Remi Wolf has announced her 2024 UK and Ireland ‘Big Ideas’ tour – check out the dates and ticket information below.
The Californian funk-pop singer is due to release her new album of the same name on July 12 (via EMI). Wolf is currently on tour supporting Olivia Rodrigo on her ‘GUTS’ tour in Europe, but is now due to arrive in the UK/Ireland in November this year.
Wolf announced her ‘Big Ideas’ tour on Thursday (June 6), taking to X/Twitter to share the news: “UK/IRELAND I’m obsessed with uuuu”.
She will land in Leeds on November 28, passing through cities such as Glasgow, Dublin and Manchester,
Presale access is currently open until June 11, 5pm here; general sale will start on June 14 at 10am here. She finished off her message by writing: “Love u guys can’t wait for this xoxoxoxox”. x
NOVEMBER
28 – LEEDS | O2 Academy Leeds
29 – GLASGOW | Barrowland
DECEMBER
1 – DUBLIN | National Stadium
2 – MANCHESTER | Albert Hall
4 – BRISTOL | O2 Academy Bristol
5 – LONDON | O2 Academy Brixton
Wolf previously revealed her new album was about “transition” in a press statement, focusing on her interpersonal relationships.
“I think in writing this record, there was no ounce of my life that was grounded except for this one relationship I have which a lot of the record is about”, she said. “And I love writing about love and the trials and tribulations of love, and of my own mind and living in my own body, so those themes are still running very strong.”
So far, Wolf has released the songs ‘Cinderella’, ‘Toro’ and ‘Alone in Miami’ in anticipation of the album.
We spoke to Remi Wolf back in 2022 to discuss touring with Lorde, saying “do again in a heartbeat”. “Ella’s amazing,” Wolf told us about the New Zealander. “I love the whole team, her whole band was awesome. It was just awesome to be able to go into all these incredible, iconic theatres in the US, and both do [my own] show and watch an incredible show every night.”
Wolf last released her debut album ‘Juno’ in 2021, which NME gave four stars: “Vulnerability and heartbreak knot ‘Buzz Me In’ and ‘Street You Live On’, while ‘Sally’ is steeped in minor tones, making it a welcome respite from the album’s eye-poppingly bright colour palette. These shadowier numbers, where Wolf emotes in a smoky timbre, are the record’s most striking moments.
“Ultimately, what these songs leave is a feeling that, for all the album’s brilliant shine, experimenting with darker styles might not go amiss for what’s next.”
In other news, Wolf has been announced to join Fuji Rock Festival in July this year alongside Kraftwerk, Girl In Red, Turnstile and more.
NEWS
ScHoolboy Q has weighed in on Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s presidential debate, which took an unexpected detour into his favorite sport.
The two presidential opponents faced off the first time in Atlanta on Thursday (June 27) ahead of the 2024 election, with CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash serving as moderators.
The 90-minute affair, which didn’t feature a studio audience, was defined by rambling answers by the current president and lies and misstatements by his predecessor.
At one point, the topic of golf came up when Trump used his prowess on the links in an attempt to prove he’s fit to take office for a second term.
“I just won two club championships, not even senior. Two regular club championships,” he claimed. “To do that, you have to be quite smart and you have to be able to hit the ball a long way, and I do it.
“He [Biden] doesn’t do it. He can’t even hit a ball 50 yards. He challenged me to a golf match; he can’t hit a ball 50 yards.”
Biden responded by saying: “Look, I’d be happy to have a driving contest with him. I got my handicap, which when I was vice president, down to a six. And by the way, I told you before, I’m happy to play golf — if you carry your own bag. Think you can do it?”
Trump hit back: “That’s the biggest lie that he’s a six handicap — of all,” before adding: “I’ve seen your swing. I know your swing.”
Biden then stumbled over his words while clarifying that he’s actually an eight handicap.
The bizarre interaction didn’t go unnoticed by golf aficionado ScHoolboy Q, who was unconvinced by both men’s statements.
“THey talking bout golf im crying braH [crying face emoji],” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “biden ain’t no 6 Handicap dawg. trump definitely cHeated during tHe club cHampionsHip [USA flag].”
In a separate post, he added: “THis sHit Hilarious [USA flag],” while also getting a laugh out of Trump’s comment about Biden’s “swing.”
The TDE rapper is something of a golf pro himself having competed in competitions such as the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He even starred alongside Tiger Woods in the trailer for the video game PGA Tour 2K23.
Q took up the sport around 2018 and has credited it with helping him improve his life.
“Coming from where I come from, the life that I had, I never thought about playing golf,” he explained in 2022. “I got into it, and it changed my mental, it let me learn myself as a person.
“Like, this is why certain things in my life are going bad or certain things are going good, because of the attitude thing. It fixed my attitude in life. It fixed a whole lot of things about me in life.”
He added: “Life is a golf game. Some good shots, some bad shots. But most importantly, keep going because you never know. Don’t give up because you’re in the sand on your fourth shot, you might chip it in. It just taught me a lot about life, you feel me?”
