Yeah Yeah Yeahs announce first UK headline shows in nine years
nme.comYeah Yeah Yeahs have announced their first UK headline shows in nine years, where they’re set to try out some new material.The New York band last toured the UK in 2013 following the release of their most recent studio album, ‘Mosquito’, which came out in April of that year.Today (March 14) the trio confirmed that they’ll perform two UK dates this summer: the O2 Apollo in Manchester (June 5) and the O2 Academy Brixton in London (June 7).
Support will come from English Teacher (Manchester) as well as Dry Cleaning and Anika (London).“OK UK! We are coming to lend our light to dark ages and holy shit are we ready to play our hearts out for you!!” frontwoman Karen O said in a statement.“Yeah it’s been 9 years since we’ve graced your club stages!
Yeah we’ve got some tunes so fresh and so NEW to try out on you! Yeah the bill is so MAJOR with Dry Cleaning and Anika in London and English Teacher in Manchester.”She added: “Dress up!
Make a night of it! Support your fave band that you may have seen debut at Brixton back in ’02!! Yeah let’s not wait another decade to see each other again!
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