Villagers have announced some Irish gigs for Belfast, Limerick, Galway, Kilkenny in December to coincide with Conor O’Brien’s new album The Art of Pretending to Swim, which is due on September 21st.
Villagers Tour Dates
28-29th September – Other Voices, Ballina
27th October – Metropolis Festival, Dublin
Mon 10th December – Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Wednesday 12th December – Dolans, Limerick
Thursday 13th December – Black Box, Galway
Friday 14th December – Set Theatre, Kilkenny
Tickets www.wearevillagers.com/live
Two tracks from the album have been released thus far – ‘Fool’ last week and ‘The Trick Of The Light’.

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