Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE and Surf Gang collective are releasing a double album together called Pompeii/Utility and have announced world tour dates including Dublin this summer.
The album is released on April 3rd, was produced by Surf Gang and comes in two halves/discs with MIKE on the first half – POMPEII and Earl taking over on the second UTILITY.
‘Minty / Earth’ is the lead short double single from the record, and is out now.
Full tour dates below, including the European and UK leg looking like this:
- 8 September – Tilburg, Netherlands @ 013 Poppodium $
- 22 August – Salisbury, UK @ We Out Here £
- 25 August – Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy Glasgow $
- 26 August – Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street $
- 27 August – Paris, France @ Bourse De Commerce £
- 28 August – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City $
- 29 August – London, UK @ All Points East £
- 31 August – London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town $
- 2 September – Bristol, UK @ Prospect Building $
- 3 September – Brighton, UK @ Brighton Dome $
- 6 September – Paris, France @ Elysee Montmartre $
- $ – with Harrison [SURF GANG]
- € – Earl Sweatshirt only
- £ – MIKE only with the Band of the Century
Earl Sweatshirt’s last album was last year’s Live Laugh Love while MIKE’s own most recent solo record was Showbiz.
POMPEII
1. The Fall
2. MY WORST (rebuke)
3. Da Bid (feat. Jadasea)
4. NOT 4TW (feat. Anysia Kym)
5. THE POPE
6. AFRO
7. Minty
8. F.E.A.R. (feat. Niontay)
9. Tampering
10. Shutter Island
11. Back LA (feat. Na-Kel Smith)
12. Back Home
13. Kirkland (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)
14. #FREE #MIKE
15. Man of the Month
UTILITY
1. this2shallpass
2. again
3. Home on the Range
4, React
5. Hot Water (Cahuilla)
6. rectangle lens
7. Leadbelly (feat. MIKE)
8. quikk
9. Ew!
10. Earth
11. Chali 2na
12. Sisyphus
13. Locusts (feat. Lerado Khalil)
14. Tour de France
15. Chicago
16. Book of Eli
17. AOK
18. Don’t Worry!
Earl Sweatshirt/MIKE tour dates
$ – with Harrison [SURF GANG]
€ – Earl Sweatshirt only
£ – MIKE only with the Band of the Century
- 24 April – Mexico City, MX @ Foro Indie Rocks
- 9 June – Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium $
- 10 June – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium $
- 12 June – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre $
- 13 June – Albuquerque, NM @ Historic El Rey Theatre $
- 15 June – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex $
- 16 June – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom $
- 18 June – Kansas City, MO @ The Truman $
- 19 June – Omaha, NE @ The Admiral Theatre $
- 20 June – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee $
- 22 June – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave $
- 23 June – St. Louis, MO @ The Hawthorn $
- 24 June – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room @ ONC $
- 26 June – Cleveland, OH @ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame $
- 27 June – Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! $
- 28 June – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts $
- 30 June – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre $
- 1 July – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom $
- 2 July – South Deerfield, MA @ Summerstage at Tree House Brewing $
- 7 July – Providence, RI @ The Strand Ballroom $
- 8 July – New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount $
- 9 July – Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall $
- 13 July – Richmond, VA @ The National $
- 14 July – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa $
- 15 July – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore CLT $
- 17 July – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz $
- 18 July – Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach $
- 7 August – Katowice, Poland @ OFF Festival €
- 22 August – Salisbury, UK @ We Out Here £
- 25 August – Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy Glasgow $
- 26 August – Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street $
- 27 August – Paris, France @ Bourse De Commerce £
- 28 August – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City $
- 29 August – London, UK @ All Points East £
- 31 August – London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town $
- 2 September – Bristol, UK @ Prospect Building $
- 3 September – Brighton, UK @ Brighton Dome $
- 6 September – Paris, France @ Elysee Montmartre $
- 8 September – Tilburg, Netherlands @ 013 Poppodium $
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
