Swedish legends The Hives announce the dates for his or her 2024 UK and Eire tour, together with London’s Eventim Apollo on April 13, and Dublin’s world well-known Olympia Theatre on April 8.

Their sixth studio album, ‘The Loss of life Of Randy Fitzsimmons’, is ready for launch on August 11 this yr, and may be pre-ordered right here.

With their stadium tour with Arctic Monkeys coming to an finish later this week, a tour announcement appeared like precisely the proper factor for The Hives to do. Commencing on March 27 at Leeds Academy, they are going to then take their frenetic present throughout the UK and Eire, to 12 fortunate cities – culminating on April 13 at London’s Eventim Apollo. Tickets for the Artist pre-sale will go dwell on June 28, whereas common sale tickets can be obtainable on June 30. You’ll find out extra particulars on The Hives’ official web site.

As steered by the considerably macabre album title, the band’s prolonged hiatus from the studio has not been a pleasure cruise, however fairly, one thing of a horror story. The Hives have overtly admitted that they’ve seen not conceal nor hair, nor have they spoken to their founder, mentor, and songwriter, the eternally secretive and perpetually limelight-avoiding Randy Fitzsimmons, for the reason that launch of their 2012 album, ‘Lex Hives’.

Now, following the invention of a hidden-away obituary, together with a cryptic poem within the native paper of Fagersta, their hometown in Västmanland, Northern Sweden, the band members made their option to Fitzsimmons’ tombstone. Upon investigating the freshly dug floor, they discovered, not a physique however fairly, a number of tapes, fits, and a bit of paper bearing the phrases, ‘The Loss of life Of Randy Fitzsimmons’, typed like a title.

Whereas some would possibly counsel that is an elaborate hoax, others consider it’s as a substitute Fitzsimmons’ opening gambit. Both means, time will inform. In any case, the uncovered tapes included the demos that will turn into the twelve new songs on ‘The Loss of life Of Randy Fitzsimmons’.

The Hives can be performing on the following:

March 2024
Wed twenty seventh Leeds, Leeds Academy
Thu twenty eighth Newcastle, Metropolis Corridor
Fri twenty ninth Nottingham, Rock Metropolis
Sat thirtieth Wolverhampton, The Halls

April 2024
Mon 1st Glasgow, Barrowland
Tue 2nd Bristol, Academy
Wed third Brighton, Brighton Dome
Fri fifth Cardiff, Nice Corridor
Sat sixth Manchester, Academy
Mon eighth Dublin, Olympia
Wed tenth Norwich, UEA
Sat thirteenth London, Eventim Apollo

You’ll find out extra about The Hives and their music on-line on their official web site, Amazon Music, ‎Apple Music, YouTube, Spotify, Twitter, Instagram, and Fb. Their present single, ‘Countdown To Shutdown’, is out now, and may be streamed and downloaded right here.

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