Wet Leg announce live stream of next week’s London show, nominated for 5 GRAMMYs
Wet Leg to live stream their sold-out London show on TikTok next week
Nominated for five GRAMMYs including Best New Artist, Best Alternative Music Album and Best Alternative Music Performance
Performing on The Jonathan Ross Show on Saturday
“An exceptional debut album” Mojo #2 in Albums of the Year
“The album kept the antic wit and pop fizz across 12 tracks that wryly chronicled twentysomething life in the 2020s” Uncut #7 in Albums of the Year
“They’ve ensured their debut album is well worth hearing – again and again and again” The Guardian 4* Album of the Week
“It rushes with liberating, infectious joy that makes you want to grab your own partner-in-crime and speed off on an adventure to find somewhere that’s, as Angelica’s mantra suggests, is ‘good times all the time’” NME 5*
“An absolute blast” The Telegraph 4* Album of the Week
“’Wet Leg’ is a charming, addictive début—wry, melodic, gleeful, smart, and cool” New Yorker
“The Isle of Wight band’s debut recalls the Strokes’ Is This It: short tight songs, and the impression they are having a total laugh” The Times 4*
“The Isle of Wight’s greatest export” Sunday Times Culture
“The Wet Leg album is a thrashing good time” The New York Times
“Wet Leg’s album positions them as one of those acts gifted enough to transcend their moment, existing instead in continuum with the classics.” Stereogum Album of the Week
“A surreal, silly, super fun success” Evening Standard 4*
“Absurdist delights” The Observer Artist of the Week
“This debut does prove that Teasdale and Chambers possess the instincts of canny entertainers, ones who already know how to hook you into their prickly, raunchy, witty way of looking at the world” NPR Fresh Air
“Wet Leg arrive fully formed and ready to have fun” Esquire
“A thick slice of power pop” The I Paper 4* Album of the Week
“There are enough sardonic one-liners on Wet Leg’s eponymous debut to fill a musical comedy act” Loud & Quiet 9/10
“One of the best albums of the year” GQ
“Effortless” DIY 5*
“Riotously smart debut” Record Collector 4*
“Wet Leg’s self-titled LP is the most infectious, alluring, irresistible, and downright fun debut record that’s come our way in a long, long time.” Clash 9/10
Having kicked off their UK tour last Sunday, a tour that sold out months in advance and a tour that is taking in two dates at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town, Wet Leg are pleased to announce they will be streaming the second of these London shows live on TikTok.
Wet Leg will also perform on The Jonathan Ross Show this Saturday evening on ITV.
Additionally Wet Leg were nominated for five GRAMMYs this week including Best New Artist, Best Alternative Music Album, Best Alternative Music Performance for “Chaise Longue”, Best Remixed Recording for Soulwax’s twist on “Too Late Now” and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
The news caps off a tremendous year for Wet Leg: releasing their excellent self-titled debut album in April, the record charted at Number 1 in the UK and Number 14 in the US and went on to be shortlisted for the Mercury Prize – watch their performance here. They’ve clocked up over 180 million streams globally, 300,000 sales worldwide, recently played dates with Florence + The Machine including a show at NYC’s Madison Square Garden and racked up their fourth US TV appearance with a slot on Jimmy Kimmel, watch “Chaise Longue” here. The band also won the UK Independent Breakthrough award at September’s AIM Awards.
Wet Leg is available to buy on vinyl, cassette, CD and digitally. Buy: Wet Leg Store | Digital
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Upcoming live dates
17th November – SWG3, Glasgow
18th November – Leeds Beckett Students Union, Leeds
19th November – O2 Ritz, Manchester
21st November – O2 Institute, Birmingham
23rd November – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
24th November – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
25th November – Rock City, Nottingham
27th November – Limelight, Belfast
28th November – Academy, Dublin
1st December – WNXP Anniversary Party @ Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville
2nd December – XL Live, Harrisburg
4th December – Headliner’s, Louisville
5th December – Delmar Hall, St Louis
6th December – Truman, Kansas City
8th December – WKQX Holiday Show, Chicago
13th December – Webster Hall, New York City
14th December – Bowery Ballroom, New York City
15th December – Elsewhere, Brooklyn
16th December – Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2023
12th February – O-East, Tokyo
13th February – Nagoya Club Quattro, Nagoya
14th February – Umeda Club Quattro, Osaka
15th February – O-East, Tokyo
20th February – HBF Park, Perth *
24th February – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne *
25th February – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne *
28th February – Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast *
3rd March – Accor Stadium, Sydney *
4th March – Accor Stadium, Sydney *
7th March – MT Smart Stadium, Auckland *
13th May – Casa Arena, Horsens *
14th May – Casa Arena, Horsens *
17th May – Olympiastadion, Munich *
18th May – Olympiastadion, Munich *
22nd May – Building Society Arena, Coventry *
23rd May – Building Society Arena, Coventry *
26th May – Murrayfield, Edinburgh *
27th May – Murrayfield, Edinburgh *
1st June – Stade De France, Paris *
2nd June – Stade De France, Paris *
5th June – Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam *
6th June – Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam *
10th June – Slane Castle, Slane *
13th June – Wembley Stadium, London *
14th June – Wembley Stadium, London *
16th June – Wembley Stadium, London *
17th June – Wembley Stadium, London *
20th June – Principality Stadium, Cardiff *
21st June – Principality Stadium, Cardiff *
24th June – Werchter Park, Werchter *
27th June – Merkur-Speil Arena, Dusseldorf *
28th June – Merkur-Speil Arena, Dusseldorf *
2nd July – PGE Narodony, Warsaw *
5th July – Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt *
8th July – Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna *
12th July – Estadi Olimpic Lluis Company, Barcelona *
14th July – Espacio Mad Cool, Madrid *
18th July – Passeio Maritimo Alges, Lisbon *
22nd July – Emilia RCF Arena, Reggio *
* w/ Harry Styles