Villagers announce ‘Darling Arithmetic’ tenth anniversary acoustic tour
Villagers are set to rejoice the tenth anniversary of the ‘Darling Arithmetic’ album with three acoustic stay dates. Discover out the small print beneath.
The album was first launched again in April 2015, and got here because the extremely anticipated follow-up to the Mercury Prize-shortlisted ‘{Awayland}’.
Written, recorded, produced and combined by frontman Conor O’Brien in Malahide, the file turned a fan favorite. This was via its sense of sparse instrumentation and intimate really feel. It could additionally prime the charts and win the Ivor Novello for Finest Album Award the next 12 months.
Now, 10 years after its debut, O’Brien has introduced particulars of three upcoming stay exhibits that may see him rejoice the discharge. The particular acoustic units will all be held in Could, and kick off with a gap evening on the Philharmonic in Paris (23).
From there, the songwriter will head over to London’s Cadogan Corridor for a second present on Could 27, earlier than wrapping up in Dublin on Could 29 with a present at The Helix.
Tickets for the Paris present have now bought out, and tickets for the London and Dublin dates will go on sale this Friday (January 24). Visit here to buy tickets and discover a checklist of exhibits beneath.
Villagers’ ‘Darling Arithmetic’ acoustic exhibits are:
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23 – Philharmonic, Paris (bought out)
27 – Cadogan Corridor, London
29 – The Helix, Dublin
In different Villagers information, on the finish of 2023, the Irish people group teamed up with Lisa Hannigan for a canopy of the Christmas traditional ‘The Little Drummer Boy’. The next 12 months, they performed their largest headline present up to now at Dublin’s Trinity School.
Earlier than then, NME gave their ‘Fever Goals’ album a glowing four-star evaluate again in 2021 and described it as meticulously bringing “Conor O’Brien’s hallucinatory different actuality to life”.
“O’Brien’s mastery of hallucinatory textures, akin to a folk-soul Kevin Parker, supplies additional immersion,” it learn. “With the true world ready, you gained’t wish to get up.”