Just announced: New Europe shows this Fall! Presale starts tomorrow at 10am local. PW: KOS2022 https://t.co/lLiWcdKpYF pic.twitter.com/PcPqp55IB3

— Future Islands (@futureislands) March 21, 2022

Their first UK tour since 2018, it’s on the back of their album As Long as You Are, which was released in October 2020. The band isn’t used to such a long time being unable to tour, what with their prolific live reputation from before the pandemic. Having opened for the likes of Morrissey and Grace Jones, and playing at numerous worldwide festivals like Coachella and Øyafestivalen, they’d already passed 1,000 live performances within ten years of playing together.

Fans should have a lot to look forward to, what with the serious approach they take towards the performing arts. Having formed from the art school ethos that was Art Lord & the Self-Portraits, band frontman Sam Herring has been quoted as saying “I fell in love with performance art when I was 17 … you can stand on the street and perform for 30 minutes with some weird thing you came up with off the top of your head … people are going to walk by and you’re going to get a reaction …. And that’s an exciting thing, to look into people’s eyes. There’s no expectation …. It can grab people and that’s a cool thing.”

His dedication to the craft can be seen by all the torn ligaments and throat problems Herring’s reportedly had over the years, but it doesn’t change the fact fans are probably in for a good show with a guy who knows how to give it his all.

In other news, the band are reportedly working on their seventh studio album, although it’s been a while in the making, having announced work on it back in January 2021. And they were also seen on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert last February, playing their new song “King of Sweden“. You can see this performance below, as well as their upcoming UK and Ireland tour dates.

Future Islands UK and Ireland Tour Dates

23/03/2022 – Academy – Manchester
25/03 – Alexandra Palace – London
27/03 – Ulster Hall – Belfast
28/03 – Vicar Street – Dublin
31/03 –  Northumbria SU Institute – Newcastle
01/04 – Usher Hall – Edinburgh
02/04 – O2 Academy – Glasgow
10/11 – O2 Academy – Leeds
11/11 –  Cardiff University Great Hall – Cardiff
12/11 – Mountford Hall – Liverpool
14/11 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
16/11 – Rock City – Nottingham
17/11 –  O2 Guildhall – Southampton
18/11 –  Brighton Centre – Brighton
19/11 – Exeter University (Great Hall) – Exeter