The Murder Capital have announced details of their “biggest headline show to date” taking place in Dublin next year.
The Irish band announced the news today (December 16) with a new post on social media. Taking to Instagram, they confirmed news of a one-off gig, which will see them head to Dublin next summer.
Set to take place on July 19, the show will be held at the Iveagh Gardens in Dublin and become their biggest headline show to date. In the update, The Murder Capital also confirmed that special guests on the night will be British punk duo Soft Play – FKA Slaves – and London trio and former NME Cover stars Mary In The Junkyard.
Tickets go on sale this Friday (December 20) at 9am local time, and pre-sale options will be available from Wednesday (18) at 9am. Visit here for tickets, and check out the new tour poster in the update below.
For The Murder Capital, news of the new Dublin gig comes as they recently announced details of their upcoming album ‘Blindness’, which is set for release on February 21.
Confirming news of the new LP with the lead single ‘Words Lost Meaning’, the record will follow on from the Irish quintet’s acclaimed 2023 album ‘Gigi’s Recovery’, which arrived four years after their breakout debut ‘When I Have Fears’. You can pre-order it here.
Last month, frontman James McGovern caught up with NME to discuss the upcoming release, and explained how the members settled on the title.
“There were a couple of other titles that almost caught fire for us, but they were doused pretty quickly. ‘Blindness’ ended up being the one, looking at the themes across the record,” he said. “This denial of faith – also a grappling with faith – and an underbelly of Irishness running through it.”
He continued: “I think blindness is endemic in the human condition, really. We’re made of blind spots. We try to focus on things and meet each person, task and song with as true a heart as possible. But at the same time, it’s powerful to be aware of how much you can’t see.”
Elsewhere in the NME interview, McGovern spoke about how the band previewed some new material while on tour with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. “[Fans] seemed very into it! I suppose the big shining moment was with ‘Love Of Country’, when we figured out that it was a closer at the end of the set in Madrid,” he explained.
“That was inspired by the way Nick closes his show with ‘Into My Arms’. ‘Love Of Country’ is not as dynamically low as that, but in the context of our music, it’s down there – but it’s fucking intense. It was a really life-affirming moment.”
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