Cian Ducrot To Support Debut Album 'Victory' With Winter UK And Ireland Tour
Friday, 14 April 2023
Written by Laura Johnson
Cian Ducrot will tour the UK and Ireland later this year.
The Irish singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist has lined up shows in Glasgow, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield, Birmingham, Brighton, London, Norwich, Oxford, Bristol, Southampton and Manchester during November.
He'll then head to Ireland for shows in Drogheda, Galway, Dublin, Belfast, Limerick, Killarney, Kilkenny and Castlebar during December.
Ducrot has also lined up a new run of North American shows for the fall and mainland Europe for late October and early November. Tickets for all dates go on general sale at 10am local time on April 21.
The tour will follow a spring and summer full of previously announced, sold-out shows in North America, Australia and Ireland, as well as festival appearances.
Ducrot will be hitting the road in support of his debut album, 'Victory', which is due for release on July 21. In a powerful statement accompanying its announcement, he said:
“To begin to understand the album there’s a lot you need to know about my life, where I came from, how I was raised, and the kind of kid I was. A broken home at an early age is where the story really began, my mom, my brother and I became a team and music was our saviour. It saved us mentally and spiritually but it also allowed my mom to literally put food on the table.
"From a young age I was different, always stood out, always got picked on and bullied but most of the time it didn’t really bother me as I knew being different was ok. I was never interested in following the crowd. This pattern continued throughout my entire life and continues to this day. My dad was very abusive growing up both physically and sexually, my mother fought extremely hard to protect my brother and I, and to get us away from him. It wasn’t easy, it seemed like everything required years of fighting and perseverance. I have my mom to thank for the person I am today.
"When I dropped out of college to pursue being a songwriter, when not one person believed in me, I reflected on our past and everything my mom managed to do as a single mother to raise my brother and I in a country that didn’t welcome her as a foreigner and in a system that was extremely patriarchal. I remember asking her, ‘How did you do it? How did you find the strength when you had no money and two kids to take care of? When a judge said, ‘Isn’t that what husbands do to their wives?’ after you telling him in court he was raping you? After your own kids told you their father was sexually abusing them and after you were left alone without a clue how to survive? How did you do it?’
"My mom replied simply, ‘I had no choice so I figured it out.’ Never had I heard more inspiring words in my life. I carry those with me today everywhere I go. No matter how hard the road became and how much I had to fight to be heard, I never gave up. I believed in myself every single step of the way because I had a dream and what’s worth fighting for.
"This album represents that victory, the victory of self-belief, the victory of everyone around me who I love and who loved me back, the story of my brother, of my mother, of my grandparents, of my friends, and everyone who fought by our side every step of the way, the victory of love and the victory of never giving up. This album is for all of those people, my family and friends, you know who you are, we made it out alive and more. This is for us.”
Ducrot's first full-length release will feature his viral hit Part Of Me, as well as the previously shared songs All For You and I'll Be Waiting among its 14 tracks.
Cian Ducrot Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri July 28 2023 - DUBLIN Academy
Sat July 29 2023 - DUBLIN Academy
Sun July 30 2023 - KILKENNY Set Theatre
Tue August 01 2023 - CORK Cyprus Avenue
Wed August 02 2023 - CORK Cyprus Avenue
Fri August 04 2023 - KILLARNEY INEC
Sat August 05 2023 - LIMERICK CITY Dolans
Tue August 08 2023 - GALWAY Monroes
Wed August 09 2023 - BELFAST Limelight
Mon November 13 2023 - GLASGOW O2 Academy Glasgow
Tue November 14 2023 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE O2 City Hall
Wed November 15 2023 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Fri November 17 2023 - SHEFFIELD O2 Academy Sheffield
Sat November 18 2023 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham
Mon November 20 2023 - BRIGHTON Brighton Dome
Tue November 21 2023 - LONDON Eventim Apollo
Wed November 22 2023 - NORWICH Nick Rayns LCR
Fri November 24 2023 - OXFORD O2 Academy Oxford
Sun November 26 2023 - BRISTOL O2 Academy Bristol
Tue November 28 2023 - SOUTHAMPTON O2 Guildhall Southampton
Wed November 29 2023 - MANCHESTER Manchester Academy
Fri December 01 2023 - DROGHEDA TLT Theatre
Sat December 02 2023 - GALWAY Leisureland
Tue December 05 2023 - DUBLIN 3Olympia Theatre
Fri December 08 2023 - BELFAST Ulster Hall
Mon December 11 2023 - LIMERICK Live At The Big Top
Tue December 12 2023 - KILLARNEY INEC Arena
Thu December 14 2023 - KILKENNY Set Theatre
Sat December 16 2023 - CASTLEBAR Royal Theatre
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