Haim have announced an anniversary show to celebrate 10 years since the release of their debut LP, Days Are Gone. The show will take place at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire and will see Haim perform their debut album in full.
Speaking on the impact of the album, Alana Haim said, “The crazy thing about ‘Days Are Gone’ is that the first thing that we ever came out with was the ‘Forever’ EP and we put that out on the internet without knowing how to promote things.”
She continued, “We didn’t know how to get music out there. The only thing that we knew was that we were super proud of what we had finally created after being a band for six years at that point. We had finally gotten a recording that we loved, and we were like, ‘Cool, we have this. What do you do with it?’ So we put it on the internet with absolutely no idea what was going to happen. And it completely changed our lives.”
Bassist Este Haim also shared, “A lot of the songs we’ve written when we were in our twenties mean something different to us now that we are in our thirties. I don’t know if we are any wiser, though.”
Following its release in 2013, Days Are Gone reached No.1 on the UK charts, No.2 on the Billboard Top Alternative Rock Album chart and No.6 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Haim have also created a special edition vinyl reissue of the album, availabe to pre-order here, set to be released on 29th September.
Haim took to Twitter to celebrate the Days Are Gone 10th anniversary, writing, “This year marks the 10 year anniversary of our first record, and our baby, “ Days Are Gone”. This record was a labor of love, with songs we’d been writing since high school in our living room.”
This year marks the 10 year anniversary of our first record, and our baby, “ Days Are Gone”. This record was a labor of love, with songs we’d been writing since high school in our living room. To celebrate, we made a special edition re-issue of our vinyl and cd that comes out… pic.twitter.com/iuoglUrVMU
— HAIM (@HAIMtheband) July 12, 2023
Tickets for the Shepherd’s Bush Empire show will be available on pre-sale on 29th August at 12pm for fans who pre-order any format of the 10th anniversary reissue of Days Are Gone from Haim’s official website. Tickets are available on general sale from 12pm 30th August and can be purchased here.
Stream Haim’s debut album, Days Are Gone, here.