The tour will begin unofficially in Cork and Dublin in June where the band will play two shows. But fans across the world who also want to catch the band on their last set of performances will be glad to see that the 29 date tour stretches across the world. The band will start the tour in Singapore in August before continuing on in Asia before visiting Australia. They will then take a two month break before starting the UK and European leg including a whopping seven dates in Germany before finishing in Manchester on December 12.

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Kodaline’s claim to fame was their appearance on Ireland’s You’re a Star, a reality music completion where they finished runners up in November 2006. Known then as 21 Demands, the band released their first single ‘Give Me A Minute’ which went to number one on the Irish Singles Chart. Following their name change, Kodaline released their debut EP ‘The Kodaline EP’ in September 2012. Their debut album ‘In A Perfect World’ came out in June 2013 and reached number three in the UK. They released three more albums ‘Coming Up For Air’, ‘Politics of Living’ and ‘One Day At a Time’ before they announced their split. Although the release date and title for their fifth and final are still unknown, Kodaline have also confirmed it’s upcoming release. Although fans have started to speculate it may be ‘We Were Only Young’ following recent captions of posts from the band posted to Instagram over the last week.

With the tour now announced, fans can access tickets early from March 25th through Kodaline’s website. General sale for tickets is from March 27th.

The dates are as follows:

August 8 – Singapore / August 10 – Manila / 
August 12 – Seoul 
/ August 19 – Hong / 
August 24 – Tapei /

August 26 – Kuala Lumpur / 
August 28 – Bangkok / September 1 – Perth
 / September 3 – Sydney / 
September 5 – Melbourne 
September 6 – Brisbane / 
November 25 – Paris / 
November 26 – Brussels / 
November 28 – Hamburg / 
November 29 – Berlin
November 30 – Frankfurt / December 2 – Zurich / 
December 3 – Milan / 
December 5 – Prague
 / December 6 – Vienna
 / December 8 – Munich
 / December 9 – Cologne / 
December 10 – Utrecht / 
December 12 – London /
 December 14 – Glasgow
 / December 15 – Manchester

The lineup includes; Glen Hansard, Bono, The Edge, Imelda May, Hozier, John Sheahan, Finbar Furey, Shane MacGowan, Danny O’Reilly, Roisin O, Declan O’Rourke, Lisa O’Neill and Kodaline’s Steve Garrigan.

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Glen Hansard is no stranger to busking of course. Ten years ago Glen Hansard started the tradition of taking to Dublin’s Grafton Street with a collection of musicians in order to raise money for the homeless. The usual tradition can’t take place in person this year because of the ongoing global health crisis so RTÉ will be taking on the show and broadcasting it to the world.

The show will have many special performances along with stories about memories of the busk over the years and lots of information about the wonderful work The Simon Community does, especially at this time of year. John Sheahan, Finbar Furey, Lisa O’Neill, Glen Hansard, and Shane MacGowan will be making appearances in The Late Late Show studio. Bono and The Edge will perform an acoustic version of U2’s Walk On, as well as lead a special Christmas number. Artists like Imelda May will be performing virtually from London, where she will be performing On Raglan Road. 

Presenter of The Late Late Show, Ryan Tubridy spoke about the event, saying; “This will certainly be a night to remember with the best of Irish talent in one room coming together for some incredible performances. In return, our friends here are asking viewers to dig deep to donate to the Simon Community and to help our brothers and our sisters who are currently homeless to get off the streets, to be safe, to be warm, to be treated with dignity and decency and ultimately to get the type of secure housing that everyone deserves.”

If you are looking for a gift that delivers hope in a meaningful way, why not buy a Dublin Simon Christmas Star The beautiful gold stars can be hung from a tree and represent the real difference you can make to a person’s future. #SimonStars

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— Dublin Simon (@Dublin_Simon) December 12, 2020

Ryan will also be interviewing, Philip Powell, who was staying in a hostel when he struck up a friendship with Glen Hansard, and became a staple performer of the Grafton Street busk. Philip will speak of his experiences of being homeless on and off for two decades.

If you would like to donate to The Simon Community, who work to help the homeless in Ireland, you can do so here. You can watch The Late Late Show Busk for Simon on RTÉ One, Friday, December 18, at 9.35pm or online on the RTÉ player in the UK.

The video tells the story of an elf who thinks they have lost their job at Christmas, drowning their sorrows in a local pub, where she makes friends. It blends the idea of loneliness and the hardships people are facing this Christmas especially with the whimsical idea of the Christmas period.

’This Must Be Christmas’ video is out now on our Youtube channel https://t.co/GNkwOWYRYj Hope you enjoy! VSMJ pic.twitter.com/x9Ns2aQPoU

— Kodaline (@Kodaline) November 25, 2020

The director of the music video, Lee Holmes spoke about the video saying; “The track is essentially about drowning your sorrows in a pub at Christmas, and I loved how the band had put their own stamp on the traditional Christmas song, so for the video I wanted to create that Christmas feel but with a twist, playing on the idea that Santa’s elves are like seasonal workers who live amongst normal people during the year, until Christmas comes.

He continued, saying; “And in these uncertain times it makes sense that their job security is in the balance, just like the rest of us. Kodaline have such a great track record for music videos, so it was a privilege to get to work with them and create a video for their alternative Christmas vision.” The song features on the band’s recent deluxe version of their album One Day at a Time. 

The original album that came out in June and has been streamed over 60 million times and received another 100 million YouTube views. The deluxe edition features a collaboration with Gabrielle Aplin on their track Everyone Changes along with two covers of Teenage Kicks and The Rare Auld Times. These tracks will join the already released singles Wherever You Are, Sometimes, Saving Grace and Say Something.

This news comes following the announcement that Kodaline would be heading out on a UK tour. The band will be kicking off the tour in Oxford on the 17th of May 2021 before heading to Cambridge, Bexhill, Birmingham, Nottingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Leeds, Norwich, Bristol, Southampton and then will finish off the tour in the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire in London on the 2nd of June.

Very excited to announce our Wherever You Are 2021 UK Tour. To gain access to an exclusive pre-sale go to https://t.co/PYwI5mofvz for details. General on sale Friday 9th October. VSMJ pic.twitter.com/U415p8oFt7

— Kodaline (@Kodaline) October 2, 2020

The music video for This Must be Christmas is below. You can also get tickets to see Kodaline on their tour here.

“Saving Grace” is the third song the four-piece has released so far from their forthcoming LP after lead single “Wherever You Are” and second single “Sometimes“. The latest track is serving us the original, sugary Kodaline track, with such romantic lyrics about two lovers who want to be each other’s saving grace in a difficult time:

“When you lose your feet, fall down to your knees, and your heart’s about to break, I will be your saving grace. When your eyes can’t see, take my eyes from me. When you’re lost and losing faith, I will be your saving grace.”

Frontman Steve Garrigan announced the new single via the band’s Youtube livestream promoting the #StayHome amidst the global pandemic of COVID-19. Garrigan also invited fans who want to appear in the music video of “Saving Grace” to send video clips: “With your camera phone, we want you to capture a day in the life of your world while you’re staying at home and keeping your community safe from the coronavirus.”

“We will edit as many of the videos as we can together and then it will be released on the 1st of May. We really look forward to seeing your videos.” The lead singer also wished to use the “Saving Grace” video as a celebration of “the feeling of being at home with your loved ones” and wanted the song to help people explore “the lighter side” of this chaotic moment.

Elsewhere, Garrigan himself just made a surprise for two NHS workers on their virtual wedding day. These two lucky newlyweds—Stefan Frost and Louise Kibbey—had to cancel their wedding due to the horrific widespread of coronavirus, and the groom himself was tested positive earlier. After Frost’s recovery, the couple decided to carry on their wedding despite the difficulty.

They held a ceremony through Zoom organised by Oxfordshire radio station JACKfm. The lovebirds chose “The One” by Kodaline as a song for their first dance, and to their surprise, Steve Garrigan appeared on the Facebook live to perform the track acoustically for the wedding.

The bride expressed such delight for having Garrigan in their virtual ceremony: “This has honestly been one of the best days of our lives and to have Kodaline performing the song that we’d planned to have our first dance to was just incredible. We feel so fortunate.” Meanwhile, the singer also said that his surprise appearance was his way to say thank you for monumental efforts made by the NHS.

‘One Day at a Time‘ is expected to be released on June 12. Check out the album cover and the tracklist below.

‘One Day at a Time‘ tracklist
1. “Wherever You Are“
2. “Sometimes”
3. “Saving Grace”
4. “Say Something”
5. “The Evening”
6. “Spend It with You”
7. “Care”
8. “Heart Open”
9. “Everyone Changes”
10. “In the End“

“Wherever You Are” will be the band’s new music since Politics of Living, Kodaline’s third studio album released in 2018. About this new track, frontman Steve Garrigan took to the band’s social media account, explaining how the song is dedicated to his long-distance relationship with his girlfriend:

“We’re so excited to release and share new music with you. “Wherever You Are” is a song about loved ones staying in your heart and mind even when they’re not with you. I wrote it specifically for my girlfriend as due to being away on tour all the time we never really got to see each other.”

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We’re so excited to release and share new music with you. ‘Wherever you are’ is a song about loved ones staying in your heart and mind even when they’re not with you. I wrote it specifically for my girlfriend as due to being away on tour all the time we never really got to see each other. Steve X It comes out in Jan 10th and you can presave now #wya

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In September 2018, the four-piece rockers released their third LP Politics of Living. The album is Kodaline’s first endeavour to blend pop sound into their music. It was charted at number 15 on UK Albums Chart, spawning singles such as “Brother“, “Follow Your Fire”, and “Shed a Tear“.

The “All I Want” hitmaker also recently wrapped up the tour in support of Politics of Living. The tour covered a number of legs ranging from the UK to Asia, marking Kodaline as one of the most successful Irish acts to date.

“Wherever You Are” will be available everywhere on this Friday (January 10). Pre-save on your preferred service now.