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Villagers To Support Elbow On Tour
Becoming a Jackal, Villagers stunning debut single, will now be re-released on 28th February. Taken from their Mercury nominated debut album of the same name, Becoming a Jackal is an infectious, heart-wrenching, melodic piece, full of lyrical finesse. You can watch Conor J. O’Brien’s standout performance of the track at last year’s Mercury’s here: link. The album is also currently shortlisted for Ireland’s Choice Music Prize.
On 16th February Villagers will be performing a special intimate solo show at the Q Music Club in East London’s newest venue Concrete (Shoreditch High Street) Tickets are available for free from link. Villagers have also just been confirmed as special guests to Elbow on their upcoming arena tour throughout March. The band will then headline the Uncut stage at the Pavilion Theatre during the Great Escape in Brighton on May 13th. Villagers full UK and Irish dates are as follows:
16 Feb: LONDON Q Music Club at Concretre (solo)
02 Mar: DUN LAOGHAIRE, The Pavilion Theatre (solo)
15 Mar GLASGOW SECC (with Elbow)
16 Mar NEWCASTLE Metro Radio Arena (with Elbow)
17 Mar NOTTINGHAM Trent FM Arena (with Elbow)
19 Mar SHEFFIELD Arena (with Elbow)
20 Mar LIVERPOOL Echo Arena (with Elbow)
22 Mar BIRMINGHAM National Indoor Arena (with Elbow)
23 Mar CARDIFF International Arena (with Elbow)
25 Mar MANCHESTER Evening News Arena (with Elbow)
27 Mar BRIGHTON Brighton Centre (with Elbow)
28 Mar LONDON 02 Arena (with Elbow)
29 Mar LONDON 02 Arena (with Elbow)
31 Mar DUBLIN 02 Arena (with Elbow)
06 Apr PRESTON 53 Degrees
07 Apr LONDON Shepherds Bush Empire
13 May BRIGHTON The Great Escape: Uncut Stage at Pavilion Theatre
New footage from Villagers recent 2 night sell out at Vicar Street in Dublin is now available to view here. link