Editors unveil new video for ‘Black Gold’ directed by Rahi Rezvani
EDITORS UNVEIL NEW VIDEO FOR ‘BLACK GOLD’TITLE TRACK FROM BEST OF ALBUM OUT OCTOBER 25TH VIA PLAY IT AGAIN SAM
UK TOUR INCLUDING WEMBLEY ARENA SHOW+ SOLD-OUT MANCHESTER & GLASGOW DATES IN FEB/MARCH 2020
Following the announcement of their best of album Black Gold and UK and European tour earlier this month, Editors have today unveiled the dramatic new video for title track ‘Black Gold‘.
Watch it here
This comes in the wake of their last video for ‘Frankenstein‘ being nominated for Music Video of The Year at this year’s Shots Awards.
Directed by long time collaborator Rahi Rezvani, the video sees frontman Tom Smith display instinctive acting ability alongside US actress Nicole Stark. Driving a red Ford Mustang through the desert, the couple stop at a desolate motel and gas station, as their volatile relationship falls apart at the seams. The destruction of their relationship is mirrored by the sparse desert imagery in which Tom remonstrates alone with nature, and the desolate, dusty motel, where his lover waits alone.
Black Gold will include 13 tracks from Editors 6 studio albums, alongside 3 brand new offerings: ‘Upside Down‘, summer festival anthem ‘Frankenstein‘ and the gothically dramatic ‘Black Gold‘.
The album also comes in a deluxe 2CD version, which includes a second disc of 8 stripped back recordings of tracks from the band’s catalogue titled ‘Distance: The Acoustic Recordings’.The band will be embarking on a 27 date European and UK Greatest Hits tour in early 2020, which will see them play shows in Birmingham, Manchester, Dublin and Glasgow, with a landmark performance at London‘s SSE Arena Wembley set for Friday 28th February. The Manchester and Glasgow shows have swiftly sold out. Full tour schedule below.
From their Mercury Prize shortlisted debut The Back Room, to platinum selling An End Has AStart, #1 debuting In This Light and On This Evening, sprawling, transitional The Weight of Your Love, moody, self-produced In Dream and their 6th top 10 album in a row, 2018’s explosive Violence, Editors have refused to either stay still or compromise. This is perhaps the key to their longevity. It also no doubt also owes something to a hugely dedicated fanbase, both home and abroad, which sees them regularly performing sold out tours across the UK, Europe and further afield, as well as headlining festivals ahead of many more household names, such as 2018’s Werchter Classic Festival in Belgium, which they headlined and curated with Kraftwerk and The National supporting.
Black Gold is a chance to reflect on the past 15 years, but it also offers a glimpse into a very exciting future for one of the UK’s most enduring and perhaps unexpected musical success stories of this century.
Pre-order the album here – https://editorsmusic.lnk.to/BlackGoldAlbum
Black Gold Track Listing:Disc 11. Frankenstein2. Papillon3. Munich4. Sugar5. Hallelujah (So low)
6. An End Has A Start7. Upside Down8. Bullets9. Ocean Of Night10. No Harm11. Smokers Outside Hospital Doors12. A Ton Of Love13. Magazine14. The Racing Rats15. Black Gold16. No Sound But The WindDisc 2 (Deluxe Version only)1. Violence (Distance: The Acoustic Recordings)2. Walk The Fleet Road (Distance: The Acoustic Recordings)3. Blood (Distance: The Acoustic Recordings)4. Let Your Good Heart Lead You Home (Distance: The Acoustic Recordings)5. Smokers Outside The Hospital Door (Distance: The Acoustic Recordings)6. Fall (Distance: The Acoustic Recordings)7. Two Hearted Spider (Distance: The Acoustic Recordings)8. Distance (Distance: The Acoustic Recordings)
GREATEST HITS TOUR ON SALE FROM – https://www.editors-official.com/tour/
Thu 30 Jan France, Paris – Salle PleyelFri 31 Jan Germany, Dusseldorf – Mitsubishi Electric HalleSat 1 Feb Belgium, Antwerp – SportpaleisMon 3 Feb Germany, Berlin – VelodromTue 4 Feb Poland, Krakow -StudioWed 5 Feb Poland, Warsaw -TorwarFri 7 Feb Austria, Vienna -GasometerSat 8 Feb Croatia, Zagreb – Dom Sportova ZagrebMon 10 Feb Italy, Rome – AtlanticoTue 11 Feb Italy, Milan – AlcatrazWed 12 Feb Italy, Milan – AlcatrazFri 14 Feb Switzerland, Zurich – Komplex 457Sat 15 Feb Switzerland, Fribourg – Fri-SonMon 17 Feb Spain, Madrid – The Box (Wizink Center)Tue 18 Feb Spain, Barcelona – RazzmatazzThu 27 Feb UK, Birmingham – Arena BirminghamFri 28 Feb UK, London – The SSE Arena WembleySat 29 Feb UK, Manchester – O2 Apollo – SOLD OUTMon 2 Mar Ireland, Dublin – Vicar StreetTue 3 Mar UK, Glasgow – Barrowland – SOLD OUTFri 27 Mar Greece, Thessaloniki – Principal TheatreSat 28 Mar Greece, Athens – Tae Kwan Do ArenaWed 1 Apr Ukraine, Kiev – StereoPlazaFri 3 Apr Russia, Moscow – GlavClubSat 4 Apr Russia, St. Petersburg – MorzeMon 22 June Germany, Hamburg – StadtparkSat 27 June Netherlands, The Hague – Zuiderpark