Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams is coming to London for her first ever solo show on May 16 at Electric Brixton. The show is in support of the upcoming solo project Petals for Armor. The album is due to drop a week before the show on May 8 via Atlantic Records. The tickets will be up for general sale from 10AM on March 13 via Ticketmaster.
intimate shows. been craving the closeness a long time.
love to @theninthewave_ for joining me overseas and to @arloparks for coming with me stateside.
tix go on sale next friday, 3/13 @ 10am local. https://t.co/hdIjfLstFb pic.twitter.com/ee1QP8rXa4
— hayley from Paramore (@yelyahwilliams) March 5, 2020
After the end of promotion for 2017’s album After Laughter with Paramore, the 31-year-old singer/songwriter and her bandmates announced hiatus from music to follow solo endeavours. Williams decided to drop her very first body of work as a solo artist with a project under the name Petals for Armor.
Despite its full release on May 8, the project is already shared as a 5-track EP titled Petals for Armor I. “Simmer” is served as the first single cut from the project. It is an alternative rock track with such haunting vibes about letting go of grudge and learning to forgive. The track is produced by Paramore’s guitarist Taylor York.
The Grammy Winner also released a short film cut into three videos of three tracks from the album. After introducing a spooky, thriller/slasher video for “Simmer”, Williams debuted a video for “Leave It Alone” as a sequel for its predecessor. “Cinnamon” is the last one from the series; it is the most upbeat track of all three, with its video featuring the singer does an impressive choreography. All these tracks and videos are such remarkable work that allows Williams’ fans to gain insights into her artistry and personal life.
In support of her first ever solo project, Williams will go on the road for live shows. Apart from numerous gigs in North America, she will come to the UK and Europe as well. Sadly, London is the only city announced in the tour dates for the UK legs where her headlining show will take place. The show is coming to Electric Brixton on May 16, with Scottish dark-pop duo The Ninth Wave joining her as an opening act of all her UK and European shows.
However, Paramore’s fans can still get a chance to see Williams live at The Great Escape in Brighton. The festival just announced that the frontwoman is scheduled to perform on Friday 15th May. Tickets to the festival are also available now on its official site.
About her forthcoming live shows, Williams expressed her excitement to bring the live set for fans: “Wow. I am going on tour. Myself. It’s not Paramore and truthfully, it’s just a little terrifying. But if I know anything, it’s that there’s no safer place (besides at home with my dog) than to be in a room, on a stage, in front of the people who I’ve grown up singing my lungs out for. There was a time I thought I wouldn’t tour Petals For Armor. What a joke. I must.
“This is a brand new adventure. It’s important to embark on something new every now and then just to show yourself that you can. I welcome the discomfort and the joy and I’m ready to be present for this.
“The first run of shows is going to be hot, sweaty, and intimate. My brand-newly-formed band and I will be playing rooms that Paramore outgrew a decade ago. It’s going to be so satisfying to feel the energy of a crowd that close again, especially while performing songs that feel so vital for me; songs I have never performed before for an audience.
“Thank you for the chance to tour this. I hope to see a ton of old friends and make some new ones too.”
Petals for Armor I is available for streaming now on every platform, and the full album is also up for pre-order and will be released on May 6.
