Irish indie-rock band Pillow Queens made their US television debut on Tuesday, the 12th of January after they appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden. They took to Instagram to reveal how their experience was, saying; “Well that was surreal! Huge thank you to @j_corden and all the team at @latelateshow for having us on last night for our US television debut, we had a blast. Pamela even riffed a Gavin & Stacey bit with James before the cameras started rolling. Incredible scenes.”
Band members Sarah Corcoran and Pamela Connolly joined Corden remotely for an interview. The four-piece band then performed Liffey from their new album In Waiting, which was nominated for an RTÉ Choice Music Prize last week.
In the interview, where James Corden referred to them as “an outrageously talented rock band” the band was asked about the pressure of releasing an album during a pandemic, Sarah replied saying; “It’s a strange time to release an album, but we released it ourselves, did all the mail orders ourselves, so it was a really exciting time, and all the feedback has been really positive. Hopefully, when we can get back out and gigging, it’ll have been worth the wait.”
The band also revealed their secret to keeping motivated as they recorded In Waiting in Donegal in late November 2019. The band jumped into the Atlantic together, to “take the cobwebs off.” Pamela commented on the experience saying; “It worked, I think – the album sounds great, it got our juices flowing. I lost my swimming togs, though.”
This comes following the band’s decision to reschedule their Irish tour. The tour was meant to take place in February and March of 2021 but because of the ongoing global health crisis, the band made the decision to move the dates to August and September. The band’s UK dates are still scheduled to go ahead at the moment.
You can watch the full interview and Pillow Queen’s performance of Liffey below. Pillow Queens tour dates will also be below.
25/03/2021 – Stereo – Glasgow
26/03 – YES – Manchester
28/03 – The Lexington – London
29/03 – Green Door Store – Brighton
04/04 -Sunflower Lounge – Birmingham
06/04 – Crofters Rights – Bristol
19/08 – Set Theatre – Kilkenny
20/08 – Dolan’s Warehouse – Limerick
21/08 – Róisín Dubh – Galway
22/08 – Mike The Pies – Listowel
27/08 – Button Factory – Dublin
28/08 – Button Factory – Dublin
02/09 – Spirit Store – Dundalk
03/09 – Sandino’s – Derry
04/09 – Ulster Sports Club – Belfast
