Jon Hopkins announces Polarity Tour for 2020, Including Royal Albert Hall
Jon Hopkins announces Polarity Tour for 2020
Dates include London’s Royal Albert Hall
Photo credit: Steve Gullick
It is with great pleasure that Jon Hopkins shares the news of his new Polarity tour for 2020. The tour follows his incredibly successful Singularity tour, which saw him perform sold out solo live shows, festival dates and DJ appearances across the globe. Taking in London’s Royal Albert Hall, Gateshead’s Sage, Brighton’s Dome, Paris’ Salle Pleyel, Helsinki’s Music Centre and Berlin’s Philharmonie amongst others, Polarity will tether together “the two disparate elements of harsh and fragile in my music,” Hopkins says. “And by going between the two, we’ll hopefully create some profound moments of stillness.”
Playing grand piano for parts of the show, he will be joined on stage by a small group of consummate musicians and long-time friends – acclaimed producer and guitarist Leo Abrahams, violinist and arranger Emma Smith and cellist Laura Moody. Presenting his live show in a seated venue will present a fascinating challenge for both performer and audience. “Right now I have a set that’s tailored to festivals and to standing crowds and intoxicated people,” he says, “and that’s been amazing, but I would say my deepest nature lies in the stillness, the meditative side of my music.”
Regarded by The New Yorker as “One of the most celebrated electronic musicians of his generation”, over the course of five solo albums – as well as collaborations with Brian Eno, David Lynch and King Creosote, and film scores for The Lovely Bones and Monsters, Hopkins has forged a reputation for music that marries the dancefloor to the devotional, and for live performances that are visceral, generous, charged with a rapt, sensuous beauty. A full list of dates can found below. Tickets on sale 13th September 2019.
Watch the trailer for the Polarity Tour here.
Praise for Singularity:“His long standing enchantment with nature, electricity and mindfulness glimmers anew on Singularity” Q 4* “One of the most celebrated electronic musicians of his generation.” New Yorker “A sonic realization of a better world, conceived in the depths of psychedelic experimentation” MOJO 4* “Pitched between heat-seeking acid house and ambient bliss, the techno auteur’s first album since 2013 is a beat-music odyssey that thrums with spiritual resonance” Pitchfork, Best New Music “A beautiful bastard of a record” Mixmag 9/10 “Hopkins remains in ascension and no one is on his level right now” CLASH 8/10 “Hopkins’ open-minded take on an altered state becomes an experience that reveals itself a little more with every glorious listen” Loud & Quiet 9/10 “Singularity amplifies Hopkins’ music to blockbuster proportions.”
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Jon Hopkins Polarity Tour Dates
04.03 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall05.03 – Gateshead, Sage Gateshead06.03 – Dublin, Bord Gais Energy Theatre13.03 – Manchester, Bridgewater Hall14.03 – Bath, The Forum15.03 – Brighton, Dome18.03 – London, Royal Albert Hall20.03 – Paris, Salle Pleyel25.03 – Copenhagen, DR Koncerthuset – Koncertsalen26.03 – Stockholm, Gota Lejon27.03 – Oslo, Sentrum Scene29.03 – Helsinki, Helsinki Music Centre31.03 – Hamburg, Laeiszhalle01.04 – Brussels, Cirque Royal02.04 – Berlin, Philharmonie04.04 – The Hague, Rewire
Tickets available at: http://www.jonhopkins.co.uk/
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