English indie favourites Peace have announced their first headline UK tour since the group’s changing of its lineup.
The band have transitioned from a four piece group into a duo following the departure of guitarist Douglas Castle and drummer Dominic Boyce, leaving the group to be comprised solely of brothers Harrison and Samuel Koisser.
The tour is set to take place at the start of November, with the first show being at Komedia in Bath on the 3rd and the last at Heaven in London on the 14th, and will see Peace visit nine different venues in total, including the Town Hall in Birmingham, Oran Mor in Glasgow and the New Century Hall in Manchester.
The news follows last month’s announcing of the group’s return to music following a five year hiatus with a couple of comeback shows later next week, at the Mill in Birmingham on May 31st and at the Colour Factory in London on June 1st, with another show at the Louisiana in Bristol on May 29th being added due to extremely popular demand.
The announcing of these shows was then followed by the surprise digital release, on the band’s website, of their fourth album, Utopia, on April 8th. The album is available to those who purchase merch and tickets and receive a password, allowing them access to the website where their new music is located. The album itself has been met with favourable reviews from those fans who have enjoyed it thus far and is set to be officially released later this year. Listen to the new album here.
Peace were formed in Worcester in 2012 and released their debut album, In Love, in March 2013 on Columbia Records to widespread critical acclaim, with the album reaching number 16 on the UK Albums Chart. Their subsequent release came in February 2015, with the Britpop inspired Happy People achieving a chart high of 12.
Listen to “Wraith“, the lead single from Peace’s first album In Love, below:
Their third album, Kindness Is the New Rock and Roll, was released in May 2018 following a switch to Ignition Records and was too met with favourable reviews. Their latest release and the subsequent live shows, according to an instagram post by the band, marks the “entering of a new era in an extremely meaningful way“, surely whetting the appetites of Peace fans in the UK and beyond.
See the tour dates below:
03/11/2023 – Komedia – Bath
04/11 – Town Hall – Birmingham
05/11 – Engine Rooms – Southampton
07/11 – Stylus – Leeds
08/11 – Oran Mor – Glasgow
09/11 – Wylam Brewery – Newcastle
10/11 – Foundry – Sheffield
11/11 – New Century Hall – Manchester
14/11 – Heaven – London
Tickets for the tour dates go on sale from Friday 10th of May; purchase yours here.
