MUSIC

USA & CANADA - JUNE SHOWS CONFIRMED

\\\MMMMMM/// Super excited we are to be celebrating the US release of {Awayland} with a little full-band East Coast tour, tickets now on sale for the below shows:

10 June BOSTON, Brighton Music Hall - Tickets
11 June NEW YORK, Bowery Ballroom - Tickets
13 June WASHINGTON, Rock and Roll Hotel - Tickets
14 June PHILADELPHIA, XPN Free At Noon - Tickets
15 June TORONTO, NXNE @ The Great Hall - Tickets

All Live dates here

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BACK ON THE ROAD

Villagers take to the road again this week to play the below shows which include our first shows in Luxembourg and Ghent:

26 Apr BOURGES, Le Printemps de Bourges Festival - Tickets
27 Apr LUXEMBOURG, Exit 07 - Tickets
28 Apr GHENT Handelsbeurs Concertzaal - Tickets
30 Apr MAASTRICHT, Gieterij - Tickets
01 May HENGELO, Metropool - Tickets
03 May AMSTERDAM, Paradiso - Tickets

All Live dates here

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{Awayland} - USA RELEASE - 9th April

Next week marks the release of {Awayland} in USA.

The album will be released on CD, LP and digitally on April 9. Pre-order it now from the Domino MartiTunesAmazon, or your local record store.

NPR Music is currently streaming {Awayland} in full as part of its First Listen series. Click here to stream.

Conor will be performing live on The Morning Show with John Richards on KEXP on April 9 at 8am PST. Make sure to set your radio dials to 90.3FM in Seattle or listen online at kexp.org

For those of you who live in the tri-state area, you're cordially invited to a free intimate show with Conor O'Brien at the Manhattan Inn in Brooklyn on April 11 presented by the fine folks at Brooklyn Vegan and WFUV. See flyer, left (click to enlarge) for more details.


NEW VIDEO AND SINGLE!

The Bell - premiering on VEVO. Animated and directed by the incomparable Alden Volney, with live action filmed and directed by the unsurpassable Sebastien Escalante.


UK TOUR STARTS 08 FEB

Our UK tour starts this Friday in Sheffield. There's literally only a handful of tickets left at selected venues so book them fast... We look forward to seeing you at the following gigs.

08 Feb SHEFFIELD, Leadmill - Tickets - with Stealing Sheep
09 Feb NEWCASTLE, Warehouse - Tickets - with Stealing Sheep
10 Feb GLASGOW, Stereo - SOLD OUT- with Stealing Sheep
12 Feb LEEDS, Wardrobe - Tickets - with Stealing Sheep
13 Feb MANCHESTER, Gorilla - SOLD OUT - with Stealing Sheep
14 Feb BIRMINGHAM, HMV Library - Tickets - with Stealing Sheep
16 Feb BRISTOL, Trinity - SOLD OUT - with Stealing Sheep
17 Feb BRIGHTON, The Old Market - SOLD OUT - with Stealing Sheep
18 Feb PORTSMOUTH, Wedgewood Rooms - Tickets - with Stealing Sheep
20 Feb LONDON, Village Underground - SOLD OUT - with Stealing Sheep
21 Feb LONDON, Village Underground - SOLD OUT - with We Cut Corners

Look out for our new limited edition screen printed tour poster (left) at the merch stall yes yes! Click image for larger version.

All Live dates here


NEW ALBUM {AWAYLAND} 14 JANUARY 2013

The album is available on CD / LP / iTunes Standard / iTunes Deluxe + SPECIAL EDITION 10” x 10” fabric cover hardback book with silver foil print, containing the album on CD with an exclusive DVD featuring five intimate live performances by Villagers recorded in Ireland. Ltd to 500 only.

Available now from all good music stores including the below.



Physical

AMAZON - CD
ROUGH TRADE - CD/LP
RESIDENT - CD/LP
PICCADILLY - CD/LP
TOWER RECORDS (IRELAND) CD
DOMINO - DELUXE EDITION CD/DVD/BOOK (Ltd to 500 only)

 

Digital
7 DIGITAL - STANDARD EDITION
(Special pre-order price £5.00)
7 DIGITAL - DELUXE EDITION
iTUNES - STANDARD EDITION
iTUNES - DELUXE EDITION

 



VILLAGERS ANNOUNCE FIRST SHOW IN JAPAN - 03 Feb 2013

We're excited to say that we're going to Tokyo in February to play the Hostess Club Weekender at Zepp DiverCity

Cick here for tickets.


NEW VIDEO FOR "NOTHING ARRIVED"

Our new video for the track Nothing Arrived premieres today on VEVO.

Directed by Alden Volney the video documents a day in the life of one Terrence Bliss - a lonely office worker whose repetitive existence is momentarily disturbed.

Nothing Arrived is available to download now from iTunes


ALMOST HALFWAY

Here is an awesome resource for Villagers news called 'Almost Halfway'. It is created by a lady called Rita. Rita knows more about Villagers than Villagers know about Villagers.

Thank you, Rita.

x C


www.almost-halfway.tumblr.com


VILLAGERS ANNOUNCE 2013 SHOWS

11 May LONDON The Barbican (featuring Conor J O'Brien) - Tickets
21 May LONDON Brixton Electric - Tickets
22 May PARIS La Cigale - Tickets
24 May LAVAL Les 3 Elephants Festival - Tickets
25 May CLERMONT-FERRAND Europavox Festival - Tickets
10 June BOSTON Brighton Music Hall - Tickets
11 June NEW YORK Bowery Ballroom - Tickets
13 June WASHINGTON Rock and Roll Hotel - Tickets
14 June PHILADELPHIA XPN Free At Noon - Tickets
15 June TORONTO NXNE @ The Great Hall - Tickets
28-30 June ST GALLEN St Gallen Open Air Festival - Sold Out
28-30 June WORTHY FARM Glastonbury Festival - Sold Out
04 July LONDON Beck - Song Reader Live at The Barbican - Tickets
05 July CLUSES Musiques En Stock - Tickets
12-14 July KINROSS-SHIRE T In The Park Festival - Tickets
19 July SOUTHWOLD Latitude Festival - Tickets
20 July DUBLIN Longitude Festival - Tickets
26-28 July BYRON BAY Splendour In The Grass Festival - Tickets
30 July MELBOURNE Corner Hotel - Tickets
01 Aug SYDNEY Factory Theatre - Tickets
02 Aug PERTH Fly By Night - Tickets
08-10 Aug REES-HALDERN Haldern Pop - Tickets
15-17 Aug HASSELT Pukklepop - Tickets
15-18 Aug BRECON BEACONS Green Man Festival - Tickets
16 Aug BIDDINGHUIZEN Lowlands Festival - Tickets
06 Sept BERLIN Berlin Festival - Tickets

Live dates here

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