John Grant arranges European gigs with new album close to completion


John Grant Ari Magg

Ari Magg




With work on his fourth solo album not far from completion, John Grant is turning his attention back towards the live stage and will play European dates from mid-August.

Those include a run of headline UK gigs in October and November as Grant gets ready to succeed 2015’s Grey Tickles, Black Pressure; “Considered from all angles, ‘Grey Tickles, Black Pressure’ is not an experimental album in the strictest sense of the world,” Live4ever’s review observed.

“Its creator hasn’t set out to alienate his audience, nor has he succumbed to the Messianic belief that he should be indulged by them. On it the songwriter we thought we knew has taken the brave step of re-centering his music around instrumentation – as opposed to the lead instrument being his voice – a decision which, given its almost celestial qualities, will doubtless leave some fans a little nonplussed.”

“The flip side is that it enjoys some of the schizophrenic charms familiar to the work of many other contemporary artists; diversity, a sense of creative freedom, talented collaborators doing things that you cannot.”

Tour dates:

August
16 – Birmingham, Symphony Hall
18 – Brecon Beacons, Green Man Festival
19 – Bangor, Open House Festival
20 – Edinburgh, Edinburgh International Festival

October
26 – Reykjavik, Silfurburg
29 – Brighton, Dome
30 – London, O2 Academy Brixton
31 – Bath, The Forum

November
2 – Sheffield, Octagon
3 – Manchester, Albert Hall
7 – Copenhagen, Vega
8 – Oslo, Sentrum Scene
10 – Germany, Weissenhaeuser Rolling Stone Weekender
12 – Cologne, Kulturkirche
13 – Hamburg, Kampnagel
14 – Berlin, Astra Kulturhaus
16 – Germany, Rust Rolling Stone Weekender


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