Norwegian band Ulver have announced their next tour following the release of new single ‘Russian Doll’, which came out on 14th February. Fans were excited to find when Ulver revealed the tour dates via social media on 20th February, with the simple caption “Tour!”.
The ‘Flowers of Evil’ tour is set to begin in Paris on 28th April, so make sure to buy tickets through TicketMaster. Though the tour doesn’t include a full segment in the US, it will finish with a show in Las Vegas for Psycho Vegas Festival. See the full tour dates below.
28/04/2020 – Alhambra – Paris, FR
30/04 – Doornroosje – Nijmegen, NL
01/05 – Tivoli – Utrecht, NL
02/05 – UT Connewitz – Leipzig, DE
03/05 – Lido – Berlin, DE
04/05 – A2 – Wroclaw, PL
05/05 – Progresja – Warsaw, PL
06/05 – U Bazyla – Poznan, PL
07/05 – Akropolis – Prague, CZ
08/05 – Dürer Kert – Budapest, HU
09/05 – Szene Wien – Vienna, AT
11/05 – Kavka – Antwerp, BE
12/05 – SWX – Bristol, UK
13/05 – Fabric – London, UK
14/05 – Stylus – Leeds, UK
14-16/05 – Psycho Las Vegas – Las Vegas, NV
Tour! #ulver pic.twitter.com/D6bJ6pO5EU
— ULVER OFFICIAL (@ULVEROFFICIAL) February 20, 2020
‘Russian Doll’ is the first new music we’ve heard from Ulver since their live album ‘Done Activity’, released in 2019. The single has gained almost 1 million streams on Spotify, taking on a dark synth-pop sound – for Ulver, this is as pop as it gets. Lead singer Kristoffer Rygg said “Although this is pop music in our heads, the images and connotations in the lyrics are probably far away from what one usually associated with this genre”. This certainly comes through in the music video, released the same day as the song. It shows dancer Annija Raibekaze wearing an Ulver t-shirt from their 1995 black metal era.
Prior to ‘Drone Activity’, the band released their album ‘The Assassination of Julius Caesar’ in 2017, seeing 2020 as three years later and the perfect time for new studio album. In Ballade, a Norwegian magazine, it was announced that “Ulver is working on a new album, planned to be released in 2020″.
Ulver was founded in 1993, as a black metal band, with three core members (Kristoffer Rygg, Tore Ylwizaker, and Jørn H. Sværen) and six supporting members. The instrumentation is eclectic, including vocals, keyboards, drums, percussion, theremin, guitar, bass and programming, with many of the instruments doubling up to create a bigger sound.
They have 12 studio albums and many live and compilation albums, as well as EPs, currently signed to record label House of Mythology. Receiving two nominations for the Norwegian Grammy Awards and winning Album of the Year at the Oslo Awards, the band are hugely popular in Norway and around the world.
