John Cale announces UK and European tour for 2025
nme.comJohn Cale has announced details of a UK and European tour, set to kick off next year. Find a list of new dates below, as well as the newly-shared music video for his single ‘Davies And Wales’.Announced today (August 19), the news of the tour arrives on the heels of The Velvet Underground founder and Welsh musician sharing his most recent studio album, ‘POPtical Illusion’ in June.
Produced by Cale and longtime partner Nita Scott in Los Angeles, it marked his second album in just over a year.“POPtical Illusion contained the same feelings of fierce and inquisitive rage that were present in Cale’s 2023 album ‘Mercy’ but was the work of someone not ignoring the rage or the reasons for it and, instead, trying to turn toward the future – exactly as Cale, of course, always has,” read a press release.Now, to celebrate the release, Cale has shared details of a new UK and European tour, which will kick off in Spring next year.Launching with an opening night in Paris, the tour will begin on March 3 with a stop at Le Trianon.
From there, it’ll continue the following night with a show at Cirque Royal in Brussels and on March 6 with a stop at Tollhaus in Karlsruhe.A post shared by John Cale (@therealjohncale)Further shows include dates in Munich, Stuttgart, Luxembourg, Berling, Utrecht and more, before Cale heads over to the UK for eight headline dates.
These begin in Nottingham on March 20, and are followed by shows in London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle and more.From there, the tour wraps up with a final stop at Vicar Street in Dublin on March 31.
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