Irish contemporary folk music group Lankum have announced a series of shows that will take them across the Irish sea and to the UK this winter. The tour is set to commence at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham on December 7th and will conclude at Barrowlands in Glasgow on February 3rd.
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See you all soon x
pic.twitter.com/AOgHFsN830— LANKUM (@LankumDublin) June 7, 2023
The Dublin based group will return to the UK following their last visit last month in Manchester, which in turn followed the release of the band’s most recent album, False Lankum, an LP that was released on March 24th via Rough Trade Records.
Our new album FALSE LANKUM is out today.
Massive love and thanks to all of you for the support over the last few years, and to everyone involved in the making of this album.
We're immensely proud of it.
See you along the road somewhere!
❤️x pic.twitter.com/GWT9Oxupqj— LANKUM (@LankumDublin) March 24, 2023
The group originated as a duo, consisting of brothers Ian and Darragh Lynch, and from their shared surname came the group’s original name, Lynched. The duo released their first album, Where Did We Go Wrong?!, in 2003, before being joined by Radie Peat and Cormac MacDiarmada, forming the quartet that have since released four albums and will tour the UK this winter.
The group, still known as Lynched but now a quartet, released their second album, Cold Old Fire, in 2014 to positive acclaim. By 2016 the group had decided to change their name in a bid to rid associations with the practice of lynching, landing on Lankum, from John Reilly’s folk ballad “False Lankum”, instead.
Lankum then joined Rough Trade Records, and subsequently released their third album, Between the Earth and Sky, in 2017 to widespread critical acclaim. The album was nominated for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Album of the Year, but the group had to wait until 2019 to claim the prize, as their fourth album, The Livelong Day, stole the show.
Listen to “Willow Garden“, a track off of Lankum’s third album, Between the Earth and Sky, below:
False Lankum is therefore the group’s fifth studio album, and fourth as a quartet, and will no doubt be doing most of the heavy lifting when the Dublin group visit the UK later this year.
Watch the music video for “Go Dig My Grave“, the lead single off of False Lankum, below:
The dates for the string of shows are as follows:
07/12/2023 – Rescue Rooms – Nottingham
09/12 – Hangar 34 – Liverpool
10/12 – Irish Centre – Leeds
12/12 – Chalk – Brighton
13/12 – Roundhouse – London
26/01/2024 – Albert Hall – Manchester
27/01 – Boiler Shop – Newcastle
01/02 – Beacon – Bristol
03/02 – Barrowlands – Glasgow
Order Lankum’s latest album, False Lankum, here.
