Ever since his first album drop he has delivered absolute crackers to the scene and has, in the meantime, released a second studio album last year (2022) called Sonder. Reaching successful levels of feedback and a great deal of critical acclaim, the Irishman continues his pop journey to a steady fame. Bringing him to headlining position at his coming festivals.

The festival All Points East is an annual event prepared to, over the course of 10 days, show the public how to put on a show. Based in London’s Victoria Park it allows the audience to indulge in an alternative rock affair with a beautiful combination of other popular music artists.

As Dermot Kennedy joins the club we can officially accept that the lineup has been rounded up. This includes Stormzy, Kehlani, Sampha, Knucks and more on the first day (18th August). The second day (25th August) consists on a different approach to the stage with bands such as The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Girl In Red, Amyl And The Sniffers, Black Midi and many, many more good acts.

The third day (26th August) is where our friend Kennedy steps in who will be playing alongside Olivia Dean, AURORA, SG Lewis, Novo Amor and more to be announced. Finally the final day (28th August) will be showcasing Haim, Girl In Red (again apparently), Tove Lo, Confidence Man, Snail Mail, Tamino, Romy and too many more to continue. It is quite a freely directed festival and the layout of the acts seems to work perfectly amongst each other.

Dermot Kennedy will make his appearance in London as a grand finale to finish off his mammoth tour around the globe. Having already commenced, today (4th April) he will be playing at the International Centre in Bournemouth, he will be making his way through several cities in the UK before crossing the pond to the US all the way through May and June. Once his American tour comes to an end in the Big Apple his trip returns to Ireland, Scotland and finally, the Big Smoke.

Tickets are already available to buy for all his shows, including All Points East.

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UK Tour Dates: 

04/04/2023 – International Centre – Bournemouth
05/04 – Plymouth Pavilions – Plymouth
07/04 – AO Arena – Manchester
08/04 – International Arena – Cardiff
10/04 – First Direct – Leeds
11/04 – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
13/04 – Resorts World Arena – Birmingham
14/04 – The O2 – London
15/04 – Royal Albert Hall – London
23/06 – Marlay Park – Rathfarnham
24/06 – Marlay Park – South Dublin
07/07 – Thomond Park Stadium – Limerick City
08/07 – Thomond Park Stadium – Limerick City
09/07 – Thomond Park Stadium – Limerick City
13/07 – Esplanade Castle – Edinburgh
14/07 – Scarborough Open Air Theatre – Scarborough
27/08 – All Points East – London

The New York trio have been on something of a rare run of summer festivals this year, including a revered set at London’s All Points East festival. Now, Karen has spoken to Matt Wilkinson on Beats 1 Radio, to reveal that the band are anticipating returning to the studio, for the long-awaited follow-up to 2013’s Mosquito.

When asked about whether the band were ‘feeling the pull’ to get back to recording, Karen responded “Yeah, think so! The guys for the most part, I think they’re waiting on my just ‘getting struck by inspiration’ for it, y’know?

“A lot has changed in my life in the last 5 years and I’m just kinda waiting for the inspiration to hit me – and then we’ll go.

She continued: “I just feel like I’ve never really ‘pushed it’, just kinda waited for it to really feel like this overwhelming…”

The vocalist also confirmed that she had been working on her own solo material once again, which arguably most famously came to fruition with a collaboration with Nine Inch Nails kingpin Trent Reznor, for a cover of led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’, for David Fincher’s 2012, English language adaptation of Stieg Larson’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Karen revealed that a solo work would potentially be coming “early next year,” elaborating that “It’s like a collab with a producer so, yeah. It’s finished, we’re just kinda developing [it], like pre-production with the way we’re gonna roll it out, […] I’ll probably play some special gigs you know but probably not a world tour!