Rich Gilligan
2019 dates in London, Manchester and Newcastle have been added to the touring plans for the new Villagers album The Art Of Pretending To Swim, which is out on September 21st.
With a couple of in-store gigs already arranged and a full European tour booked for October and November, the new shows have been confirmed for the early part of next year. They’ll begin at the Roundhouse in London on October 28th, and visit Manchester and Newcastle on March 1st and 2nd respectively.
Another preview from the new LP has also been released today – have a listen to Again:
Tour dates:
September
24 – Banquet Records, London
25 – Rough Trade East, London
October
17 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
18 – Art School, Glasgow
19 – Gorilla, Manchester
21 – Wardrobe, Leeds
22 – O2 Academy 2, Oxford
23 – Hackney Arts Centre, London
25 – Arts Club, Liverpool
27 – Metropolis Festival, RDS, Dublin
30 – Trinity, Bristol
31 – Old Market, Brighton
November
1 – La Madeleine, Brussels
3 – Zoom, Frankfurt
5 – Vega, Copenhagen
6 – Gruenspan, Hamburg
8 – Kesselhaus, Berlin
9 – Hybrydy, Warsaw
10 – Futurum, Prague
12 – Doornroosje, Nijmegen
13 – Melkweg (Old Hall), Amsterdam
14 – Trabendo, Paris
16 – Le Boucau, Biarritz
18 – Kafe Antzokia, Bilbao
19 – Chango, Madrid
20 – Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona
22 – Ridotto Teatro Regio, Parma
23 – Spazio 211, Turin
24 – Port-Franc, Sion
26 – Papiersaal, Zurich
27 – Kulturkirche, Cologne
28 – Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht
December
10 – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
12 – Dolans, Limerick
13 – Black Box, Galway
14 – The Set Theatre, Kilkenny
February 2019
28 – The Roundhouse, London
March 2019
1 – Cathedral, Manchester
2 – Wylam Brewery, Newcastle