Critically acclaimed Toronto rock band Metric have announced a run of UK & EU shows in 2023 following the release of their new album Formentera. The tour will be stopping in Dublin, Glasgow, and Manchester, with the UK leg of the tour ending at London’s famed Roundhouse on February 1st. The tour kicks off at The Academy in Dublin on January 28th 2023, the concerts are the band’s first shows in the UK and Europe since 2018, and they will be joined by their label cohorts Lo Moon. Tickets go on-sale July 22nd at 10am BST.
Formentera came out on July 8th 2022 receiving four stars from NME , and The Telegraph saying, “Formentera is a gratifying record stuffed with perfectly crafted songs by a band completely at ease in their own skin.”
Frontwoman Emily Haines said in the press release for the tour, “One of the high points of 2022 for us has been working on putting everything together for The Doomscroller Tour.” Haines continued, “We’re crafting a set list based on fan favourites including deep cuts from Live it Out & Old World and it’s been wild to see how the new songs from Formentera flow with the classics from Fantasies & Synthetica. I’m really happy with the venues we chose, they suit the lighting and sonics and the whole mood of the show we’re crafting. I want Metric fans to have the best concert experience possible and feel like they got to escape into another reality with us for the evening. Can’t wait to get this show on the road!”
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Tickets at https://t.co/ZK2dbYJzO8 https://t.co/S60o5oisfT— M E T R I C (@Metric) July 20, 2022
Metric members Emily Haines, James Shaw, Joshua Winstead and Joules Scott Key explain the origins of the name of their new album in the press release for the tour. Formentera is named after Ibiza, the paradise party island off the coast of Spain, a place none of the band members had actually been; its distant siren song inspiring them thousand of miles away back in Toronto. Guitarist and co-producer Shaw goes on to explain, “We had been living in our imaginations for a long time, because we couldn’t physically go anywhere else. When you listen to the album from beginning to end, you start with this immediate feeling of tension building, of being stuck in a loop, and then there’s this intense release that happens… you’re swept off your feet into the title track ‘Formentera’ and it’s like you escaped.”
Our new album “Formentera” is out now.
It’s all about looking inward, facing what’s broken, getting out and going forward. So I hope you can book off 48 minutes for yourself and kick back in the sonic oasis we created just for you.
— M E T R I C (@Metric) July 8, 2022
The band recently launched a mobile app, giving fans early access to limited edition vinyl, exclusive content, concert tickets and more, including 7” singles for “All Comes Crashing” and “Doomscroller” within the app for fans to purchase. You can download the app at ilovemetricapp.com.
28/01/2023 – The Academy – Dublin
30/01 – SWG3 – Glasgow
31/01 – Manchester Academy – Manchester
01/02 – Roundhouse – London
03/02 – Le Trianon – Paris
04/02 – Live Music Hall – Cologne
05/02 – MOJO Club – Hamburg
06/02 – TivoliVredenburg-Ronda – Utrecht
08/02 – Astra Kutuhaus – Berlin
Photo credit: Justin Broadbent
