Soft Play’s Laurie Vincent and Isaac Holman – operating as Slaves – live at the Bristol O2 Academy, Nov 2018 (Jessica Bartolini / Live4ever)
“Back to where it all began,” Soft Play said.
Soft Play (previously Slaves) will make their live return back in Tunbridge Wells at The Forum on July 2nd.
The gig is to act as a warm-up for Laurie Vincent and Isaac Holman’s bigger comeback at the 2000trees Festival in Cheltenham four days later, after which things will really hot up when they support the Prodigy on the band’s November UK arena tour.
A lengthy hiatus following the release of their 2018 third album Acts Of Fear And Love came to an end in December last year when the duo in turn confirmed their name-change:
“We are aware that people have differing opinions on the name, we hope you can accept and respect our decision and not continue the argument between yourselves,” the statement concluded.
When it comes down to it, the music and the community surrounding our band are what matter the most and we don’t want anything to stand in the way of that community being as inclusive as possible. Our music is for anyone and everyone. With that being said, we are very happy to be back together again and are excited for what the future holds.
