Sufjan Stevens will perform his first UK shows in four years, as part of a European tour in August and September.
This series of dates will be the first opportunity fans have had to hear the intimate songs from his latest album, Carrie & Lowell, performed live. Prompted by the death of Stevens’ mother, Carrie, in 2012, the album is a return to the artist’s delicate, confessional folk music.
“I was recording songs as a means of grieving, making sense of it,” he told David Eggers in an interview for the Guardian. “But the writing and recording wasn’t the salve I expected. I fell deeper and deeper into doubt and misery. It was a year of real darkness. In the past, my work had a real reciprocity of resources – I would put something in and get something from it. But not this time.”
Stevens performs two shows at Dublin’s Helix and the Royal Festival Hall in London, as well dates in Edinburgh, Manchester, Brighton and Bristol. His only UK festival appearance this year will be at End of the Road in Salisbury. He then heads out for further dates around Europe, finishing in Madrid on 30 September.
Tickets for all dates go on sale on the morning of 23 April via carrieandlowell.com/tour.
Sufjan Stevens’ full tour dates
28 August: Dublin, Helix
29 August: Dublin, Helix
30 August: Edinburgh, Playhouse
31 August: Manchester, Apollo
2 September: London, Royal Festival Hall
3 September: London, Royal Festival Hall
4 September: Brighton, Dome
5 September: Salisbury, End of the Road festival
6 September: Bristol, Colston Hall
8 September: Paris, Grand Rex
10 September: Brussels, Bozar
12 September: Oslo, Spektrum
13 September: Stockholm, Gota Lejon
14 September: Copenhagen, Falconer
15 September: Hamburg, Mehr Theatre
16 September: Berlin, Admiralpalast
17 September: Berlin, Admiralpalast
19 September: Essen, Colosseum
20 September: Geneva, Theatre Du Leman
21 September: Milan, Teatro Della Luna
23 September: Amsterdam, Royal Theatre Carre
24 September: Amsterdam, Royal Theatre Carre
26 September: Luxembourg, Grand Theatre
27 September: Lyon, Le Radiant
29 September: Barcelona, El Forum
30 September: Madrid, Teatro Price
