Yellow Days announces major international tour

YELLOW DAYS ANNOUNCES MAJOR INTERNATIONAL HEADLINE TOUR 

INCLUDES HIS FIRST FULL SCALE UK SHOWS SINCE 2018 

 

HIS LONG-AWAITED THIRD ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED IN 2024 

Yellow Days has long been recognised as one of the brightest and most forward-thinking stars of British pop. With a voice as captivating as that of his idol, Ray Charles, a songwriting ability which drills into millennial issues of depression and rootlessness, and a pioneer’s desire to seek out new sonic territories, he’s already amassed a global following and a celebrity fan club including fellow mavericks Mac DeMarco, Tyler, The Creator and Tom Waits. 

 

Now Yellow Days gears up for a big year ahead as he announces a major international headline tour which runs from April to July 2024. While he has played select gigs in recent years, it includes his first full UK headline tour since 2018 which includes a landmark London show at KOKO. The news comes as he prepares to unveil his long-awaited third studio album in 2024, which finds him embracing a new rock soul sound informed by the lo-fi aesthetic of Tame Impala, the elastic funk grooves of Sly Stone, and the emotional grit of Plastic Ono Band-era John Lennon. 

 

Yellow Days - real name George van den Broek - says, “Living on Brick Lane, I started hearing the sound of this funny street and me merging together. It sounds like Rock Soul. The sounds of my childhood -- The Beatles, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin - but with the love of blues soul acts like Ray Charles and Sam Cooke. 

 

This will be my first time back touring the UK and Europe for nearly five years. After Covid and different complications I could only tour America these past few years so it will be a pleasure to be on the cobbled streets of Europe playing my music again.” 

 

Tickets for the tour will go on sale HERE from 10am this Friday, December 8th. 

 

You may well ask yourself: what has Yellow Days been up to since we last heard from him? Looking back opens a window into his future. Born in Manchester but raised in Haslemere, Surrey, his debut EP ‘Harmless Memories’ — recorded in his parents’ garden shed at 16 — sparked a first wave of excitement ahead of the release of his globally acclaimed 2017 album ‘Is Everything Okay In Your World?’. 

 

His next step was a worldwide deal with Sony. But while industry figures were talking up his chances of his next album being a global smash, Yellow Days was delving into expansive jazz-fusion jams inspired by the likes of Wendell Harrison and Don Blackman. As a consequence, his 2020 follow-up, ‘A Day In A Yellow Beat’ was made with no expense spared - but when the label’s suits looked at the costs involved, they decided that they wouldn’t invest a penny in its promotion. 

 

Yellow Days was plunged into a personal crisis, but eventually he vowed to fight back and prove that the early attention he deserved was well-founded. Last year’s low-key EP ‘Inner Peace’ proved to be the first step back as he focused on crafting his upcoming third record, this time substituting previous recordings in Los Angeles accompanied by some of the world’s greatest sessions musicians with the back-to-basics DIY approach of recording in his flat on Brick Lane, where he played every single instrument and programmed the drums too. What emerged is a new set of songs which looks set to propel him straight back into the spotlight. Stay tuned for more in 2024.  

 

The dates are: 

 

APRIL 

9th - UK, Manchester, Band on the Wall 

10th - UK, Glasgow, St. Luke’s 

11th - UK, Bristol, Trinity 

12th - UK, London, KOKO 

18th - The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Melkweg 

19th - Belgium, Antwerp, Trix 

20th - France, Paris, La Trabendo 

21st - Germany, Cologne, CBE 

23rd - Germany, Berlin, Lido 

24th - Germany, Hamburg, Mojo Club 

27th - USA, Dallas, Deep Ellum Art Co. 

28th - USA, Austin, The Far Out Lounge 

30th - USA, Solana Beach, Belly Up 

 

MAY 

2nd - USA, Los Angeles, Lodge Room HLP 

3rd - USA, Los Angeles, Lodge Room HLP 

4th - USA, Pioneertown, Pappy + Harriet’s 

5th - USA, San Francisco, The Independent 

7th - USA, Seattle, The Crocodile 

8th - Canada, Vancouver, Hollywood Theatre 

9th - USA, Portland, Aladdin Theater 

11th - USA, Salt Lake City, Kilby Block Party 

12th - USA, Denver, The Bluebird Theater 

14th - USA, St. Paul, Turf Club 

15th - USA, Chicago, Thalia Hall 

17th - USA, Ferndale, The Loving Touch 

18th - Canada, Toronto, The Opera House 

20th - USA, Brooklyn, Elsewhere - Hall 

 

JUNE 

27th - USA, Washington, Union Stage 

28th - USA, Washington, Union Stage 

29th - USA, Cambridge, The Sinclair 

 

JULY 

3rd - Canada, Montreal, Club Soda 

 

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