The Last Dinner Party have announced an autumn 2024 European tour set to kick off later this year.
The 13-date trek will kick off on October 28 in Paris and will see the band make stops in various cities such as Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne, Lyon, Munich, Berlin and more. The tour will wrap up on November 16 in Luxembourg.
It immediately follows the band’s long-since sold-out UK tour throughout September and October. A ticket pre-sale will be available for those who have pre-ordered ‘Prelude to Ecstasy’ from the official store on May 15. General ticket sales will commence on Friday May 17. Visit here to purchase tickets and check out a full list of dates below.
OCTOBER
28 – L’Olympia, Paris
29 – Cirque Royal, Brussels
31 – Paradiso, Amsterdam
NOVEMBER
2 – E-Werk, Cologne
3 – TivoliVredenburg, Ultrecht
5 – L’Épicerie Moderne, Lyon
6 – Tonhalle, Munich
7 – Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin
9 – Inside Seaside Festival, Gdansk
12 – MuseumsQuartier – Halle E, Vienna
13 – X-TRA, Zurich
14 – Barezzi Festival, Teatro Regio, Parma
16 – Rockhal Club, Luxembourg
Elsewhere, the band have previously covered Sparks‘ classic ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’.
“We thought it was about time,” the band said of the cover. Emily Roberts, lead guitarist, further elaborated that her friend Adam messaged her two years ago saying: “You guys really sound like Sparks, this particular song. And then I became obsessed with it!”
NME spoke to the band at the BRITs this year, where they shared their love for St Vincent after the musician praised the band.
“She’s a crafter of amazing songs and riffs which we love. And I play her guitar!” said guitarist Emily Roberts, going on to explain how the influence of St Vincent can be heard in ‘Prelude To Ecstasy’: “Particularly in ‘Sinner’. One of her songs called ‘Marrow’ [featured the collaborative album with David Byrne, ‘Brass Tactics’] inspired the guitar line for ‘Sinner’ that I wrote,” she said. “So she’s a big inspo!”
In other news, The Last Dinner Party have previously responded to their cost-of-living comments being “taken out of context”. TLDP bassist Georgia Davies wrote in a statement that a quote attributed to lead singer Abigail Morris was actually taken from her: “I can say with confidence that Abigail never said the quote that has been attributed to her in the article that’s going around.”
“The comment was lifted from an interview we did six months ago, removed of context, tone and intention, and it’s now been shoehorned into a new article about something totally different,” she continued.
“The context in which I originally mentioned the cost of living crisis is extremely important, and it’s disappointing to us that it’s been presented in this way.
Eminem has really been putting effort into the rollout of his new album. The Death of Slim Shady was announced the day of the NFL draft, and came complete with a mock true crime show about its titular character. An obituary was printed in Em's hometown of Detroit, and now, the rapper has enlisted the help of magician David Blaine. Eminem released a promo on social media in which he Facetimed Blaine and announced the release date of his upcoming single.
The promo is a little more complicated than that premise might sound. Em rings Blaine up and gives him his due as the greatest of all time (magically speaking, of course). The magician then suggests they team up on something. Eminem asks how far they could go with magic, and Blaine responds by walking up to a table, drinking a glass of wine and then eating the glass. Eminem looks unimpressed. He's got something more ambitious in mind. "Well for my last trick," he tells Blaine. "I'm going to make my career disappear." The magician is dumbfounded, but Eminem hangs up before he can explain. We then get a hard cut to a release date for the single "Houdini."
"Houdini" will be released on Friday, May 31. The promotional material for The Death of Slim Shady, and the title itself, suggested that Eminem would be laying his alter ego to rest. His comments towards Blaine suggest that the album may mark his last, however. The rapper has been frank about talking retirement in the past. He walked away from music for five years in the 2000s, and he admitted he was unsure how much longer he could rap during a 2010 interview with Vibe.
"I don't know how much longer I have in this game," Eminem told the outlet. "I'm always going to love hip-hop. But how much longer am I going to still do it? I couldn't give you an answer. But the day that this is not better than the last will probably be the day I stop." The rapper claimed he would always record his raps, but would cease to put them out after a certain point. " I know it always makes me feel better to lay things to tape, and -- 'lay the tape.' See, I'm old school," he noted. We may be looking at the final stage for both Eminem and Slim Shady. If so, then "Houdini" will truly mark the beginning of the end.
