The English “Fire Woman” rock band, The Cult, have just landed a new selection of tour dates coming up this summer. Coming back this year after their recent release of their 11th studio album Under The Midnight Sun. Released in October last year and welcomed happily by their listeners, the band come together again to give their fans an anticipated live show of the album.

In June their journey will commence touring through cities around Europe. On the 14th June they arrive at Brussels to kick off their tour. They will then proceed to wander their way through Stuttgart, Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Lausanne, Budapest, Kragujevac, Zagreb and Pordenone. Once they’ve finished in Croatia they will be bouncing back to the UK. The Cult will be well received by Cardiff on the 4th July, Halifax on the 5th of July, Scarborough on the 6th of July and their finishing line comes as a surprise. Across the pond, Sacramento will be the privileged city to give the band their last standing ovation later on the 5th October.

The frontman of the band, Ian Astbury, defines the making of Under The Midnight Sun as “It is a different animal. It destroys ‘Hidden City’ and anything else we’ve done in quite a while. We dug deep and put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into this record”. In an interview on Rock Antenne he amusingly hints that he was the only hard worker within the creation of the project. Working within a team – the band – is clear to be tricky sometimes. “Yeah, there was a pandemic within the band. It’s like most family’s – it’s a mess” he chuckles.

To not cut the announcement of good news short, they have released a new music video alongside their tour dates drop. The video is an engulfing representation of the enigmatic and dark side of the song. This workpiece is the creation of their longtime collaborator Juan Azulay, well known for his exotic and powerful creations.

The album is a creation from a stilled lockdown. A moment to breathe the heart in and, according to Ian Astbury, recalculate his thoughts as well as analyse the feeling he assumed when he found himself “under the midnight sun”. He recalls this moment from when he was in Finland. “It’s three in the morning, the sun’s up, and there’s all these beautiful people in this halcyon moment,” Astbury recalls. “People are laying on the grass, making out, drinking, smoking. There were rows of flowers at the front of the stage from the performances earlier that evening. 

Having been engrossed by this transfixing moment, they collectively worked towards turning the latter into musical shape and frequency.

Tickets for The Cult tour are on sale here.

UK Tour Dates:

04/07/2023 – Cardiff Castle – Cardiff
05/07 – The Piece Hall – Halifax
06/07 – Scarborough Air Theatre – Scarborough