At long last, beabadoobee is back.
The London-raised "Beaches" singer has announced her new album, Pylon, out September 18 via Dirty Hit/Interscope and a new major tour, kicking off in October.
Laus is kicking off the new era with the release of a single "Sun Has Set” — alongside an accompanying video direct4ed by longtime visual collaborator Jake Erland. The song features a kinetic, hardened energy, with propulsive, distorted guitar and lives drums, and shows Laus singing with a palpable rage — a rarity for the often cool-toned singer. "When I say we'll never be friends / I mean we'll never pretend / Fuck that you can never run back to me now," she sings on the song's driving chorus. The video simiarly takes on a riotous energy, with Laus causing mayhem in a motel, car, and a golden-lit field.
Pylon — named after the ubiquitous metal structures which carry power lines — promises a dual meaning for the coming album; the title speaks to the new project's electric, sharper-edged sound, which finds beabadoobee (Beatrice Laus) leaning further into the distorted rock terrain she's explored on albums like 2023's This Is How Tomorrow Moves and 2021's Our Extended Play. It also serves as a thematic metaphor for the themes of anxiety and mundanity that preoccupy Laus as she delves into her mid-20s.
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Excitingly, Pylon features longtime indie stalwarts like Hayley Williams, TURNSTILE's Brendan Yates, Pinegrove’s Evan Stephens Hall, Deftones’ Chino Moreno, and Title Fight’s Shane Moran, as well as production work from longtime friends and collaborators The 1975's Matty Healy and George Daniel.
beabdoobee will be playing the new record on her forthcoming fall tour, also announced today. The Powerline Tour, which will take place in North America, the UK, and Europe will feature her first arena shows, with key stops at Madison Square Garden, The Kia Forum, and The O2. Laus will recieve support from Gen Z San Francisco shoegaze band, Wisp, as well as rock songstress Violet Grohl.
Fans can sign up to access the exclusive ticket presale running on Monday June 29th at
10am local with general ticket on-sale Thursday July 2nd, 10am local time here — alongside full pre-sale and tour information.
See full tour dates and info below.
Courtesy of beabadoobee.
beabadoobee's ‘The Powerlines Tour’ dates and info:
October 1 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena*
October 2 – Philadelphia, PA – Liacouras Center*
October 3 – Boston, MA – TD Garden*
October 5 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden*
October 7 – Toronto, Canada – Scotiabank Arena*
October 8 – Laval, Québec Canada – Place Bell*
October 10 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion*
October 11 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center*
October 13 – Orlando, FL – Addition Financial Arena*
October 14 – Duluth, GA – Gas South Arena*
October 16 – The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion*
October 17 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater*
October 19 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre*
October 21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Kia Forum*
October 24 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena*
October 26 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena*
October 28 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena*
October 29 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena*
November 14 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro*
November 16 – Cardiff, UK – Utilita Arena*
November 17 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena*
November 18 – London – The O2*
November 23 – Copenhagen, DK – K.B. Hallen
November 24 – Stockholm, SE – Fryshuset Arenan
November 27 – Oslo, NO – Spektrum
November 30 – Paris, FR – Zenith^
December 2 – Amsterdam, NL – AFAS Live^
December 4 – Brussels, BE – Forest National^
December 6 – Berlin, DE – Tempodrom^
December 7 – Düsseldorf, DE – Mitsubishi Electric Halle^
Previously Announced Summer Dates
July 30 – Saint Charles, IA – Hinterland Music Festival
July 31 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed (Official Lolla Aftershow)
August 2 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
August 4 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater
August 7 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
support:
Wisp *
Violet Grohl ^
