Last week, the multi-hyphenate announced his first solo album in 10 years, titled American Utopia.
Now, he’s revealed that he’ll be hitting the road in June for a world tour. Five UK shows have been confirmed, including performances scheduled for Oxford, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and London.
In December, the artist said that 2018 will see him embark on his “most ambitious” tour since the Stop Making Sense shows. During this run of UK performances, he’ll debut new material from the upcoming album.
In a Reddit AMA he said, “Some months ago I went to Clair Bothers in Manheim, PA to test out tech for some new live shows. I had an idea that everyone in the band might be mobile… so there would be no risers, drum platform or any of that stuff. I’d experienced a taste of this on the tour I did with St. Vincent, where all the brass players were mobile.”
“With everyone mobile, I realized the stage could be completely clear. If we could have the monitors in our ears, the amps off-stage and the lights up high, then we had the possibility of a completely empty space,” he added.
American Utopia is slated for release on 9 March via Nonesuch. It’ll feature contributions from Oneohtrix Point Never, Jam City, Doveman, Sampha, Brian Eno and others.
View the list of UK and European tour dates below. Tickets go on sale at 10am (GMT) on 19 January.
Tour dates
14 June – New Theatre, Oxford
15 June – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
17 June – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
18 June – O2 Apollo, Manchester
19 June – Eventim Apollo, London
22-23 June – Metronome Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
25 June – INmusic Festival, Zagreb, Croatia,
26 June – Museumsquartier, Wien, Austria
30 June-1 July – Down The Rabbit Hole, Ewijk, Netherlands
5 July – Open’er Festival, Gdynia, Poland
5-8 July – Rock Werchter, Werchter, Belgium
6 July – Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
11 July – Cool Jazz Festival, Oeiras, Portugal
13 July – Bilbao BBK Live Festival, Bilbao, Spain
13-14 July – Cruilla Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
17 July – Theater 11, Zürich, Switzerland
19 July – Ravenna Festival, Ravenna, Italy
20 July – Umbria Jazz Festival, Perugia, Italy
21 July – Piazza UNita, Trieste, Italy
