Swans announce biggest UK show to date

US experimental rockers Swans have announced they will be returning to the UK for their biggest headline performance to date. The band currently comprised of Michael Gira, Norman Westberg, Christophj Hahn, Phil Puleo, Chris Pravdica, and Thor Harris will perform at London’s legendary Roundhouse, on 21st May 2015. Tickets for the show go on sale on Friday 12th Sept from, special guests will be announced shortly.

The band will also return to Europe this month, and a recently announced Swans / Michael Gira will curate the Mouth To Mouth festival, part of Le Guess Who? in Utrecht, which will see three days of music (20th-23rd November) culminating in a Swans performance.

If that isn't enough the band will be re-releasing a remastered edition of their 1983 début studio album, ‘Filth’, out vinyl, CD and digitally on 27th October 2014.

Tour Dates:

25 September - Brussels, AB club, Belgium

26 September - Amsterdam, Paradiso Music Hall, Holland

27 September - Paris, LA MAROQUINERIE, France – second night added due to demand

28 September - Paris, LA MAROQUINERIE, France

30 September - La Rochelle, La Sirene, France

1 October - Barcelona, Sala Apolo, Spain

2 October - Madrid, Shoko, Spain

3 October - Durango, PLATERUENA, Spain

4 October - Porto, AmpliFest, Portugal

7 October - Fribourg, FRI-Son, Switzerland

8 October - St. Gallen, Grabenhalle, Switzerland

9 October - Torino, Hiroshima Club, Italy

10 October - Bologna, Estragon Club, Italy

11 October - Roma, Circolo Degli Artisti, Italy

12 October - Milan, Alcatraz Milano, Italy

14 October - Zagreb, Pogon Jedinstvo, Croatia

15 October - Budapest, A38 Ship, Hungary

16 October - Ljubljana, Kino Kiska Centre for Urban Culture, Slovenia

17 October - Vienna, Arena Big Hall, Austria

18 October - Krakow, Unsound Festival, Poland

20 October - Prague, Lucenra Music Bar, Czech Republic

21 October - Berlin, Berghain, Germany

22 October - Berlin, Berghain, Germany – second night added due to demand

23 October - Leipzig, Schauspiel Leipzig, Germany

24 October - Cologne, Gebaeude 9, Germany

25 October - Hanover, MusikZentrum, Germany

27 October - Hamburg, Kampnagel, Germany

29 October - Dresden, Beatpol, Germany

30 October - Wiesbaden, Schlachtho, Germany

31 October - Karlsruhe, Jubez, Germany

1 November - Munich, Feierwerk, Germany

22 November - Utrecht, Mouth To Mouth at Le Guess Who? festival curated by Swans

23 November - Copenhagen, Vega Main Hall, Denmark

24 November - Oslo, Rockefeller, Norway

25 November - Stockholm, Slakthuset, Sweden

26 November - Helsinki, Tavastia, Finland

28 November - St Petersburg, Kosmonavt, Russia

29 November - Moscow, VOLTA, Russia

5 December - Athens, Votanikos, Greece

6 December - Thessaloniki, Bloc 33, Greece

2015

21 May 2015 – London, Roundhouse

Free download of 'A Little God In My Hands' here.

Listen to 'Oxygen' here.

For more information on the band, please visit their official website.

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