The Avalanches: Last News

The Avalanches have cancelled their remaining North American tour dates due to “serious illness”.The Australian duo have been on tour behind their 2020 album ‘We Will Always Love You’, and were set to wrap up with US and Canada headline shows this month.These dates have now been called off, with the band taking to social media to tell fans: “Unfortunately due to serious illness, we have had to make the heartbreaking decision to cancel our remaining US and Canadian shows to return home.“Thank you to everyone who has made this tour so joyous, and apologies to everyone who had tickets for the remaining shows. All ticket holders will be contacted directly with refund details.

Massive Attack have debuted an atmospheric unreleased song as part of the brand new immersive ‘Piccadilly Un:Plugged’ installation in London.The Bristol trip-hop duo – comprising of Robert ‘3D’ Del Naja and Grant ‘Daddy G’ Marshall – have teamed up with artist and designer Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian as part of her new immersive art installation which is located in London’s West End, Piccadilly.

Jamie xx has reunited with the Avalanches for his latest single ‘All You Children’ from his forthcoming second solo album.‘All You Children’ sees Jamie xx and the Australian electronic group team up, creating a swirling club anthem with a pulsing beat with the lyrics: “All you children, gather ’round / We will / dance and we will whirl / We will dance to our own song / We will spin to our own world / Won’t you dance with me?”The song also marks the second collaboration between Jamie xx and the Avalanches, following their team-up on ‘Wherever You Go’ on the latter’s 2020 LP ‘We Will Always Love You‘.Speaking about their collaboration in a press release, Jamie xx shared: “The Avalanches have always been an inspiration for me. Their sample technique and how they piece together different sounds is incredible and collaborating on a track with them has showed me new ways of making music.”The Avalanches added: “We’re so excited about the release of this track with Jamie ‘All You Children’.

Avalanches member Gordon ‘Gordy’ McQuilten has shared a never-before-heard song from the band’s debut album ‘Since I Left You’.The track, ‘One Kiss’, is reportedly the first taste of a recently re-discovered four-track EP that McQuilten had recorded in 2000, the year ‘Since I Left You’ was released, while The Avalanches were waiting on sample clearances for their then-completed but unreleased debut album.The release was announced by a friend of McQuilten’s via a Reddit post on the official Avalanches sub-Reddit. The friend, who uses the handle Yamaha_Superstar, helped McQuilten track down the lost songs and gave fans some context on how ‘One Kiss’ found its way onto the internet.“Gordon McQuilten was one of the original Avalanchers from their inception in 1997 until late 2001, so basically the entire El Producto-SILY classic line-up era.

The Avalanches have contributed to a project that involves sending exclusive transmissions to the Moon and back as part of the UK-wide Tour de Moon festival.The immersive and free festival – which brings together talks, cinema, music and games under one cosmic theme – has toured the UK throughout May and June via sustainable moon convoy, and is due to conclude at Hackney’s Pedro Youth Club on Thursday (June 16).As part of the festival, creative director Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun, who is also the founder of NASA’s International Space Orchestra, has collaborated with artists including The Avalanches, Massive Attack, Moses Boyd and Pussy Riot using Moonbounce: an Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) technology.“Radio waves are beamed from the Earth to the Moon, and they basically eat the surface of the entire side of the Moon facing the Earth,” Hayoun said of the technology.

The Avalanches have announced a new set of headline tour dates in the UK – you’ll be able to buy tickets here when they go on sale later this week.The Australian band will tour this summer in support of their 2020 album ‘We Will Always Love You’, and are already confirmed for a slot on The Park Stage at Glastonbury in June.The Avalanches will also play at a host of European festivals this summer, and they have now announced details of four headline UK shows in June.Gigs in Glasgow, Manchester, London and Brighton will take place ahead of their Glastonbury appearance on June 25.UK AND EUROPE! We are coming to spend the summer with you ☀️Tickets on sale:UK 31 MAR 1Oam GMTEU 1 APR 10am CETtheavalanches.comPosted by The Avalanches on Tuesday, March 29, 2022Tickets for The Avalanches’ UK tour dates go on sale on Thursday (March 31), and you’ll be able to buy them from here. You can see details of those gigs below.June20 – QMU, Glasgow21 – O2 Ritz, Manchester22 – Electric Brixton, London23 – Chalk, BrightonLast year The Avalanches reissued their 2000 debut album ‘Since I Left You’ to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Cola Boyy has released the new single, ‘Don’t Forget Your Neighborhood’, co-written and produced by Aussie duo The Avalanches.The single is the second track to be released from Cola Boyy’s forthcoming album, following on from ‘Kid Born in Space’, a collaboration with MGMT released last month. The shimmering disco-infused track, with its club beat and electronic stylings, bears similarities to songs found on The Avalanches’ 2020 album, ‘We Will Always Love You’.Listen to the single below:The new collaboration follows Cola Boyy’s appearance in the music video of The Avalanches’ track ‘We Go On’, along with The Clash’s Mick Jones.“We had two full-on weeks in an LA studio, we did a photoshoot, and it was our last day to record ‘We Go On’.

The Avalanches have shared the music video for a new song called “Running Red Lights,” and it features Pink Siifu and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo. During his verse, Pink Siifu raps lyrics from David Berman’s Purple Mountains song “Darkness and Cold.” Listen to it, and find the band’s statement about the song, below.

On March 14, Jamie xx and the Avalanches will DJ at No Coal Zone, an Australian concert benefitting charities fighting the climate crisis. All proceeds from the event, held at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, will support the charities ClientEarth and Immersive Climate Education. Also on the bill are a Midnight Juggernauts DJ set, Heaps Gay and Friends, Ptwiggs, DeepFaith, and a screening of Jonathan Zawada and Mark Pritchard’s “The Four Worlds.”