UK indie artist Declan McKenna has recently announced a series of rescheduled tour dates for 2022, following the unfortunate cancellation of a few dates of his recent UK tour for his second album “Zeros” due to positive COVID-19 tests.
McKenna has rescheduled four dates: one in Liverpool, two in Manchester and one in Nottingham, and has confirmed that these will now take place ahead of his rescheduled European tour that commences in May 2022.
Rescheduled shows in Liverpool, Nottingham and Manchester have been added to the front of our tour next year. For those who can’t make the new dates please head to point of purchase for returns etc, so excited to finish this tour off properly, thanks for your patience xx pic.twitter.com/tjK8TSRztA
— Declan mckenna (@DeclanMcKenna) September 29, 2021
The “Zeros” tour was initially announced in July of 2020; however, it sadly suffered the same fate as every prospective tour at the time and was postponed in February of 2021, with McKenna originally planning for the tour to run from March to May of 2021. McKenna finally embarked on the tour in August of this year, kicking off the run of shows with a performance at Junction in Cambridge.
On September 6th, prior to the gig at Liverpool’s O2 Academy, McKenna announced via social media that one of his band members had tested positive for COVID-19, and consequently, the next two shows had to be cancelled. The tour resumed on September 9th at the O2 Academy in Leicester, however, McKenna informed fans on September 13th that he himself had tested positive, stating: “Although I had covid just 2 months ago, and it is largely advised not to take tests for 90 days after having covid due to potential for false positives, it’s been standard procedure among my whole team to test very regularly in the interest of safety, and one of the tests that I took has come up as positive.”
Much to the relief of fans who had booked tickets for the remainder of the tour, McKenna announced that he had tested negative on September 16th, and was able to proceed with his show at the UEA campus in Norwich.
In other recent news, Declan McKenna has teased a possible musical collaboration with fellow UK artist Sam Fender, with McKenna telling NME in a video interview at Reading Festival; “Sam Fender and I will get in the studio at some point”. Fender joined McKenna on stage at Leeds Festival for a performance of McKenna’s hit song “Brazil”, making the prospect of a creative collaboration between the two seem even more likely.
As mentioned previously, Declan McKenna’s rescheduled tour dates will take place ahead of his EU tour in May 2022, the first of which being the Liverpool show at the O2 Academy on May 4th. The rescheduled tour dates are listed down below. Tickets for the EU tour can be purchased here, along with any remaining tickets for the next few shows of his current UK tour.
04/05/2022- O2 Academy- Liverpool
05/05- Albert Hall- Manchester
06/05- Albert Hall- Manchester
09/05- Rock City, Nottingham
