Dublin trad-folk band Lankum have announced their biggest indoor gig to date with a big gig at Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London.
The gig takes place on October 26th, 2024 an the band put out a video of their last performance in London, in December 2023 at the Roundhouse.
Ticket link from Lankum’s site.
Tickets On General Sale Friday 10am
Tickets Pre-Sale Wednesday 10am
The band’s only Irish show meanwhile is In The Meadows in Dublin.
False Lankum was our number 1 album of the year of 2023:
False Lankum has been called folk’s OK Computer, and compared to Godspeed! You Black Emperor and Scott Walker, and such high praise that suggests just how lauded Lankum’s music is increasingly becoming internationally. False Lankum is the sound of an Irish band stoking the fire of trad and finding ever-more illuminating ways to tell old stories.
About Lankum
Their fourth album False Lankum has been universally heralded, reaching no.2 in the Official Irish Album Charts on release, receiving a Mercury Prize nomination and significantly eclipsing the success of their previous album, the Choice Award winning, The Livelong Day.
The record heralds a new stage in the metamorphosis of the band into a modern-day powerhouse, drawing on traditional and primitive methods to create bold and singular music that transcends its folk roots: an entrancing, widescreen sound incorporating experimental overtones and rumbling drones wedded with classic songwriting, close vocal harmonies and timeless narratives. Their live show has evolved into a deeply moving collective experience, with the band performing together as though they are a single lung: sounds expand and collapse from indistinguishable mouths, lungs, fingers, keys and feet, while a wall of amp stacks push the intensity of the show to new levels.
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.
