Kevin Baird: Last News

Two Door Cinema Club have announced a UK headline tour for 2023 – find all the details below.The Northern Ireland trio are due to hit the road this summer for shows in Keele (June 29), Wolverhampton (July 6), Manchester (9) and Scarborough (22).Additionally, the run of upcoming dates includes the band’s previously-confirmed outdoor concert at Crystal Palace Park in London on July 7. They’ll be joined at that gig by The Wombats, The Vaccines, Sea Girls and Baby Queen.Tickets for the new shows will go on general sale at 9am BST this Thursday (April 6) – buy yours here.Two Door Cinema Club’s 2023 UK tour dates are as follows:JUNE29 – Keele University, Keele JULY6 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton7 – Crystal Palace Park, London 9 – Castlefield Bowl, Manchester 22 – Spa Grand Hall, ScarboroughNext week, the group will perform three gigs at The Telegraph Building in Belfast (April 11, 12, 13) before topping the bill at the Trinity Ball 2023 in Dublin (14).TDCC are also scheduled to make appearances at numerous festivals this year including Live At Leeds: In The Park, Truck, and Germany’s Hurricane Festival.Last September saw Two Door Cinema Club release their fifth and most recent studio album, ‘Keep On Smiling’.

The Northern Irish electro-pop band Two Door Cinema Club are returning to the Glastonbury Music Festival. The indie icons played the penultimate performance on the Other Stage on Sunday, marking their return to Worthy Farm for the first time in five years.

Two Door Cinema Club have spoken to NME about returning to their roots on new standalone single ‘Happy Customers’, feeling like the album format is “outdated”, playing Reading & Leeds for the seventh time and their newly announced North American tour.‘Happy Customers’ follows on from Two Door Cinema Club’s 2023 single ‘Sure Enough’ and sees the band “return to their roots”, according to bassist Kevin Baird.“It feels like we’ve done the hyper-produced hi-fi stuff [on 2016’s ‘Gameshow’, 2019’s ‘False Alarm’ and 2022’s ‘Keep On Smiling’]. This was just about doing something more simple,” he explained.“The things that are exciting us at the moment are big riffs with high-tempo electronic elements.

Two Door Cinema Club have cancelled their upcoming European headline tour due to the health of bassist Kevin Baird.The band shared the news on social media via a message from Baird which explained that he had been receiving treatment for an “incurable autoimmune disease”.“I’ve loved every second of playing shows again this summer, especially after such a long time away but the harsh reality is that it’s been really hard on my body,” the message read.“I’ve been experiencing a lot of ups and downs in managing this bastard of a disease and after a lot of long chats with my doctor we’ve decided that the next step is surgery to remove the affected organ after which it should be much more manageable.”He added that he was “scheduled to have the operation in a few weeks”, which means the band will no longer be able to play their September and October dates in Europe. As for shows later in the year, he said: “As it stands the medical advice I’ve been given is that we’ll have to wait and see how the recovery goes after my operation.”A message from Kevin… pic.twitter.com/MX5NlNfJWh— Two Door Cinema Club (@TDCinemaClub) September 5, 2022Baird concluded the message by thanking the NHS and his bandmates Alex Trimble and Sam Halliday for their support, adding “thanks to all of you for being the best fans in the world”.The band also added a tweet, writing: “Refunds will be available from point of purchase.

Two Door Cinema Club have launched their own podcast, in which they recount tales from their time on tour.My First Tour, which features the trio’s bassist Kevin Baird, guitarist Sam Halliday and their long-time collaborator Gregg ‘Babysweet’ Houston, has shared its first two episodes.The six-part series is set to feature stories from the tour bus, as a support band, playing festivals and more.See the full rundown of each episode of My First Tour, and listen to the first two episodes, below.Episode 1: Tour Bus“On their maiden podcast voyage the lads take you on a guided tour of the elusive tour bus.