Art Brut To Follow Release Of New Album 'Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!' With 2019 UK Tour
Wednesday, 03 October 2018
Written by Laura Johnson
Art Brut have announced a 2019 UK tour.
The band will follow up the November 23 release of their new album, 'Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out!', with shows in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Oxford, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Brighton, Southampton and Guildford between February 15 and March 3.
They have also lined up one off London shows at the Boston Music Room on November 7 and the Garage on January 17. Tickets for all dates are on sale now.
Head below to take a peek at the video for the record's new single, Hospital!, a humourously reflective punk number. Discussing how the track was inspired by a period of illness dating back three years, frontman Eddie Argos said:
“I didn’t realise quite how ill I was at the time. I was in a German hospital und mein Deutsche is nicht sehr gut. I had a big operation, bigger than they were expecting when they started operating on me, and there were a few complications. They kept me in for nearly a month. It was the most undignified month of my life and although I was very grateful to the surgeons for saving my life and also to the nurses for taking care of me, I despised every fucking minute of time I spent there.
The only thing that kept me sane was the mantra that eventually became this song. Every single lyric was written and repeated over and over again as I suffered numerous indignities. Songwriting is something I’ve always used to alleviate stress and on this occasion I really tested it to its limits. What I am most impressed by is that even when I’m at death’s door and pumped full of morphine, staggering around and collapsing all the time, I can still write a comical call-and-response backing vocal to amuse myself.
I’m very glad not to be in hospital anymore—of course, as this was three years ago, I’ve broken all the promises I make to myself in this song.”
Art Brut Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed November 07 2018 - LONDON Boston Music Room
Thu January 17 2019 - LONDON Garage
Fri February 15 2019 - BIRMINGHAM Hare And Hounds
Sat February 16 2019 - BRISTOL Exchange
Sun February 17 2019 - CARDIFF Globe
Mon February 18 2019 - OXFORD Bullingdon
Tue February 19 2019 - LIVERPOOL Phase One
Wed February 20 2019 - EDINBURGH Sneaky Pete's
Thu February 21 2019 - GLASGOW Stereo Cafe Bar
Fri February 22 2019 - MANCHESTER YES (The Pink Room)
Sat February 23 2019 - BRIGHTON Haunt
Sat March 02 2019 - SOUTHAMPTON Joiners
Sun March 03 2019 - GUILDFORD Boileroom
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