The festival has taken place annually, since 2006, in Dorset at the Larmer Tree Gardens and showcases an eclectic range of music, from independent rock and folk to electronic and world music. With six stages, End of the Road Festival have hosted many exclusive and unforgettable sets since its ascension. Their stages have seen boundary-breaking rapper Little Simz, indie-rock band Yard Act, Australian rock band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and punk duo Lambrini Girls take the stage over the last four years.

Taking place between August 28 and 31 next year, the festival witnesses huge demand each year, having sold out on every single year since its inaugural edition in 2006. Currently Early Bird, Tier 1 and Tier 2 tickets have sold out, however, the third and final tier are on sale now, and can be accessed here.

After releasing his sixth studio album, ‘Mahashmashana’ at the end of November, American musician Father John Misty was one of the first acts to be announced in End of the Road Festival’s star-studded 2025 lineup. Having been in the industry since the early noughties, Father John Misty has become renowned for his unconventional performance style and ironic lyricism throughout his discography. He recently established a younger generation of fans having obtained a viral hit on TikTok, the single ‘Real Love Baby’ originally released in 2016, resurfaced on TikTok earlier this year and currently have almost half a million videos under its sound. Father John Misty’s set at End of the Road Festival will showcase his much loved tracks along with newly released songs from his latest album.

Joining Father John Misty, Self Esteem will grace the stage with her empowering experimental pop anthems. With over a decade’s worth of experience within the music industry, Rebecca Lucy Taylor known professionally as Self Esteem, has developed a captivating artistry which surrounds lyricism with a profound vulnerability and realism against the backdrop of punchy rhythms and powerful instrumentation. Her sophomore album, ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ released in 2021 further catapulted Self Esteem into stardom due to its thought-provoking and relatable lyrics presented within an energetic pop manner. A stand-out track ‘I Do This All The Time’ reveals the complexity surrounding being human – the triumphs and the heartaches – Taylor urges herself and listeners to remain hopeful due to the track’s deeply conversational lyrics and tender composition.

Caribou, Sharon Van Etten, Moonchild Sanelly and many other exciting acts will join Self Esteem and Father John Misty in next year’s edition of the End of The Road Festival. An event all indie rock and folk listeners will love.

The orchestral arrangements will be adapted to the late musicians’ songs and are to be conducted by the English composer, conductor and arranger, Jules Buckley, for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Fans will be pleased to know that he will be playing songs such as “It’s Raining Today”, “Copenhagen” and “The Old Man’s Back Again”. 

Scott Walker emerged in the 60’s and caved a fond hole in many hearts of his generation. He was an American-English singer songwriter who rolled of a vocal tone as thick as honey. He was a popstar who ticked off the charts in the 60’s making it as a popstar and delving into baroque rock later in the 70’s. He was best known for brining a legendary experimentation into his sound, later on in his career, setting the scene for the UK’s underground music field.

He died due, due to cancer, at the age of 76 in London on the 22nd March 2019. Ever since this mournful day, where he was those who appreciated him and held in their high spirits have hosted a variety of tributes to him. One of these coming up in May. “Scott Walker has been a unique and challenging titan at the forefront of British music” described his label at the time, 4AD.

Misty regularly took Walker into his referential accounts and so he probably feels a nostalgic pulling to pay his respects towards him. For those who will not attend the concert, highlights of the performance will be broadcast on the 25th of May on BBC Radio 6 and then will be fully released on BBC Radio 3 later on, the date and time are still to be announced.

Father John Misty is now currently touring on a worldwide journey until the end of the summer. Today (17 April) he is playing in Roanoke, VA. Once he’s finished visiting cities in the US he will make his way across the pond to play the tribute on the 19th May. This is a one off special of the tour. The rest of his gigs will not be hosting the orchestral tribute. After visiting London he will be touring around Europe to finally land back in the US by the end of August.

Tickets are available here.

UK Tour Dates:

19/05/2023 – Barbican Centre – London

The tour will take place this summer in North America before crossing the pond for a spell of dates in the UK and Europe, starting with a headline show on February 25^th 2023 in Oslo, Norway at Sentrum Scene. His final show will take place on the 17^th of March 2023 at the O2 Apollo Manchester.

Chloë And The 20^th Century will be Father John Misty’s fifth studio album which is due to be released via Sub Pop/Bella Union. Have a listen to his most recent single “The Next 20^th Century” which teases what can be expected from the upcoming album:

Editions of the new album will be presented in a hardcover book with a set of bonus 7” singles (one of which is a cover of “Buddy’s Rendezvous” By Lana Del Rey) are available here. Have a look at the tracklisting shown below:

1). Chloë
2). Goodbye Mr. Blue
3). Kiss Me (I Loved You)
4). (Everything But) Her Love
5). Buddy’s Rendezvous
6). Q4
7). Olvidado (Otro Momento)
8). Funny Girl
9). Only a Fool
10). We Could Be Strangers
11). The Next 20th Century

Misty’s spellbinding form of live performances has bumped up demand for the hotly anticipated new album. Having performed at the BBC 6 Music Festival in Cardiff on the 3^rd of April. On Thursday, April 7^th he is set to take the stage accompanied by a special orchestral show at the Barbican in London that will be available to stream online.

Following this show, he is set to perform a list of smaller, more intimate in-store gigs before embarking on his 2023 tour which will see him return to larger venues in Europe and the UK. The dates for which are listed down below:

Tour Dates:

08/04/2022- Banquet Records- PRYZM- Kingston upon Thames, UK (with 2 shows at 5pm and 8pm)
09/04- Rough Trade East- London, UK (with 2 shows at 4pm and 8pm)
10/04- Resident- CHALK- Brighton, UK
11/04- Rough Trade Bristol- St George’s Church- Bristol, UK (with 2 shows at 6.30pm and 9.30pm)
25/02/2023- Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
28/02- Cirkus- Stockholm, Sweden
02/03- KB Hallen, Denmark
03/03- Columbiahalle- Berlin, Germany
04/03- AFAS Live- Amsterdam, Netherlands
06/03- Ancienne Belgique- Brussels, Belgium
07/03- Salle Pleyel- Paris, France
09/03- O2 Academy- Brixton- London, UK
13/03- Sage Gateshead- Gateshead, UK
15/03- Barrowlands- Glasgow, UK
17/03- O2 Apollo- Manchester, UK

Pre-sale tickets for these shows go on sale Friday at 10am local time on the 10^th April 2022 and can be found here.

THERE YOU HAVE IT

We’ll be bringing this lovely lot to Cardiff from Friday 1st April – Sunday 3rd April and WE CANNOT WAIT!!!

Who’s joining us? pic.twitter.com/uauVHsryyp

— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) February 15, 2022

“The most exciting element about the 6 Music Festival is the coming together, in a physical space, of our beloved 6 Music listeners and the staff at the station, with artists we love,” 6 Music’s Mary Anne Hobbs said in a statement. “Lockdowns have kept us apart since 2020, so this year’s gigs in Cardiff are going to feel super-charged.” The line-up on the first-day does seem to reflect the super-charged initial thoughts; post-punk icons IDLES take to the stage in The Great Hall to supply the Welsh crowd with their usual brand of woke-punk. Singer-songwriter and one part of the indie powerhouse that is Boygenius; Lucy Dacus is going to appear at The Great Hall, with none other than the one-and-only Pixies. St David’s Hall is another venue to be given the BBC treatment, Little Simz will appear alongside Mykki Blanco, Curtis Harding, and Deyah to create a fabulous blend of R&B, Poetry, and generally top tier songwriting. Tramshed will also be hosting a club night with appearances from DJ’s SHERELLE, Overmono, Tom Ravenscroft and many more.

Saturday night in Cardiff see’s appearances from Bloc Party, slightly before the release of their 6^th LP Alpha Games on April 22^nd, Sports Team take another swing at the festival after performing at the 2020 bout too, beabadoobee rounds out proceedings at The Great Hall. Khruangbin, an American psychedelic-dub-soul-trio make their first appearance in the UK since 2019, while Ezra Collective add a 2^nd date to their (currently quite short) touring schedule, Ibibio Sound Machine will also make an appearance to bring their own taste of electronic afro-funk to Wales. Nemone, Craig Charles, and David Holmes will also make appearances at Tramshed.

The final day of the festival brings Johnny Marr, Self Esteem, and Wet Leg together under the same roof; allowing the crowds to get quite the spread of music from only 3 artists, The Smiths singer-songwriter sits in stark contrast to Self Esteem’s experimental-pop aura, and Wet Leg’s post-punk anger. The most anticipated act of the evening however (for me at least), has to be the appearance of Father John Misty with the backing of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. The new sound of this album has revealed 2 great singles so far, so putting it into a live context can only highlight the glum maximalism he’s going for at the moment. Cat Power, Super Furry Animal’s own Gruff Rhys, and audiobooks round out what could be a very exciting evening.

ICYMI – two shows have been announced, LA on Feb 25th, and London on April 7th. Tickets will be available as of Friday 10am local time.info: https://t.co/TQ7i6hfXoa

— Father John Misty Can Flub (@CanFlub) January 5, 2022

Father John Misty (aka Josh Tillman) has two orchestral shows planned for this year; one in London at Barbican Hall, and one in Los Angeles at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. At the latter, he will be backed by the prestigious Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra, and at the London show, he will be accompanied by the Britten Sinfonia, conducted by Jules Buckley. More information about the London show, including tickets, can be found here.

Tillman is set to release his fifth full-length album this year on the 8^th of April, entitled Chloë and the Next 20^th Century. This is his first release since 2020, with his last endeavours being the E.P. Anthem +3 and the A and B side single To S./To R. It is also his first full-length release since 2018’s God’s Favorite Customer. The upcoming record is available to pre-order here.

Two days ago (January 5^th), Tillman premiered the first single from the forthcoming record, “Funny Girl”. Over a wistful piano and orchestra led instrumental that carries more than just a flavour of the 1950s, Father John Misty croons snarky lines such as “You knocked me out when you charmed the pants off Letterman” like an indie folk Sinatra, seemingly singing of infatuation, and lamenting an unrequited love. The song is available on all streaming services, or you can watch the lyric video below.

Prior to adopting the Father John Misty moniker, Tillman had already become more than acquainted with the music industry. He began recording as J. Tillman in his early twenties, and would end up releasing five albums under this name: Minor Works (2006), Cancer and Delirium (2007), I Will Return (2007), Long May You Run, J. Tillman (2008) and Singing Ax (2010). Tillman also joined the indie-folk band Fleet Foxes in 2008, as their drummer. He toured a large amount with the band as they promoted their record Helplessness Blues, which was released in 2011, and played his last show with the band in 2012.

Following his departure from Fleet Foxes, Tillman signed with Sub Pop records and took up the Father John Misty moniker, releasing his first record Fear Fun on May 1^st 2012 to substantial praise from critics and fans alike.

This years Green Man festival will see Four Tet – whose real name is Kieran Hebden – play Green Man’s most prestigious slot: Saturday night on the picturesque Mountain stage. Twenty years into his career, electronic producer Four Tet is more popular than ever, having sold out four nights, at London’s Brixton Academy, in October.

It’s here!  The first bumper batch for #GreenMan19 is here – @FourTet & Father John Misty headline with over 60 more, inc. @idlesband @sharonvanetten @stereolabgroop to sink your ears into. Get yer tickets here > https://t.co/Qohqh4RxBy pic.twitter.com/sMMZ75HZ4Z

— Green Man (@GreenManFest) 29 January 2019

Speaking about his slot, Four Tet said: “It’s great to be doing the Saturday night Mountain Stage slot at Green Man 2019! I first played Green Man in 2004 and have always had good times there.”

Droll singer/song-writer Father John Misty is back after his performance on the Green Man stage in 2015. Father John Misty isn’t a newcomer to the festival scene and this years performance at Green Man follows on from other major appearances at UK festivals, which include End of the Road and All Points East.

After it was criticised for its all-male set of headliners, in 2018, the festival is giving a prominent slot to anthemic US singer/song-writer Sharon Van Etten, This follows on from the release of her acclaimed album, ‘Remind Me Tomorrow’. Following their breakthrough, in 2018, Brit-nominees IDLES will be making their Green Man debut, following the release of their critically acclaimed second album, ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance’, last year.

Among the other names announced are enduring Malian duo Amadou & Mariam, Canadian indie rockers Broken Social Scene, and the Anglo-French lounge-pop group, Stereolab, who recently reformed – this is their first announced UK date. Joining them will be folk legend Richard Thompson, jazz groups Sons of Kemet, Ezra Collective and the Comet is Coming, and US indie favourites Car Seat Headrest and Whitney.

Meanwhile, further down the bill you will find Big Thief, Khruangbin, Hen Ogledd, Aldous Harding, Gwenno, Julia Jacklin, A Certain Ratio, Stealing Sheep, Anna St Louis and many more. The full line-up can be seen here. The independent music and arts event Green Man Festival is back for another year, taking place once again in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. Over the years it has grown in popularity, facilitating more and more festivalgoers every year.

Father John Misty: Live At Third Man Records – out September 28th via Third Man Records

The album was recorded in September last year at Third Man Records’ Nashville HQ. ‘On an otherwise ordinary Tuesday afternoon’, Tillman/Misty swung by and ‘surprised [them] all with a lunchtime solo acoustic set before his sold-out Ryman Auditorium performance.’

As is typical of White’s love of vintage tech, the album was recorded direct-to-acetate (acetate being a type of record mainly used from the 1930s to the ’50s) with a ‘1955 Scully Lathe, warmed at the ready to capture the occasion’. Misty began his set with the ‘debut performance of his newly penned “Mr. Tillman”’, with Third Man’s engineers using ‘the second song as an opportunity to carve a 12” on-the-spot single of “Now I’m Learning to Love the War”’ – ‘which was promptly handed it to a lucky attendee for safe keeping.’

‘If you want to know more about that, you’ll have to scour the depths of FJM’s fan net.’ See the tracklist below:

Tillman also has three UK dates coming up next month. Purchase tickets here and see the itinerary below:

10/28 – Portsmouth Guildhall – Portsmouth
10/29 – De Montfort Hall – Leicester
10/30 – Bath Forum – Bath

Tillman has released three singles from the album so far: ‘Mr. Tillman’, ‘Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest of Them All’ and ‘Just Dumb Enough to Try’. He also released a music video for ‘Mr. Tillman’ last week.

Pure Comedy was released last year to huge critical acclaim, with 5 star reviews from NME, The Guardian, and Mojo, as well as receiving a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album. It was also my personal pick for the best album of the year.

Tillman last played in the UK last year, and played Glastonbury Festival, and headlined End Of The Road – his first festival headlining show.

There will be two separate sections to Tillman’s tour of the UK and Ireland, with him originally arriving in May, but then coming back in October. Tickets go on sale at 10am on the 11th of May, and are available here.

May 

25 – Belfast, Ireland – BBC Music The Biggest Weekend
26 – Halifax, England – The Piece Hall
27 – London, England – All Points East Festival
28 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
29 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
30 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street

October 

26 – Gateshead, England – Sage Gateshead
27 – Liverpool, England – Olympia
28 – Portsmouth, England – Portsmouth Guildhall
29 – Leicester, England – De Montfort Hall
30 – Bath, England – The Forum Bath

The album will be released on 7^th April via Sub Pop (Bella Union in Europe). We also have a full track list (shown in full below), artwork (again, keep scrolling) and even an album length (75 minutes, for those of you who like value for money in your albums). It was co-produced by Josh Tillman (aka. Father John Misty) and Jonathan Wilson and is the first album by the former Fleet Foxes man since 2015’s ‘I Love You, Honeybear.’

01  – Pure Comedy
02 – Total Entertainment Forever
03  – Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution
04 – Ballad of the Dying Man
05  – Birdie
06 – Leaving LA
07 – A Bigger Paper Bag
08 – When the God of Love Returns There’ll Be Hell to Pay
09 – Smoochie
10 – Two Wildly Different Perspectives
11 – The Memo
12 – So I’m Growing Old on Magic Mountain
13 – In Twenty Years or So

The album announcement wasn’t the only goodness to come from the Father today either, Misty also shared with the world a typically irreverent short-film, documenting the making of the album. Co-directed by Tillman and Grant James, the video features all kinds of antics from shirtless painting to a casual drive around an LA on fire. You can check out the video below. We’re still not done with the news though. The album cover was illustrated by Ed Steed of the New Yorker, and like any good cover, will be available in four different versions – all of which are available at once if you buy the deluxe edition of the LP which comes replete with customizable jacket, fold-out poster, holographic tarot card and aluminium and copper coloured vinyl.

All of this comes on top of the release, yesterday, of the title track from the album, ‘Pure Comedy’, again with an accompanying video, this time directed by Matthew Daniel Siskin, but with equally absurd and surreal content. These include John Cena, Kanye, Trump, Pepe the frog, Obama and even death itself. You can check out the video below:

Tillman has three festival appearances planned so far for 2017, on both sides of the Atlantic, including a set at Coachella, as well appearances in Oslo and Bilbao.

Let's make love to my bodyguard
Inside the House of Cards
- official lyrics to House Of Cards theme by Josh Tillman

— FARMER JAH MISERY (@fatherjohnmisty) May 11, 2016

However we finally have a serious release from the former Fleet Foxes drummer. Today he has released what is his first serious release since the hit album ‘I Love You Honey Bear’ in February 2015. The new song released by Father John Misty is titled ‘Real Love Baby’ and can be listened to below:

‘Real Love Baby’ seems to continue in Father John Misty’s own brand of indie-pop. Offering dreamy faded vocals with (for a change!) seemingly normal lyrics, Tillman has achieved fame both through his music but also through his fantastical lyrics.

Father John Misty enjoys a remarkable reputation throughout music, often being lauded for his ability to create the weird and wacky, yet ultimately brilliant blend of indie folk and indie pop. Tillman’s last album ‘I Love You, Honeybear’ was released in 2015 to widespread critical acclaim; being regarded as many as one of the defining albums of 2015.

Yet it wasn’t just through ‘I Love You, Honeybear’ that Tillman managed to achieve success; his debut album ‘Fear Fun’ released in 2012 under the (then newly established) moniker ‘Father John Misty’ was again met with widespread commercial and critical acclaim. ‘Fear Fun’ was Tillman’s first move away from the serious acoustic indie folk that we’d known him for and into the madness and wit that is the world of Father John Misty.