IDLES have announced that they will be expanding their UK and Ireland 2021 tour in May and June to other cities in Europe. They have also added two dates in July in Germany.
The initial tour was announced two weeks ago in an Instagram post, where it was confirmed that the band would be visiting Glasgow, Newcastle, Cardiff, Birmingham, Sheffield, London, Manchester and Dublin. The new cities include: The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, France and Belgium.
IDLES will be releasing their third album Ultra Mono on the 25th of September via Partisan Records ahead of the tour. The band have released singles from the album like Grounds, A Hymn and Model Village. In an interview with DIY following the album’s announcement in June 2020, lead singer Joe Talbot opened up about the themes and inspiration behind the album, saying: “Emotionally I’m not healed, I’m healing and that’s what’s on the record. So, this one is about processing and finding pragmatic ways of moving forward, and from your reaction to that trauma, you build something concise and beautiful…the songs are all projections of inner workings, I’m not preaching or telling anyone else what to do. I’m showing people what I’m doing to become a better person in the long run – no, not better, but a more productive person.”
Tickets for the added dates go on sale at 11am CEST on Friday September 11th. The band are also offering a limited number of free tickets for key workers which are available on a first-come-first-served basis, which are available here. The full list of tour dates are as follows:
07/05/2021 – Barrowland – Glasgow
08/05 – Barrowland – Glasgow
09/05 – Barrowland – Glasgow
10/05 – City Hall – Newcastle
12/05 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
13/05 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
16/05 – Vicar Street – Dublin
17/05 – Vicar Street – Dublin
18/05 – Vicar Street – Dublin
20/05 – Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
21/05 – Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
22/05 – Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
29/05 -Melkweg – Amsterdam
31/05 – Docks – Hamburg
01/06 – Muffathalle – Munich
03/06 – Fabrique – Milan
07/06 – Coliseum – Lisbon
08/06 – La Riviera – Madrid
10/06 – Le Bikini – Toulouse
11/06 – Le Transbordeur – Lyon
12/06 – Ancienne Belgique – Brussels
15/06 – Elysee Montmartre- Paris
18/06 – Brixton Academy – London
19/06 – Brixton Academy – London
20/06 – Brixton Academy – London
21/06 – Brixton Academy – London
04/07 – Columbiahalle – Berlin
05/07 – E-Werk – Cologne
