Air have announced a 2024 UK and European tour that will see the French duo perform their debut album ‘Moon Safari’ in its entirety for the first time.Having celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this year, Air will tour their ‘One Night Only’ experience for ‘Moon Safari’ in February and March, which will include a show at London’s Coliseum.The tour – which will be the first time ever the duo have performed the 1998 album live – will kick off at Anitgel at Victoria Hall in Geneva, Switzerland, continuing on to Milan, Vienna, Belgium, Berlin, Paris and Amsterdam, before concluding in London.Pre-sale starts this Thursday (November 16) at 10am local time, while general sale goes live Friday (November 17) at 10am local time.
You can buy tickets for the London show here, and all remaining dates here.“We were a duo doing some electronic thing, dreaming of selling 10,000 copies and being recognised by other musicians as cool,” said Jean-Benoît Dunckel of the record in a press statement. “Then suddenly, we met the world.”‘Moon Safari’ featured singles ‘Kelly Watch The Stars’, ‘All I Need’ and ‘Sexy Boy’, and sold millions of copies around the world.Dunckel described his album as “a deep, universal spell, full of love and mystery”, while his sidekick Nicolas Godin said that, to him, “Moon Safari is perfect”.FEBRUARY24 – Anitgel @ Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland25 – Fabrique, Milan, Italy 27 – Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria 29 – De Roma, Antwerp, Belgium MARCH02 – Theater Des Westen, Berlin, Germany 07 – L’olympia, Paris, France 08 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands 24 – London Coliseum, London, UKNews of the tour comes after Air announced a 25th anniversary vinyl reissue of ‘Moon Safari’ back in January.
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