Haim to play ‘Days Are Gone’ in full at London Shepherd’s Bush Empire gig next week

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Haim have announced a gig in London Shepherd’s Bush Empire which will see them play their debut LP ‘Days Are Gone‘ in its entirety.In honour of the album’s 10th anniversary, the sister trio – made up of Alana, Danielle and Este Haim – will be spending one night in the city that started it all for them with the album that kicked off their career.

The show will take place on Thursday, August 31.Tickets for the show will go on pre-sale on Tuesday, August 29 at 12pm for fans who pre-order any format of the reissued 10th anniversary of ‘Days Are Gone’ on any format from the band’s official site.

General sale for the show will take place on Wednesday, August 30 at 12pm. Visit here for tickets.Upon its release in 2013, ‘Days Are Gone’ had a major impact on Tumblr and made the rounds along with other LPs such as The 1975‘s self-titled, Lorde‘s ‘Pure Heroine’ and Lana Del Rey‘s ‘Born To Die’ and ‘Ultraviolence’ on the blogging site.The album reached Number One on the UK charts as well as Number Two on the Billboard Top Alternative Rock Albums and Top Rock Albums charts.

It also landed the Number Six spot on the Billboard 200 chart.A post shared by HAIM (@haimtheband)Speaking to NME about the LP’s impact and success, Alana explained: “The crazy thing about ‘Days Are Gone’ is that the first thing that we ever came out with was the ‘Forever’ EP and we put that out on the internet without knowing how to promote things.”She continued: “We didn’t know how to get music out there.