Milky Chance Share Acoustic Version Of Breakthrough Debut Album Sadnecessary
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Announce Extensive European Tour and North America Summer Festival Run
Listen To Sadnecessary Acoustic HERE
Today, Milky Chance — the billions-streaming German duo of Clemens Rehbein and Phillipp Dausch whose adventurous alternative pop has helped them build a global cult following — share Sadnecessary Acoustic, an all-acoustic recreation of their 2013 debut album. Almost a decade agoSadnecessary cuts like “Flashed Junk Mind,” “Down By The River” and especially “Stolen Dance” — which hit #1 on the Billboard Alternative Chart and is well on its way to over 1 billion global streams — helped the band break out on the international stage, earning them platinum certifications around the world and festival slots at Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo and ACL. Now, these new acoustic versions are evidence of a band creatively freed of expectation.
Listen to Sadnecessary Acoustic HERE.
Says Rehbein: “It’s been almost 10 years since we put Sadnecessary out, so recording these songs in a different acoustic version felt like going through an old photo box with tons of memories and had quite the nostalgic feel.” Stripped of the eclectic production, the songs on Sadnecessary take on new dimensions. Hints of flamenco guitar and breezy indie folk a la The Shins pierce through and illuminate the easygoing chemistry of Rehbein and Dausch, who first played music together as school kids.
It’s a deserving celebration ahead of a busy 2022: Milky Chance also have announced an extensive tour, with dozens of summer festival dates and a comprehensive headline run through Europe in the fall. As a part of the tour announcement, Milky Chance has launched a global contest that includes a grand prize trip to Switzerland for the first night of the tour, including dinner with the band before the show.
See contest details HERE.
See full tour dates HERE.
Earlier this year, Milky Chance released “Synchronize,” a song that swings seamlessly from 60s-indebted California folk rock to pulsating club music. It’s the type of idiosyncratic, collagist track that has catapulted Milky Chance to global fame. Watch the “Synchronize” video, directed by Marie Schuller, which finds Milky Chance encountering a revelrous doomsday cult while bizarre astrological phenomena illuminate the sky.
Watch the video for “Synchronize” HERE.
2021 was an extremely fruitful year for Milky Chance. Already industry leaders with their Milky Change initiative, which promotes eco-consciousness and sustainability in the music industry by planting trees to offset the carbon footprint of touring, the band decided to make the leap and go fully independent in 2021, launching their own Muggelig Records label. Their single“Colorado” became a streaming smash and Top 5 Alternative Radio hit that they performed on both Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Kelly Clarkson Show. They released Trip Tape, an official collection of the covers, remixes, and demos originally featured as part of the soundtrack to their viral Road Tripping Radio series. And they embarked on a massive US tour, including sold out dates in Los Angeles, Montreal, Boston, and more.
Listen to Trip Tape here.
Keep an ear out for more music coming from Milky Chance soon.
Milky Chance Festival and Headline Dates 2022
May 13 - Redondo Beach, CA @ Beachlife Festival
May 21 - Iasi, Romania @ Cathedral Festival
June 12 - Indianapolis, IN @ WonderRoad Festival
June 18 - Tinley Park, IL @ Piqniq 2022
June 19 - Denver, CO @ On Tap with KBCO at Breckenridge Brewery
June 26 - Calvia, Spain @ Mallorca Live Festival 2022
July 1 - Köln, Germany @ Summerjam
July 3 - OASG @ St. Gallen, Switzerland
July 7 - Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
July 15 - Ottawa, Canada @ Bluesfest
July 21 - Valencia, Spain @ Diversity Festival
July 21-24 - Cuxhaven, Germany @ Deichbrand Festival
July 29 - Anchorage, Alaska @ Chinook Easy Park Lot
August 10 - Budapest, Hungary @ Sziget Festival
August 12 - Piestany, Slovakia @ Grape Festival
August 13 - Schaffhausen, Switzerland @ Stars In Town
August 14 - Zofingen, Switzerland @ Heitere Open Air
September 24 - Berlin, Germany @ Lollapalooza Berlin
October 7 - Lausanne, Switzerland @ Les Docks
October 8 - Zürich, Switzerland @ Halle 622
October 9 - Milan, Italy @ Alcatraz
October 11 - Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz
October 12 - Madrid, Spain @ Riviera
October 14 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Ao Vivo
October 16 - Lyon, France @ Le Radiant
October 17 - Brussels, Belgium @ AB Hall
October 18 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
October 19 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ Ronda
October 20 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Rockhal Club
October 22 - Strasbourg, France @ Le Laiterie
October 23 - Paris, France @ Bataclan
October 25 - Dublin, Ireland @ National Stadium
October 27 - Belfast, United Kingdom @ Ulster Hall
October 29 - Manchester, United Kingdom @ Academy
October 30 - Glasgow, United Kingdom @ SWG3 Galvanisers
October 31 - Newcastle, United Kingdom @ The Boiler Shop
November 1 - London, United Kingdom @ Roundhouse
November 16 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle
November 17 - Leipzig, Germany @ Felsenkeller
November 18 - Köln, Germany @ Palladium
November 19 - Hamburg, Germany @ Sporthalle
November 20 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Amager Bio
November 22 - Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller Music Hall
November 23 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Nalen
November 25 - Helsinki, Finland @ Tavastia Klub
November 26 - Tallin, Estonia @ Noblessner Foundry
November 27 - Riga, Latvia @ Palladium
November 29 - Vilnius, Lithuania @ Compensa Concert Hall
November 30 - Warsaw, Poland @ Stodola
December 2 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Forum Karlin
December 3 - Budapest, Hungary @ Akvarium Klub
December 4 - Zagreb, Croatia @ Tvornica
December 5 - Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Kino Siska
December 6 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ MMC
December 8 - Graz, Austria @ Orpheum
December 9 - München, Germany @ Tonhalle
December 10 - Linz, Austria @ Posthof
December 11 - Wien, Austria @ Gasometer
December 13 - Stuttgart, Germany @ Porsche Arena
December 14 - Hannover, Germany @ Capitol
December 15 - Dortmund, Germany @ Westfalenhalle
December 16 - Offenbach, Germany @ Stadhalle
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