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Palace US Tour An Early Smash 

London-Based Group Sell Out Fonda Theatre Show, Add 2nd Date

Austin Show Upgraded To Empire Garage

Dallas Date Now Sold Out

 

New Album ‘Shoals’ Out January 21

“Not many bands do better emotionally literate, melancholic indie at the moment.” – The Observer

“Beautiful, bleakly shaded tunes that nestle in between emo and retro sensibilities.”  Stereogum

“Velvety vocals that will send shivers down your spine.”   i-D

“A record built to last.” – Dork Magazine

“Mature and poignant.”  DIY Magazine

“Scarily gorgeous rock.”  Happy Magazine

 

Today, the hotly-tipped UK group Palace announce amendments to their fast-selling 2022 tour of the US and Canada: After selling out Los Angeles’s Fonda Theatre, they have added a second Fonda date for Friday, May 20 (tickets on sale here). Additionally, they have upgraded their April 23 date in Austin to the esteemed Empire Garage venue (tickets on sale here). The tour is on its way to a bevy of blowouts, with their April 22 date in Dallas at Club Dada already sold out. 

This touring news comes ahead of what is sure to be an explosive 2022 for Palace. Their third album Shoals is due for release on January 21 via Avenue A / Fiction, and early singles “Lover, Don’t Let Me Down,” “Fade,” and “Sky Becomes Sea” have already received praise from the NME, Stereogum, The Observer and more. They are gearing up for their biggest live dates yet, including a headlining slot at the 5000-cap O2 Academy Brixton in London on February 11.

Frontperson Leo Wyndham has “velvety vocals that will send shivers down your spine” (i-D) and his falsetto has often been compared to Jeff Buckley. Check that out in full force on the 1M+ streaming “Lover (Don’t Let Me Down).”

Shoals is the band’s love letter to fear and the fullness of life one experiences when facing it down. Unsurprisingly, the sea was a major inspiration, as the record posits the ocean’s violent yet beautiful energy as the ebb and flow between sheer panic and euphoric relief. New single “Sky Becomes Sea” perfectly encapsulates the album’s purpose, confronting death — the ultimate phobia — with dreamy and elegiac orchestration that builds steadily beneath unhurried backing vocals. It’s an epic that exhibits the band’s understated ambition.

Watch a gorgeous live performance directed by acclaimed filmmaker and photographer David J. East (Foals, The Japanese House) here.

Having built a dedicated live following through mesmerising shows at some of the country’s finest venues, Palace played some of the world’s biggest festivals in 2019 including main stage slots at Mad Cool, Latitude and Glastonbury’s Park Stage before an autumn tour culminating at their biggest show ever at a sold-out Camden Roundhouse. The band kicked off 2020 by selling out their debut USA tour ahead of returning to the studio to start work on their third album. With a host of new 2022 tour dates confirmed and an incredible 1.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify, Palace are set to continue their enviable trajectory upwards through the best venues the world over. See below for the full list of new tour dates. 

Leo Wyndham, Matt Hodges and Rupert Turner released their acclaimed debut EP Lost In The Night in 2014, followed by the Chase The Light EP the following year, their debut album So Long Forever in 2016 and sophomore album Life After in 2019.

 

PRE ORDER / PRE-SAVE ‘SHOALS’ HERE

 

SHOALS TRACKLIST

Never Said It Was Easy

Shame On You

Fade

Gravity

Give Me The Rain

Friends Forever

Killer Whale

Lover (Don’t Let Me Down)

Sleeper

Salt

Shoals

Where Sky Becomes Sea

Does Nothing Good Last Forever

 

UK & IRELAND TOUR 2022

February 3rd, Glasgow, SWG3

February 4th, Manchester, O2 Ritz

February 5th, Bristol, O2 Academy

February 6th, Leeds, University Stylus

February 8th, Dublin, Vicar St

February 10th, Nottingham, Rock City

February 11th, London, O2 Academy Brixton

 

EUROPEAN TOUR 2022

February 17th, France, Paris, La Maroquinerie

February 18th, Belgium, Ghent, Vooruit Balzaal

February 19th, Germany, Cologne, Luxor

February 20th, Switzerland, Zurich, Mascotte

February 22nd, Italy, Milan, Magnolia

February 24th, Austria, Vienna, Arena

February 25th, Germany, Munich, Strom

February 26th, Czech Republic, Prague, Café V Lese

February 27th, Hungary, Budapest, Durer Kert

March 1st, Poland, Warsaw, Hydrozagadka

March 2nd, Germany, Berlin, Heimathafen

March 4th, Denmark, Copenhagen, VEGA small hall

March 5th, Germany, Hamburg, Mojo

March 6th, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Paradiso

 

US/CAN TOUR 2022

*SOLD OUT* April 22nd, Dallas, TX, Club Dada *SOLD OUT*

April 23rd, Austin, TX, Parish

April 24th, Houston, TX, Studio @ Warehouse Live

April 26th, Orlando, FL, The Social

April 27th, Atlanta, GA, Terminal West

April 29th, Durham, NC, Motorco Music Hall

April 30th, Washington DC, 9:30 Club

May 1st, Philadelphia, PA, Foundry

May 3rd, Boston, MA, Paradise

May 5th, New York, NY, Webster Hall

May 7th, Montreal, QC, Club Soda

May 9th, Toronto, ON, Danforth

May 10th, Cleveland, OH, Beachland Ballroom

May 11th, Columbus, OH, A&R Bar

May 13th, Detroit, MI, Shelter

May 14th, Chicago, IL, Thalia Hall

May 16th, Denver, CO, The Gothic Theatre

May 17th, Salt Lake City, UT, The Complex

*SOLD OUT* May 19th, Los Angeles, CA, The Fonda *SOLD OUT*

May 20th, Los Angeles, CA, The Fonda

May 21th, San Francisco, CA, The Fillmore 

 

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