English rock band IDLES announced the postponement of their UK tour on the band’s social media today (26th February). The band was originally supposed to hit the road in May of 2021, and perform until the end of the July, however, due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, and the lockdowns in place, the band has now rescheduled their tour for next year.
The rescheduled dates begin in the month of January of 2022, when the band is also set to play four show at the O2 academy Brixton in London. The band will then go forth with the rest of their UK and Ireland shows, before flying overseas to continue their big European tour. The band announced on their social media that all the tickets purchased by fans will remain valid for their rescheduled 2022 shows. Alongside their previously scheduled tour, the band has now added two extra shows in Spain, which will take place in Bilbao and Barcelona, in March of 2022.
Speaking of the rescheduling of their tour in an instagram post, the band wrote, “Due to Covid-19, our UK & European headline shows will now take place in 2022. We are also happy to announce that we have added dates in Bilbao and Barcelona which are on sale immediately. All tickets will be valid for the rescheduled dates. Where there are multiple shows there will be a straight swap as per the order of nights. Further information can be found from point of purchase. For the Ultra Mono record store shows, we are looking at the best options for making those happen later this year, and stores will be contacting ticket holders directly in due course.”
On their tour, IDLES will be joined by their previously announced support acts throughout, which include artists like Sinead O’Brien, Shopping, Cate Le Bon, Wych Elm, Witch Fever, Jehnny Beth and Big Joanie in the UK and Girl Band, Bambara, Witch Fever and Porridge Radio in Europe. You can see the band’s rescheduled tour dates down below:
January 2022
16/01– O2 Academy Brixton- London
17/01 – O2 Academy Brixton- London
18/01 –O2 Academy Brixton- London
19/01 –O2 Academy Brixton- London
21/01– Motorpoint Arena- Cardiff
22/01 – O2 Academy- Birmingham
24/01 – Vicar Street- Dublin
25/01 – Vicar Street- Dublin
26/01 – Dublin, Vicar Street
28/01 – O2 Victoria Warehouse- Manchester
29/01 – O2 Victoria Warehouse- Manchester
30/01 – O2 Victoria Warehouse- Manchester
February 2022
1/02 – O2 Academy- Sheffield
2/02 – O2 City Hall- Newcastle
3/02 – Barrowland- Glasgow
4/02– Barrowland- Glasgow
5/02– Barrowland- Glasgow
18/02 – Docks- Hamburg
19/o2 – Melkweg- Amsterdam
20/02 – Melkweg- Amsterdam
22/02 – Columbiahalle- Berlin
23/02 – Carlswerk Victoria- Cologne
24/02 – Muffathalle- Munich
26/02 – Ancienne Belgique- Brussels
28/02 – Elysee Montmartre- Paris
March 2022
1/03 – Elysee Montmartre- Paris
2/03 – Transbordeur- Lyon
3/03 – Fabrique- Milan
6/03 – Le Bikini- Toulouse
7/03 – Santana- Bilbao
9/03 – Razzmatazz- Barcelona
10/03 – Riviera- Madrid
11/03 – Colisseum- Lisbon
