
Soundcloud http://u.subpop.com/2gM1lst
Photo credit: Zoran OrlicSold Out UK & Ireland tour starts todayListen to Low’s Christmas EP (1999) on Spotifyhttp://u.subpop.com/2gbq5ctOn the eve of Low's UK & Ireland tour - on which they're set to play tracks from their seminal 1999 EP Christmas - the Duluth trio present a reflective and inspiring new recording, closing out our current year and looking ahead to the next."Some Hearts (at Christmas Time)" finds Mimi Parker's lead vocal soaring above Alan Sparhawk's own artfully processed vocal and plaintive guitar motif.The song comes with a short message from the band:"To friends who have moved away and friends who have passed on this year. To one and all, especially those who are alone, we wish you a Merry Christmas and new hope for the new year. May we all find ways to lift each other.With love,Mimi, Alan and Steve."Low have an unparalleled pedigree when it comes to releasing seasonal aural delights. Their eight-song 1999 EP Christmas is often referred to as one of the best Christmas albums of the alternative era, and is a gift that many fans return to year in, year out. Originally championed by John Peel, the EP collects five Christmas-themed originals by the band as well as covers of "Little Drummer Boy," "Blue Christmas" and "Silent Night."Starting today, fans will have a rare chance to experience the joy,peace and reflection imbued in these songs - as well as new release "Some Hearts (at Christmas Time)" - when they're performed live in some of the most handsome venues that the UK and Ireland has to offer.The tour, which includes two nights at London's Union Chapel, is nigh-on sold out with just a handful of tickets remaining at certain venues.Low Christmas 2016 tour
Dec. 01 - Norwich, UK - Arts Centre (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 02 - Buxton, UK - Opera House
Dec. 03 - Brighton, UK - St. Georges (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 05 - London, UK - Union Chapel (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 06 - London, UK - Union Chapel (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 07 - Bristol, UK - St. Georges (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 08 - Salford, UK - Eagle Inn* (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 09 - Halifax, UK - Minster (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 10 - Glasgow, UK - St. Lukes Church (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 12 - Belfast, UK - Empire
Dec. 13 - Dublin, IE - Christchurch (SOLD OUT)
Dec. 14 - Kilkenny, IE - Set Theatre
