Eurovision 2022 winners Kalush Orchestra announce North American tour
nme.comKalush Orchestra have announced a North American headline tour for later in the year.There’s a total of 13 dates on the itinerary, with the run set to kick off at Seattle’s Club SUR on Thursday, October 20.
The Ukrainian act chase it up with back-to-back shows in San Francisco, Denver and LA before rolling on to Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia and New York.The US dates will wrap up over the first week of November, with shows locked in for Washington DC, Miami and Chicago before the tour ends in Canada with Montreal and Toronto gigs.Tickets for all of the dates – a full list of which can be found below – are on sale now via Bomond.
A portion of the funds raised from sales will be donated to Ukrainian relief efforts via the charities Gate To Ukraine and Help Heroes Of Ukraine.May saw Kalush Orchestra win the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin with their song ‘Stefania’.
The six-piece band raised $900,000 (£739,000) for Ukrainian relief by auctioning off their winners’ trophy.A further $370,000 (£301,000) was also raised by raffling off the pink bucket hat that member frontman Oleh Psiuk wore during the group’s victorious performance.Last month the band made their UK debut with a performance at Glastonbury 2022.
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