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Aldous Harding - European Tour
Aldous Harding : European Tour
27th March 2019

“Cryptic and deeply idiosyncratic songs, a record you don’t want to turn your back on in any way.” - MOJO ****
"It’s easy to become swept up in this world of sustained and excruciating beauty.” - Uncut 8/10

With her May UK tour now entirely sold out, Aldous Harding has announced further UK and European shows for the Autumn, added in bold below.  Tickets go on sale Friday 29th March at 10am local.

April
8th - Rough Trade, Brooklyn NY, US [SOLD OUT]
9th - DC 9, Washington DC, US [TICKETS]
10th - Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia PA, US [TICKETS]
11th - BSP, Kingston NY, US [TICKETS]
12th - Sala Rosa, Montreal QC, Canada [TICKETS]
14th - Empty Bottle, Chicago IL, US [TICKETS]
15th - First Ave Presents @ Turf Club, Minneapolis MN, US [TICKETS]
18th - Tractor Tavern, Seattle WA, US [TICKETS]
19th - Mississippi Studios Presents @ Polaris Hall, Portland OR, US [TICKETS]
22nd - Rickshaw, San Francisco CA, US [TICKETS]
24th - Zebulon, Los Angeles CA, US [SOLD OUT]

May
12th - Privat Club, Berlin, Germany [SOLD OUT]
14th - Rotonde Botanique, Brussels, Belgium [SOLD OUT]
15th - Concorde 2, Brighton, UK [SOLD OUT]
16th - Junction 2, Cambridge, UK [SOLD OUT]
17th - Brudenell, Leeds, UK [SOLD OUT]
18th - CCA, Glasgow, UK [SOLD OUT]
19th - The Cluny 2, Newcastle, UK [SOLD OUT]
21st - Gorilla, Manchester, UK [SOLD OUT]
22nd - EartH, London, UK [SOLD OUT]
23rd - Trinity, Bristol, UK [SOLD OUT]
25th - La Maroquinerie, Paris, France [SOLD OUT]
26th - Maison Folie Wazem, Lille, France [TICKETS]
28th - Stereolux, Nantes, France [TICKETS]
29th - Rock School Barbey, Bordeaux, France [TICKETS]
30th - This Is Not A Love Song, Nimes, France [TICKETS]
31st - Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain [TICKETS]

June
1st - Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands [TICKETS]
7th - Primavera Porto, Porto, Portugal [TICKETS]
29th - 5th July - Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark [TICKETS]

July
7th - Cactus Festival, Bruges, Brussels [TICKETS]
10th - Nuits de Fourviere, Lyon, France [TICKETS]
12th - Iveagh Gardens, Dublin, Ireland [TICKETS]
13th - BST Presents, Hyde Park, London (w/ Florence & the Machine, The National) [TICKETS]
25th - Port Eliot Festival, St. Germans, UK [TICKETS]

August
2nd - OFF Festival, Katowice, Poland [TICKETS]
18th - Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons, UK [TICKETS]

November
11th - AB Flex, Brussels, Belgium [TICKETS]
12th - La Cigale, Paris, France [TICKETS]
13th - La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France [TICKETS]
15th - Locomotiv, Bologna, Italy [TICKETS]
16th - Bogen F, Zurich, Switzerland [TICKETS]
18th - Kranhalle, Munich, Germany [TICKETS]
19th - Artheater, Cologne, Germany [TICKETS]
20th - Heimathafen, Berlin, Germany [TICKETS]
22nd - Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway [TICKETS]
23rd - Fasching, Stockholm, Sweden [TICKETS]
26th - Knust, Hamburg, Germany [TICKETS]
29th - Institute 2, Birmingham, UK [TICKETS]
30th - YES, Manchester, UK [TICKETS]

December
1st - Summerhall, Edinburgh, UK [TICKETS]
4th - Arts Club, Liverpool, UK [TICKETS]

5th - Roundhouse, London, UK [TICKETS]
6th - 1865, Southampton, UK [TICKETS
7th - O2 Academy, Bristol, UK [TICKETS]

Aldous Harding’s third album, Designer is released on 26th April and finds the New Zealander hitting her creative stride.  After the sleeper success of Party (internationally lauded and crowned Rough Trade Shop’s Album of 2017), Harding came off a 200-date tour last summer and went straight into the studio with a collection of songs written on the road.  Reuniting with John Parish, producer of Party, Harding spent 15 days recording and 10 days mixing at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth and Bristol’s J&J Studio and Playpen.  From the bold strokes of opening track ‘Fixture Picture’, there is an overriding sense of an artist confident in their work, with contributions from Huw Evans (H. Hawkline), Stephen Black (Sweet Baboo), drummer Gwion Llewelyn and violinist Clare Mactaggart broadening and complimenting Harding’s rich and timeless songwriting.

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