Lykke Li has pulled out of an Australasian tour which had been arranged to help support her 2014 album ‘I Never Learn‘ as she has been advised to take a break from touring.
“I’m incredibly sorry to announce that I’m no longer able to play Australia, New Zealand and Singapore for Laneway Festival,” she revealed in a message on Facebook. “It’s been a long time coming, but unfortunately tour life has caught up with me and it’s been recommended that I take break. I’m devastated but I know I will return.”
‘I Never Learn’ was released in the May of last year, when our review concluded: “And this is a haunting record, with a tragic air throughout. It would be easy to compare Li to many of her contemporaries, people working similar ground like Emiliana Torrini or even Peter Bjorn and John, but in reality what she does is very different, very different indeed.”
“The warmth of these artists has been removed, but not the impact. Somehow, through creating this distance from the heart, Lykke Li manages to be more true to it. And this album is all heart, even if it is a cold and broken one.”