The band has also shared the first track from the album. Listen below to the dreamy “Snowman”:

The trio will begin touring their new album in the States this October and begin their 14-date European leg in mid-November starting with Genève. The band will then close the tour with 3 dates in the UK playing in Leeds, Bristol, and London.

Keeping with the theme of the album, the band will also be hosting special dinners at select restaurants in Paris, London, New York and Los Angeles in September, offering fans chance to spend some time with the band over a meal. Tickets are available through the exclusive album bundle, including a signed vinyl, a limited edition section1 magazine, and dinner with the band. For tickets and more information see here.

Sit Down For Dinner was a product of lockdown written and recorded over a five-year period. In 2020, lead singer Kazu Makino reading a passage from Joan Didion’s 2005 memoir, ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’, was struck by Didion’s reflections on her devastating experience of witnessing her husband’s sudden death at the dinner table. Makino thought of her own lost ritual of congregating for dinner with family. The line “You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends” eventually inspired the album’s title.

For the Pace brothers, family dinners also hold a cultural weight. “I know a lot of people eat and run, eat in front of their TV, or don’t care about it too much—and that’s OK—but we really do,” says Simone. “It’s a moment for us to sit down and have time with each other.” Pre-save the album here.

See below for Sit Down For Dinner’s tracklist:

1. Snowman
2. Kiss Her Kiss Her
3. Not for Me
4. Melody Experiment
5. Rest of Her Life
6. Sit Down for Dinner Pt 1
7. Sit Down for Dinner Pt 2
8. I Thought You Should Know
9. Before
10. If
11. Via Savona

Alt-rock trio Blonde Redhead first formed in New York in 1993 when Italian twin brothers Amedeo and Simone Pace met Japanese art student Kazu Makino by chance in an Italian restaurant. The band has dipped their toes in noise rock, dream pop, shoegaze, and art rock throughout its discography. They’ve cultivated a loyal following and gained a resurge in popularity after the closing track to 2000’s Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons, “For the Damaged Coda”, was used in a Rick and Morty episode and became a viral meme.

Listen to “For the Damaged Coda” below:

For all of Blonde Redhead’s upcoming European and UK dates see below:

23/09 – Montezuma Cafe – Paris
25/09 – Brilliant Corners – London
20/07 – The Lexington – London
20/11 – PTR LʼUsine – Genève
21/11 – Teatro Regio di Parma – Parma
23/11 – Gebaude 9 – Cologne
24/11 – Hole 44 – Berlin
25/11 – Bahnhof Pauli – Hamburg
27/11 – Aeronef – Lille
28/11 – La Cigale – Paris
29/11 – Stereolux – Nantes
01/12 – Antipode – Rennes
02/12 – La Sirene – La Rochelle
03/12 – Le Bikini – Toulouse
05/12 – Orangerie – Brussels
06/12 – Paradiso – Amsterdam
07/12 – De Zwerver – Leffinge
09/12 – Brudenell Social Club – Leeds
10/12 – Thekla – Bristol
12/12 – Village Underground – London

Bruce & The E Street Band have announced four UK dates on their 2023 International Tour! The new dates mark their first UK shows since 5 June 2016 at Wembley Stadium.

Tickets for go on sale at 9AM local time on Thursday, 21 July 2022. More info: https://t.co/YahXTKffvV! pic.twitter.com/jfXjGsEXNV

— Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) July 14, 2022

The recently announced UK tour dates are part of a worldwide tour in which Springsteen & The E Street band will also commence next year. Before the band start the European leg of their tour, they will play a string of live shows in the US from 1st February 2023 until 13th April 2023. The tour kicks off with a set at Florida’s Amalie Arena and continues for 26 more US shows.

2023 US Tour Dates Announced! For complete on-sale details and information on how to register for @ticketmaster Verified Fan, visit https://t.co/YahXTKffvV. pic.twitter.com/CgUpOUftho

After the completion of the tour’s US leg, the group will descend on Ireland and play three shows at Dublin’s RDS Arena on 5th, 7th and 9th May 2023. Following their Ireland shows, the band will kick off the European leg of the tour with a set at Italian venue Parco Urbano Bassani on 18^th May 2023, after five more European dates the band’s first UK set of their tour is held. The extensive global tour is scheduled to conclude on 25th July 2023, the influential singer and band will finish their tour with a performance at Italy’s Autodromo Nazionale.

Springsteen recently made headlines for his surprise appearance at last month’s Glastonbury Festival, the “Born In The USA” singer joined fellow rocker Paul McCartney on stage during the former Beatles’ set. During the now legendary performance, Springsteen treated the audience to his hit “Glory Days” and teamed up with McCartney to perform the Beatles classic “I Wanna Be Your Man”. Later on during the event, Springsteen made a return to the Pyramid Stage to join Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl for a performance of “The End”.

McCartney performed his headlining slot at the Pyramid Stage on 25th June 2022 and was also joined by Grohl, after the completion of “Get Back” the singer motioned to the former Nirvana drummer to join him on stage. The “Come Together” singer said to the roaring crowd, “Now, I’ve got a little surprise for you, your hero from the west coast of America – Dave Grohl!” After the pair exchanged pleasantries, they performed “I Saw You Standing There” and “Band On The Run” The live collaboration marked the first time that Grohl had been seen on stage since the tragic passing of his bandmate and friend Taylor Hawkins.

Tickets for the UK tour will be available to purchase from Thursday 21st July 2022 at 9 am. The US tickets will go on sale over the coming weeks, the initial ticket sale will begin on Wednesday 20th July 2022 at 10 am.

Bruce Springsteen & East Street Band UK tour dates

30/05/2023 – BT Murrayfield Stadium – Edinburgh
16/06 – Villa Park – Birmingham
06/07 – Hyde Park – London
08/07 – Hyde Park – London

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Speaking on social media, Cult of Luna said regarding the announcement: “Now that almost all the lights are in the green, it’s time to bring you the show we’ve dreamed of for so long, and what a great honor to be joined by Russian Circles and Svalbarduk for this.”

The ever-prolific Cult of Luna recently released their ninth full-length studio album in February The Long Road North, which follows along from 2020’s The Raging River. The album was well-received by fans and critics alike, with Metal Injection saying in a glowing review that the record is: “more mature, nuanced and consistent than their 2019 masterpiece, A Dawn to Fear.”  You can listen to “Into the Night” from the record down below.

Co-headliner Russian Circles have also been busy lately, having just announced a new album entitled Gnosis, which will mark their eighth full-length record. The band has released a single “Conduit” alongside the album announcement; a tune that explores the grittier, heavier side of the band’s sound, which can range from thoughtful and placid to crushing and dissonant. Awash with grimy tremolo picked guitars and a thick distorted bass sound that growls and bellows in the background, the song sets the tone for a dark, noisy metal record. Take a listen down below.

Support act Svalbard are an excellent genre-blending group who any metal fan should know about. The outfit, comprised of guitarist and vocalist Serena Cherry, drummer Mark Lilley, bassist Matt Francis and guitarist Liam Phelan have been at it since 2011, and released their third studio album When I Die, Will I Get Better? in 2020. The record has since been named the 5th best metal album of 2020 by Metal Hammer. You can listen to the record on all streaming services, and you can also listen to it on YouTube, via the link below.

A complete list of dates for Cult of Luna’s EU tour with Russian Circles and Svalbard can be viewed down below.

17/03/2023- -Store Vega- Copenhagen, Denmark
18/03- Huxleys- Berlin, Germany
19/03- Schlachthof- Wiesbaden, Germany
20/03 -Tivoli Ronda- Utrecht, Netherlands
21/03- AB- Brussels, Belgium
22/03- Olympia- Paris, France
23/03- Wizzemna- Stuttgart, Germany
24/03- Les Docks- Lausanne, Switzerland
25/03- Kino Siska- Ljubljana, Slovenia
27/03- Arena- Vienna, Austria
28/03- Muffathalle- Munich, Germany
29/03- Roxy- Prague, Czech Republic
30/03- Studio- Krakow, Poland
31/03- Progresja- Warsaw, Poland