Griff announces UK, US and European headline tours for 2022

BRIT Awards as a host of new changes for next year’s ceremony have been announced, including the removal of Male and Female categories.As revealed back in September, next year’s awards will take place on February 8 at The O2 in London and will be broadcast live on ITV.Gilligan will replace Jack Whitehall as host of the show, who announced recently that he was stepping down from the role after four consecutive years.“It’s an absolute privilege to host the 2022 BRIT Awards,” Gilligan said in a

Dua Lipa has announced the support acts for her forthcoming UK/European 2022 tour. Tove Lo, Griff and Angèle, who featured on her 2020 single ‘Fever’, will support the star for her shows, which kick off in Manchester next April.Announcing the acts, Dua Lipa wrote: “Slowly making my way around the world and the girls with me: Griff, Tove Lo and Angèle.

Benee has announced a world tour, spanning the first half of next year.The tour will kick off in her home country early next year before heading to Australia in March, Europe and the UK across April and May, and North America in June. It also includes a number of festival line-ups.

Genesis Owusu has announced a pair of UK and Ireland headline shows set to take place in summer 2022.The Australian rapper will hit the stage in London and Dublin in June next year in support of his debut full-length, ‘Smiling With No Teeth’, which arrived earlier this year.Owusu’s first stop will be Dublin’s Grand Social on June 14, followed by a performance at The Underworld in Camden on June 15.Tickets for the London show are on sale now – get them here. The Dublin show tickets go on sale

Pond have shared the video for their sprawling new track ‘Take Me Avalon I’m Young’ and announced a run of UK headline shows.Filmed in Hastings, England, and directed by Bunny Kinney, the music video sees frontman Nicholas Allbrook try his hand at a variety of sports.Allbrook described the music video – the song for which is lifted from Pond’s recently released ninth album ‘9’ – as “no joke” and “the most fun video I’ve ever been a part of”.“I spent two days rushing around Hastings running,

Birdy has announced that she’ll be heading to the UK and Europe in 2022 for a run of headline shows.The English singer-songwriter (aka Jasmine van den Bogaerde) will be touring in support of her fourth studio album ‘Young Heart’, which was released earlier this year. Birdy’s shows kick off on May 3 2022 in London, where she will play two back-to-back dates at the Eventim Apollo.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have announced a colossal 2022 world tour, hitting Europe, the UK and both North and South America.The tour will commence in late March with three festival dates in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia, respectively, before taking on a string of North American dates through to the end of May.The Australian band will then play a large run of festival dates throughout Europe from the beginning of June, including the sold-out Primavera Sound, before heading back to

Bree Runway has announced her first ever headline tour, with a trio of shows booked for 2022 – check out the dates below.Following a pair of shows at London’s Colours back in September, Runway has confirmed that she’ll be heading out on tour in March 2022, taking in Manchester, Birmingham and London.Tickets for the shows go on sale on Thursday (November 18) and will be available here.

coronavirus pandemic forced a two-year break.The annual event, which was held virtually in 2020 and 2021, is due to descend on the War Memorial Park in Coventry for three days of live music between May 27-29.

Lucy Dacus is heading on tour next year. The singer-songwriter, who shared her wonderful third album Home Video this summer, will embark on dates across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe from early February to mid-April with Indigo De Souza and Fenne Lilly opening.

Parkway Drive have announced a UK and European headline tour for 2022 – see all the details below.The Australian band, whose latest album ‘Reverence’ arrived in 2018, will perform a string of shows throughout next September into October. Tickets go on sale here this Friday (November 12) at 10am GMT.Following gigs in Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris and other cities, Parkway Drive are set to touch down in the UK on September 30 for a performance at Alexandra Palace in London.

Freddie Gibbs has announced a trio of UK and Ireland shows set to take place in spring 2022.The Indiana rapper – whose most recent album ‘Alfredo’ with The Alchemist was nominated for a Grammy this year – will perform at Manchester Academy 2, London’s Roundhouse, and Dublin’s Vicar Street early next year.The shows will be preceded by a short run in Europe, with dates scheduled in Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris.

Rabbi Earl A. Grollman was a grief expert who appeared on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and counseled grieving Americans after the Oklahoma City bombing and the 9/11 attacks.Grollman began studying grief as a young rabbi, frustrated that he had not been taught in seminary how to help his congregation in times of mourning.

EarthGang have announced a UK and European headline tour titled the ‘Biodeghettable Tour’ scheduled for March 2022. See the tour dates below.The hip-hop duo revealed the tour dates on social media on Wednesday (November 3).

Franz Ferdinand have announced a UK and European headline tour for 2022 – see all the details below.The Scottish band will head out on the road next spring in support of their ‘Hits To The Head’ ‘best of’ album, which is due for release on March 11 via Domino Records.Kicking off in Barcelona on March 15, the run of dates also includes shows in Madrid, Lisbon, Bilbao, Munich, Milan and Rennes.Alex Kapranos and co.

Placebo have announced details of their new album ‘Never Let Me Go’.The band took to Instagram today (November 4) to share the news and artwork which you can view below.Fans are being invited to pre-order the band’s eighth album from 9am next Tuesday (November 9) from their official store to gain access to pre-sale tickets for a forthcoming UK and European tour in 2022.No tour dates have been released yet or the actual release date of the album, but pre-sale tickets for the tour go on sale

Machine Head and Amon Amarth have announced a joint UK and European arena tour for next year – see the full list of dates below.The US and Swedish metal bands will co-headline the ‘Vikings And Lionhearts’ tour between September and October 2022 with support from new Swedish band The Halo Effect.The tour kicks off on September 8 at Nottingham’s Motorpoint arena before wrapping at Germany’s Schleyerhalle on October 22.Tickets go on general sale here this Friday (November 5) at 10am local time,

Sugababes line-up have been booked to headline next year’s Mighty Hoopla.Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy will perform at the south London pop festival, which for the first time will take place over two days instead of one.

Eagles have announced details of a huge 2022 European stadium tour, featuring a massive London show as part of BST Hyde Park.The legendary band are celebrating 50 years in the game, and will play six shows across the UK, Ireland and Europe next June.The gigs kick off in Arnhem in the Netherlands with a show at the Gelredome on June 17, before they play stadiums in Liverpool, Edinburgh and Dublin.The tour then wraps up on June 26 with the massive Hyde Park gig, which will feature support from

Benefits have announced their first UK headline tour – you can find all the details below.The Teesside punk outfit will hit the road in February, with shows scheduled for Birmingham (February 21), London (22), Manchester (23), Nottingham (24), York (25) Newcastle (26) and Glasgow (27).Tickets go on general sale tomorrow (October 29) at 10am BST – you can buy yours from here.Announcing the tour on social media today (October 28), Benefits wrote: “Please buy tickets early if you’re coming, we’re