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Slowdive: “A young teenage audience was the last thing we expected when we reformed”

Slowdive have spoken to NME about how TikTok has impacted their audience, the ongoing shoegaze renaissance, their unexpected place on the line-up of Las Vegas heavy festival Sick New World and much more.This year marks a decade since the Reading shoegaze stalwarts undid their post-‘Pygmalion’ break-up with a reunion show at Primavera Sound. Since then, they’ve released two albums, including last year’s ‘Everything Is Alive’.Still touring the record to multigenerational audiences and many younger fans who fell in love with the band through TikTok (where ‘Souvlaki’ track ‘When The Sun Hits’ went viral), the band will soon hit the road in the US – supported by Drab Majesty – before heading back to the UK and Europe for another slew of headline shows and festival dates.Hours before their sold-out show in Singapore, NME caught up with vocalist and guitarist Rachel Goswell and drummer Simon Scott to talk about TikTok virality, whether they’d work with Slowdive fan and acclaimed video game designer Hideo Kojima (of Metal Gear and Death Stranding fame), and more.NME: Hello, Slowdive. I don’t know if you saw, but there are already kids sitting outside the venue.Simon Scott: “Are they teenagers?”Yeah, they seem young. Teens and young adults.Rachel Goswell: “Yeah, that’s been pretty standard on this tour.
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Slowdive: “A young teenage audience was the last thing we expected when we reformed”
Slowdive have spoken to NME about how TikTok has impacted their audience, the ongoing shoegaze renaissance, their unexpected place on the line-up of Las Vegas heavy festival Sick New World and much more.This year marks a decade since the Reading shoegaze stalwarts undid their post-‘Pygmalion’ break-up with a reunion show at Primavera Sound. Since then, they’ve released two albums, including last year’s ‘Everything Is Alive’.Still touring the record to multigenerational audiences and many younger fans who fell in love with the band through TikTok (where ‘Souvlaki’ track ‘When The Sun Hits’ went viral), the band will soon hit the road in the US – supported by Drab Majesty – before heading back to the UK and Europe for another slew of headline shows and festival dates.Hours before their sold-out show in Singapore, NME caught up with vocalist and guitarist Rachel Goswell and drummer Simon Scott to talk about TikTok virality, whether they’d work with Slowdive fan and acclaimed video game designer Hideo Kojima (of Metal Gear and Death Stranding fame), and more.NME: Hello, Slowdive. I don’t know if you saw, but there are already kids sitting outside the venue.Simon Scott: “Are they teenagers?”Yeah, they seem young. Teens and young adults.Rachel Goswell: “Yeah, that’s been pretty standard on this tour.
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Slowdive plot 2024 North America tour
Slowdive have announced a US tour scheduled for Spring 2024 – see the full list of dates below.The shoegaze veterans made the announcement over X today (December 6). The US spring leg of their 2024 tour engagements will commence in Ventura, California on April 25, continuing through the remainder of April and May in cities including Phoenix, Arizona, Kansas City, Missouri, and Dallas, Texas, before concluding in Asheville, North Carolina on May 18.We're incredibly excited to return to the USA next April and May!Our special guests once again will be the amazing Drab Majesty.Tickets on sale Friday December 8th at 10am local time -> https://t.co/uyId7jLefP#slowdive #everythingisalive pic.twitter.com/g7sqSYzOwT— Slowdive (@slowdiveband) December 5, 2023Live Nation presale tickets for Slowdive’s US dates are currently available, and can be purchased using the access code “CREW”, while general ticket sales will go live on Friday, December 8 at 10AM local time via Ticketmaster.Slowdive’s spring tour dates follow their announcement of tour dates across the UK and Europe over the winter, which begins in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on January 16, and concludes in Manchester’s Manchester Academy on February 27.In September, the band released ‘Everything Is Alive’, their first album in six years, following their 2017 self-titled album.
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