Belle and Sebastian are due back in North America this summer.
The band have confirmed tour dates for July and August, including a performance at the Panorama Music and Arts Festival in New York, and are planning to test out fresh material with a view to releasing a new album later this year.
It’ll be the follow-up to 2015’s Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance, which Live4ever named as one of our favourites of that year:
“Ultimately what sets this album apart from their previous work is the dance elements. The comparison to Kings Of Convenience is not insignificant. The Kings of Convenience have always had a true love of dance music, and have managed to walk the finest of lines over the years in bringing that passion to the lightest and most delicate of indie styles.”
“And Belle & Sebastian are now treading this very same line, though it is doubtful that Stuart Murdoch et al will be doing headline DJ sets anytime soon. They have managed to show a completely new and unexpected dimension to the band’s sound which, after all these years, is something to applaud.”
Tour dates:
JULY
27 – Toronto, ON, Sony Centre
29 – New York, NY, Panorama Music and Arts Festival
30 – Columbia, MD, Merriweather Post Pavilion
31 – Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art
AUGUST
2 – Boston, MA, Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
3 – Philadelphia, PA, Mann Center for Performing Arts
6 – Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Bowl