UK rock duo Royal Blood have announced that they will be the first group to play in the brand-new Swansea Arena, which is set to open in 2022. The band will be performing there on the 8th of March 2022, as part of their upcoming UK arena tour.
The arena, which is located in Swansea Marina, has also unveiled a myriad of other shows and acts for 2022, including comics John Bishop, Alan Carr and Katherine Ryan, legendary glam rocker Alice Cooper, and the hit musical Jersey Boys. You can find out more about what’s on at this link.
In a social media announcement, Swansea Arena praised Royal Blood highly, saying: “Royal Blood have completed a phenomenal hat-trick in which all three of their studio albums have immediately topped the UK album charts, and the success of the band’s latest album ‘Typhoons’ heralds an exciting new era for the band…The Brighton duo – Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher – have achieved 2 million global sales, and won the BRIT Award for Best British Group, two NME Awards and a Kerrang! Award. Their debut album was also nominated for the Mercury Prize.”
The band’s 2022 arena tour is going to be in support of their recent album Typhoons, released back in April. This is the band’s third studio album since exploding onto the scene in 2014 with their catchy, blues-tinged self-titled debut. The new album has been showered with praise, with NME giving the album a four-star review, and saying; “Typhoons’ is not only their best work to date, but all the better for Royal Blood being free to explore what they’re capable of.”
Frontman Mike Kerr alluded to overcoming personal demons during the infancy of the album’s writing process in an interview with NME, saying; “Sobriety was something I knew I had to do in order to make this record. This album or this band wouldn’t exist if I hadn’t have done this. It was all quite scary.”
The album is available on all streaming services, and you can purchase physical media here.
Royal Blood’s 2022 UK arena tour will commence on the 8th of March. Tickets can be purchased here, and the dates are listed down below.
08/03/2022- Swansea Arena- Swansea
25/03- International Centre- Bournemouth
26/03- Utilita Arena- Birmingham
27/03- Motorpoint Arena- Cardiff
29/03- Motoproint Arena- Nottingham
30/03- The O2- London
01/04- First Direct Arena- Leeds
02/04- AO Arena- Manchester
03/04- SSE Hydro- Glasgow
