Photos: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros play first UK show in two years

Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros performing in London, August 2016. (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever)

After the release of ‘PersonA‘ earlier this year, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros are using back-to-back shows at the Islington Assembly Hall to kickstart a run of festival appearances this month which will include stops at Green Man and Openair in Zurich, Switzerland.

The second London gig is coming up tonight, Live4ever’s Alberto Pezzali was present last night.

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Alex Ebert has previously explained how the more collaborative approach of ‘PersonA’ benefited the group. “We had long been a social experiment first, musicians second,” he’s said.

“Over time, though, we were emerging, by virtue of hours spent, into a group of musicians who could really play together.”

Tour dates:

AUGUST
London, Islington Assembly Hall (16)
Hasselt, Belgium, Pukkelpop Festival (18)
Biddinghiozen, Netherlands, Lowlands Festival (19)
UK, Green Man Festival (20)
Bloemendaal, Netherlands, Woodstock Festival (23)
Zurich, Switzerland, Openair (25)
SParis, France, Rock En Seine Festival (27)
Cologne, Germany, C/O Pop Festival (28)
Sestre Levante, Italy, Mojotic Festival (30)
Cesana FC, Italy, A Cielo Aperto (31)