Manchester’s Pale Waves have announced a headline tour in the UK for later this year. The band will hit the road in the autumn and the tour will be in support of their upcoming album ‘Smitten’, which is set to be released on the 20th of September via Dirty Hit. They have also previously previewed their upcoming album with the release of their latest single ‘Perfume’. The band wrote on their Instagram “UK it’s been too long, see you this October,” when announcing the run of shows.
UK it’s been too long, see you this October
Pre-order our new album ‘Smitten’ from the @DirtyHit store before 3pm on Tuesday to get access to pre-sale tickets
General tickets on sale this Friday at 10am BSThttps://t.co/FvI7kUw6NO pic.twitter.com/GnJVP3Fl7Q
— PALE WAVES (@palewaves) July 1, 2024
Their tour will take place throughout October beginning at The Waterfront in Norwich before playing dates in Liverpool, Nottingham, Brighton, Bristol, Sheffield, Glasgow, Newcastle and Birmingham. The tour will conclude at Here at Outernet in London on the 17th of October. During this run of dates the band are also set to headline Manchester’s Neighbourhood festival on the 5th of October, making a return to their home city.
Tickets go on sale at 10am BST on Friday (June 5) and you can buy tickets here. Fans can get access to presale tickets by pre-ordering a copy of ‘Smitten’ here. The pre-sale opened today (June 3) at 10am.
Pale Waves’ 2024 UK headline tour dates are as follows:
The Waterfront, Norwich, Thursday 3 October
O2 Academy, Liverpool, Friday 4 October
Neighbourhood Festival, Manchester, Saturday 5 October
Rock City, Nottingham, Sunday 6 October
Chalk, Brighton, Tuesday 8 October
O2 Academy, Bristol, Wednesday 9 October
Foundry, Sheffield, Thursday 10 October
Fat Sam’s, Dundee, Friday 11 October
SWG3, Glasgow, Sunday 13 October
Boiler Shop, Newcastle, Monday 14 October
O2 Institute, Birmingham, Tuesday 15 October
HERE At Outernet, London, Thursday 17 October
This follows the announcement last month of the Manchester group’s upcoming fourth album ‘Smitten’. Pale Waves previewed the band’s forthcoming album with 80s inspired single ‘Perfume’ which is reminiscent of bands like the Cure and The Cranberries. The lead single taken from ‘Smitten’ details what it is like being totally infatuated by someone. Speaking about the new single lead singer Heather Baron-Gracie described it as “Perfume’ is the perfect introduction into the new world we’ve created. It’s queer, feminine and romantic and it encapsulates the essence of ‘Smitten.’” The release of ‘Perfume’ was accompanied by a music video that shows the band in a hazy, Lovestruck Fairy tale.
“I found myself writing about not just a certain time period, but my whole life, from years ago,” Baron-Gracie says about ‘Smitten’. “When I fall in love, I fall deep, and it’s interesting to me that you can feel so fascinated and smitten with someone and then they can become a total stranger. So I feel like Smitten really summarised perfectly what I felt for others at a certain point.”
The new album was written over a two-year period between the UK and US and sees Baron-Gracie talk a lot about the early stages of queer relationships.
The band are currently on tour in the USA supporting pop rock band PVRIS and are set to return to the UK for a handful of festival performances including Y Not Festival at the start of August.
