George Ezra by Phil Smithies
Our recap of the stories we featured during the past seven days includes the UK touring plans George Ezra and HAIM have for 2022.
George Ezra will be bringing his field-pleasing repertoire back to the UK’s live music scene next year.
Ezra is due to be outdoors at Finsbury Park in London on July 17th next year, showcasing the arsenal of tracks which made 2014’s Wanted On Voyage and its 2018 follow-up Staying At Tamara’s two of the biggest hits of recent times and, in the process, him one of Britain’s biggest live draws.
Foo Fighters have earmarked the summer of 2022 for their return to the UK, and there’s some big shows lined up for the occasion.
Stadiums in Manchester and Birmingham will be visited on June 25th and 27th next year, while two nights at the London Stadium – with Courtney Barnett, St. Vincent, Hot Milk and Shame in support – are booked for June 30th and July 2nd.
DMA’s have launched their new EP I Love You Unconditionally, Sure Am Going To Miss You with its lead single We Are Midnight.
Demos were recorded during quarantine in Canberra ahead of the band’s performance at the 2020 AFL Grand Final, this resultant EP described as a, ‘natural trajectory that you can sometimes take’, by Johnny Took.
HAIM by Yana Yatsuk
When Women In Music Pt. III went to number one in the UK last year, the HAIM sisters were quick to promise a tour there in celebration as quickly as possible.
The ‘possible’ has been getting steadily distant ever since, and now it’ll be 2022 before they can offer their thanks in person.
Parquet Courts have set their new album Sympathy For Life for release on October 22nd.
The follow-up to 2018’s Wide Awake! was built largely from improvised jams in the company of Rodaidh McDonald and John Parish.
The second, self-titled studio album from Bon Iver will be celebrated ten years on from its original release with an anniversary reissue and two shows at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California on October 22nd and 23rd.
Three years on from the out-of-the-blue success of the independently powered debut For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver’s critical and commercial breakthrough cemented Justin Vernon at the tip of the US’ millennial alternative scene, picking up a Grammy win and numerous nominations along the way.