The Haim sisters will hit the road in support of their long-awaited fourth album, I Quit.
HAIM
As Haim ready the release of their long-awaited fourth album, the trio of siblings have dropped an extensive run of North American and U.K. tour dates.
The Haim sisters officially confirmed the title of their upcoming album only a week ago during a show at The Bellwether theater in Los Angeles on April 23. The show itself was their first full show in nearly two years, with the trio revealing that I Quit will be their moniker of their fourth LP.
The follow-up to 2020’s Women in Music Pt. III, the upcoming record will officially arrive on June 20, and has so far been previewed by way of singles “Relationships,” “Everybody’s Trying to Figure Me Out,” and the newly-released “Down to Be Wrong.”
As the countdown to the record’s release slowly ticks away, Haim have now unveiled a run of tour dates to occupy them during the latter half of the year.
Launching their upcoming tour plans with festival dates across the U.K, Europe, and Japan over the summer, the I Quit tour will see the trio embark upon a 23-date tour of the U.S. and Canada between September and October, before returning to the U.K. that same month with a six date run of shows.
In a recent interview ini.d. magazine, self-proclaimed “serial monogamist” Danielle said the new album is the first they’ve made without the involvement of her longtime boyfriend, producer Ariel Rechtshaid, and that she’s single for the first time since 2011. “Being single now, I’m just trying to embrace it, because I’m… I feel like I’m the age where I need to embrace it,” she said.
Alana said that the album is “the closest we’ve ever gotten to how we wanted to sound,” with Danielle diplomatically adding that working again with another longtime collaborator Rostam was “very quick, kinetic with him, which I really love as an artist… Maybe before, it wasn’t that way, it was kind of a more… longer, searching, labored situation.”
Sept. 4 – TD Pavilion at the Mann, Philadelphia, PA
Sept. 5 – The Stage at Suffolk Downs, Boston, MA
Sept. 6 – Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON
Sept. 8 – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Sept. 9 – Westville Music Bowl, New Haven, CT
Sept. 10 – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
Sept. 12 – United Center, Chicago, IL
Sept. 13 – The Rave, Milwaukee, WI
Sept. 14 – The Armory, Minneapolis, MN
Sept. 17 – Edgefield, Portland, OR
Sept. 18 – WAMU Theater, Seattle, WA
Sept. 20 – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre, Vancouver, BC
Sept. 23 – Mesa Amphitheatre, Phoenix, AZ
Sept. 25 – The Bomb Factory, Dallas, TX
Sept. 26 – Moody Center, Austin, TX
Sept. 28 – White Oak Music Hall- Lawn, Houston, TX
Sept. 30 – The Pinnacle, Nashville, TN
Oct. 3 – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, Denver, CO
Oct. 4 – The Great Saltair, Salt Lake City, UT
Oct. 7 – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
Oct. 9 – Kia Forum, Los Angeles, CA
Oct. 10 – The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, San Diego, CA
Oct. 11 – Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA
Oct. 24 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, UK
Oct. 25 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff, UK
Oct. 26 – Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK
Oct. 28 – The O2, London, UK
Oct. 30 – AO Arena, Manchester, UK
Oct. 31 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow, UK
This article first appeared on Billboard U.S.
Massive Attack
"We are hyper aware of the both the human cost of abject political silence, and the commercial implications of publicly expressing solidarity with an oppressed people," Massive Attack wrote.
English trip-hop outfit Massive Attack have shared their support for Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap in response the controversy that has followed their pro-Palestinian messaging.
Massive Attack shared their comments on Instagram on Wednesday (April 30), criticizing the disproportionate amount of condemnation that Kneecap have received when compared to the attention received by pertinent matters in Gaza.
“If senior politicians can find neither the time, nor the words to condemn, say, the murder of fifteen voluntary aid workers in Gaza, or the illegal starvation of a civilian population as a method of warfare, or the killing of thousands & thousands of children in the same territory, by a state in possession of the highest precision weapons on earth; how much notice should a music festival take of their moral advice on booking performing acts?” the band wrote.
“As a band that has spoken publicly for more than 30 years about the illegal occupation, apartheid system and killing with impunity of thousands of Palestinians, we are hyper aware of the both the human cost of abject political silence, and the commercial implications of publicly expressing solidarity with an oppressed people.”
Kneecap’s overtly political messaging made global headlines following their appearance at the Coachella festival in April, where they projected strong anti-Israel sentiments during their set – sentiments which they had claimed were censored during their first weekend appearance.
“Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people,” the projected messages read. “It is being enabled by the U.S. government who arm and fund Israel despite their war crimes. F–k Israel; free Palestine.”
The backlash to Kneecap’s comments were swift and varied, with Sharon Osbourne calling for the band’s work visas to be revoked ahead of another North American tour later in the year, while the trio would soon split with their booking agent, Independent Artist Group.
More recently, Kneecap issued an apology for archival footage which showed the group allegedly calling for the death of British MPs (members of parliament).
Filmed at a London gig in November 2023, it appears to show one member of the band saying: “The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.” At the time, the Conservative Party – also known as the Tories – were in government with a large majority.
“Language matters of course. The hideous murders of elected politicians Jo Cox and David Amess means there’s no scope for flippancy or recklessness,” Massive Attack continued.
“But do politicians and right-wing journalists strategically concocting moral outrage over the stage utterings of a young punk band, while simultaneously obfuscating or even ignoring a genocide happening in real time (including the killing of journalists in unprecedented numbers) have any right to intimidate festival events into acts of political censorship?
“Kneecap are not the story,” they concluded. “Gaza is the story. Genocide is the story. And the silence, acquiescence and support of those crimes against humanity by the elected British government is the real story. Solidarity with all artists with the moral courage to speak out against Israeli war crimes, and the ongoing persecution and slaughter of the Palestinian people.”
Soon after Massive Attack’s message, London-based independent label Heavenly Recordings also shared a statement which was signed by Massive Attack alongside Fontaines D.C., Pulp, The Pogues, Thin Lizzy, Sleaford Mods, Paul Weller, and myriad others.
“This past week has seen a clear, concerted attempt to censor and ultimately deplatform the band Kneecap,” the statement read. “In Westminster and the British media, senior political figures have been openly engaged in a campaign to remove Kneecap from the public eye, with veiled threats being made over their scheduled performances at gigs, outdoor events and music festivals, including Glastonbury.”
“In a democracy, no political figures or political parties should have the right to dictate who does and does not play at music festivals or gigs that will be enjoyed by thousands of people,” it continued. “The question of agreeing with Kneecap’s political views is irrelevant: it is in the key interests of every artist that all creative expression be protected in a society that values culture, and that this interference campaign is condemned and ridiculed.
“Furthermore, it is also the duty of key leadership figures in the music industry to actively defend artistic freedom of expression — rather than seek to silence views which oppose their own.”
This article was first published by Billboard U.S.
