After picking up the coveted Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album for the second time — this one for the widely acclaimed Daddy’s Home — St. Vincent has added 3 UK shows to her forthcoming summer tour. The new dates are confirmed in Oxford, Manchester and Bexhill on 22nd, 25th and 30th June, respectively. The tour comes alongside a run of European festival dates including an appearance at Glastonbury and will see St. Vincent play her biggest UK headline show to date at London’s Eventim Apollo on 29th June. You can check out full details for the tour here.
In addition to being the live European debut of material from Daddy’s Home, this will be her first UK outing with The Down And Out Downtown Band.
Since the beginning of her career, Annie Clarke (more popularly known by her stage name St Vincent) has made a habit out of the unpredictable; and while many would argue that this is pretty much the point of art pop, St Vincent has maintained a standard and level of relevance that not many others can boast. 15 years have passed since the release of her incredible debut Marry Me, and 6 albums later (as well as a fab collab with David Byrne) we are still being taken down a winding path that picked up 2 GRAMMY wins for Best Alternative Album along the way. This June, Clarke is set to begin her “Daddy’s Home Tour”.
Until the tour kicks off in June however, you’ll have to make do with some of the teaser material that Clarke has been releasing. Her appearance on Saturday Night Live way back in April 2021 (which makes a little more sense when you remember that this album actually came out the following May – yes it has been that long) was received particularly positively. Entertainment Weekly had this to say regarding her performance, “… this performance, with its retro ’70s rock aesthetic, truly rules… this is top-notch.” Whilst AC Club drew similarities to rock legend David Bowie and other music stars. “St. Vincent brought some old school art-rock theatrical glamor… I got some Bowie, some Talking Heads, maybe a touch of Gaga and (dare I say) Madonna—a potently bracing combination.” You can see the full performance below.
See below the full dates for the Daddy’s Home Tour:
22/6/22 – O2 Oxford Academy – Oxford
25/6 – Academy – Manchester
28/6 – Fairview Park – Dublin
29/6 – Eventim Apollo – London
30/6 – De La Warr Pavillion – Bexhill-on-sea