Brian Eno has announced a European tour for this autumn, marking his first solo tour in his five-decade career.The ‘Ships’ tour will commence on October 21 in Venice, Italy.
Built around his 2016 album, ‘The Ship’, the live shows will feature both new and old compositions from his catalog. The Baltic Sea Philharmonic with conductor Kristjan Järvi, actor Peter Serafinowicz, and Eno’s longtime collaborators Leo Abrahams and Peter Chilvers will all back the musician on the tour.“The album ‘The Ship’ is an unusual piece in that it uses voice but doesn’t particularly rely on the song form.
It’s an atmosphere with occasional characters drifting through it, characters lost in the vague space made by the music,” shared Eno in a press release. “There’s a sense of wartime in the background, and a sense of inevitability.
There is also a sense of scale which suits an orchestra, and a sense of many people working together.”Brian Eno’s first ever solo live concert tour, ‘Ships’ has just been announced.
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