The Internet announce UK tour dates for 2019

THE INTERNET

Announce UK and European 2019 Tour

Album Hive Mind Out Now

O2 Brixton Academy March 21^st

“The Internet are clearly very good, but more than that, they have bided their influential time.” The Observer 4*

“the sleekest, most robust music of their career.” Pitchfork

Following a blockbuster year that saw the release of their acclaimed new album HIVE MIND via Columbia Records in July, as well as playing massive festival headline slots from Primavera to Lovebox, Grammy-nominated band The Internet announce a string of European dates for March 2019. The tour includes 5 UK dates, including the band’s biggest London headline show to date at the O2 Academy Brixton March 21^st.

The announcement comes with the band currently in the midst of a huge US arena tour supporting Gorillaz, before heading out on a North American headline tour running through December.

Written and produced entirely by The Internet, Hive Mind has proven to be the band’s most successful album to date, earning worldwide critical acclaim and leading to stunning cover features with the likes of Loud & Quiet, Brick Magazine and Antidote. Sunday Times Culture deemed the record an “unworried, unhurried world of funk grooves and sensual soul” while Crack Magazine called it a “brilliant, electric album to keep you dancing through the summer”.

Hive Mind is the band’s follow up to their breakthrough third album, Ego Death. That album’s fresh sound — funk-tinged beats, laced with slinky guitars, evocative keys, and heart-striking lyrics about relationships with women — earned it a GRAMMY nomination for Best Urban Contemporary album, countless sold out shows, and massive acclaim on an international scale, quickly catapulting The Internet to one of the most exciting new artists of this decade.  With the dynamic, multi-dimensional offering, The Internet let the world know that they were not only insanely talented, but a true, five-person force whose singular talents created one phenomenal whole. 

After a lengthy world tour in support of that record, the band encouraged each other to explore their identities as solo artists; incredible solo albums from all five members of The Internet emerged to rapturous response throughout 2017.  Feeling the unity of coming back together, however, created the foundation for what became HIVE MIND.  In their new music, members Syd (vocalist/songwriter), Matt Martians (producer), Steve Lacy (guitarist/vocalist/songwriter), Patrick Paige II (songwriter/bassist), and Christopher Smith (songwriter/drummer) present kaleidoscopic, neo-soul, future sounds that reveal the growth in their creative chemistry.  It’s light years beyond their previous output, and even in its slower moments, the project is both intricate and minimal, giving each member’s contributions the space to shine.

The Internet play the following European dates in 2019:

March 2019

Weds 13^th                            COPENHAGEN, Den Grå Hal

Thurs 14^th                            BERLIN, Festsaal Kreuzberg

Fri 15^th                                   ROTTERDAM, Annabel

Sun 17^th                                BRUSSELS, Ancienne Belgique

Mon 18^th                              AMSTERDAM, Paradiso

Tues 19^th                              PARIS, Le Bataclan

Thurs 21^st                             LONDON, O2 Brixton Academy

Fri 22^nd                                  GLASGOW, Garage

Sat 23^rd   MANCHESTER, Academy

Mon 25^th                              BIRMINGHAM, O2 Institute

Tues 26^th                              DUBLIN, Olympia

Weds 27^th                            BRISTOL, O2 Academy

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