Blood Orange has announced dates for a UK and European tour, with shows planned for winter later this year.
The R&B/electronica project of British producer and artist Dev Hynes will hit home soil in November, with three back-to-back performances at Alexandra Palace Theatre on Nov 8, 9 and 10.
He will then play at Electric Bristol on Nov 13, before closing out his UK dates with a show at Manchester’s AO Arena on Nov 15. This final show will be as the supporting act for Lorde on her tour celebrating the release of her new album, ‘Virgin’, a record which Hynes had a hand in producing.
The London shows will feature an “in the round” stage production, with Blood Orange performing in the centre of the venue, giving fans an intimate, immersive live experience and a 360-degree view.
These UK stops will follow on from Blood Orange’s US tour dates, which will also see him as a support act for Lorde, and also for punk/hardcore band Turnstile, another act who Hynes helped for the production of their new album, ‘Never Enough’.
Two weeks ago, Devonte Hynes shared the first Blood Orange song in three years, titled ‘The Field’. The dreamy, ethereal tune features contributions from Caroline Polachk, Eva Tolkin, Tariq Al-Sabir and Daniel Caesar. It also contains a sample of ‘Sing to Me’ by The Durutti Column, the art rock project of instrumentalist Vini Reilly.
Hynes’ last release as Blood Orange came in 2022 with his ‘Four Songs’ EP. Its last full-length project came in 2019, with the ‘Angel Pulse’ mixtape, which received a mainly positive reception. Of the eclectic, multi-genre mixtape, The Guardian wrote that”“Angel’s Pulse demonstrates the most appealing aspect of Hynes’ apparent restlessness: a broad gush of musical ideas and influences.”
Hynes has still been active musically, scoring for film and theatre, providing the soundtracks for projects like Paul Schrader’s drama Master Gardener in 2022. Previously, he’s composed scores for films like the romantic drama Queen & Slim, and has been nominated at the Grammys for the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance in 2021 for his work on ‘Fields’, a collab album with Third Coast Percussion.
Tickets for the new shows will go on sale on Friday, July 11 at 10am local time. Pre-orders will be available from tomorrow, July 9. You can visit here for UK tour tickets and details, and find the full list of UK dates below.
Blood Orange – November UK Tour Dates
8 – London, UK, Alexandra Palace Theatre
9 – London, UK, Alexandra Palace Theatre
10 – London, UK, Alexandra Palace Theatre
13 – Bristol, UK, Electric Bristol
15 – Manchester, AO Arena w/ Lorde
