Brighton rockers, Architects have announced that their UK arena tour will start February 2022. The tour which will see the band play their biggest shows will start at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on 22nd February 2022 and will finish on 1st March at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. The group made the exciting news via their Instagram page to their fans.
The tour will be in support of their most recent album, ‘For Those That Wish To Exist’, which was released 26th February 2021 to rave reviews. The album marked the bands ninth studio album and gave the group their first number one. The group beat out indie darlings Maximo Park for the spot and took to their Instagram page to show their thanks.
The band formed in 2004 in Brighton, originally called ‘Counting the Days’, found initial success within the metal community with debut ‘Nightmares’ released 15th May 2006. The band’s next studio album, ‘Ruin’, released 25th October 2007 was the band’s first album with current vocalist Sam Carter, who famously stopped a gig in 2017 to call out sexual harassment he saw in the crowd, and bassist Alex Dean. Third studio album, ‘Hollow Crown’, saw the band’s presence grow with fantastic reviews from reputable music institutions such as Kerrang. The album featured a music documentary which gave the viewer an insight into the band’s 18-month long process of touring and making the album itself. The band quickly became favourites within the metal and rock scene, with offers to play Download, unfortunately due to a family emergency had to drop out in 2016.
Fans remember guitarist Tom Searle who tragically lost his life after a three-year battle with cancer in August 2016. Searle died shortly after the release of the band’s seventh album ‘All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us’, released 27th May 2016. Searle was a talented musician who formed the band in 2004 with his twin brother and is greatly missed by fans and the music community.
Dan Searle, drummer and Tom’s twin brother took to social media as quoted in The Guardian, in August 2016 to break the tragic news to their fans stating “It is with unbelievable pain and sadness that I have to announce that at around twelve minutes past midnight on 20 August my amazing brother, Tom, passed away after living with cancer for more than three years. He was an incredible songwriter and guitarist. He was my closest and oldest friend. He was a funny, intelligent and sweet man and he leaves an enormous void in all of our lives.”
Amid the celebration of their recent success of their number one album the band have not forgotten their friend and bandmate, singer Sam Carter had this sweet statement to say reflecting on their success whilst missing their friend, “I cannot begin to tell you how much this means to us. Thank you to every single person who bought this record. We love you so much and we could not have done this without you. To have an album that connects this much, with what we’re talking about – trying and pushing for a better world – it’s unbelievable. As ever, everything we do is for Tom Searle, our brother.”
UK Tour Dates
22/02/2021 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
23/02 – The SSE Hydro – Glasgow
25/02 – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
26/02 – Alexandra Palace – London
01/03 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
