Metronomy return to the live arena with seven brand new dates scheduled for May and July 2017.  The headline shows will take place across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester and London followed by festival appearances in Liverpool, Winchester, Huntingdon and Sheffield. Joe Mount will perform with the full band set up to include Oscar Cash (keys/sax), Gbenga Adelekan (bass), Anna Prior (drums) and Michael Lovett (keys/guitar). This will be the first time Metronomy will have played live since headlining Festival No 6 in 2015, bringing to end a planned break from touring of nearly 2 years.

2016 saw the release of Metronomy’s fifth album Summer 08; a studio album recorded by Joe Mount and not toured live. With a blend of reflective lyricism and forward-thinking sonics, the album inspired fans and critics alike, most recently Joe appears on the September cover of Notion magazine who call him ‘The Innovator’ and ‘one of the most likeable and relevant voices in the industry today’.

Entirely written, played and produced by Mount himself, Summer 08 finds the multi-instrumentalist reflecting on his experiences around the time that Metronomy first landed a major breakthrough with the Nights Out album – the guilt at spending key moments in loved ones' lives in the back of a tour bus, and the confused mania of finding himself a critical darling.  The result is an album that reiterates why influential fans such as Kanye West, Tyler The Creator, Lady Gaga, Daft Punk and Josh Homme have all fallen under Metronomy’s spell.

Metronomy New Live Dates:

 Tues May 16th – Glasgow ABC

Weds May 17th – Manchester Albert Hall

Fri May 19th – London Brixton Academy

Thurs May 25th - Sun 28th May - Liverpool Sound City

Thurs 6th July - Sat 8th July - Winchester Blissfields

Thurs 20th July - Sun 23rd July - Huntingdon Secret Garden Party

Fri 21st July - Sun 23rd July - Sheffield Tramlines

Tickets are available from http://metronomy.seetickets.com/tour/metronomy 

Now in its third year, MusicTown celebrates the rich music heritage and contemporary artistic lifeblood of Dublin City, one of the world’s most musical cities. Full programme details will be announced in the coming weeks. Over 11 days and nights in April the beat of the city will be set by the eclectic mix of musical performances and events taking place across Dublin.

Founded by Dublin City Council, and programmed by Aiken Promotions, this jam packed programme running from 7-17 April, encompasses and celebrates the various types of music created, performed and waiting to be enjoyed in the city; from classical to pop, trad to rock, psychedelic to opera, electronic and everything in between. A myriad of concerts, masterclasses, collaborations and workshops, bringing together an exciting mix of composers, singers, musicians, producers, DJS, and artists right across the musical spectrum to celebrate the best, the next and the unexpected.

As well as my own event featuring Naoise Roo and Hvmmingbyrd, festival highlights includes the first concert of the inaugural Dublin International Choral Festival, Craig David, Our Lady’s Choir present Handel’s Messiah, world music Concert Globe, Brady and Irvine: A Tribute, John Prine, Bronagh Gallagher, Music Together, Young Hearts Run Free & Nialler9 present Darkness to Light, Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Melanie C, Sound of Silents 2017 – An improvised music and silent film project, The Egyptian Book of the Dead is the inspiration for this recital of songs at Chester Beatty Library, Ficino Ensemble, Mary Black, Katie Kim and Crash Ensemble, 5 exciting events from the RIAM, Matt Simons, Yuseef Kamaal, Weyes Blood, Kevin Rowland, Dylan Tighe’s Wabi-Sabi Soul: 3D Listening Event, Kid ink, The Fureys, Chelsea Wolfe, PWR BTTM, Ryley Walker, a musical Walking Tour on Easter Monday and events for children including a delightful music, storytelling, and puppetry performance The Quiet Tree and a fun participatory contemporary music event for children entitled Our Tunes.

Find more details at www.musictown.ie