Fragrance Genius has introduced an extension to his ‘Duo Tour’, with new dates in North America and the UK.
The musician – actual identify Mike Hadreas – performed a string of reveals earlier this yr alongside his longtime collaborator and co-writer Alan Wyffels, and has now confirmed particulars of additional dates to return.
They may play six reveals throughout North America in September and October, stopping off in Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Petaluma, Huge Sur and Los Angeles, and they are going to be adopted by a one-off present in London’s Union Chapel on October 28.
Tickets for the reveals are on sale now and you’ll find yours right here (UK) and right here (North America).
Hadreas has stated of the reveals, “Alan was the primary particular person I ever sang in entrance of. We’ve performed each single present collectively for 15 years. Once we began it was simply him and I, perched on our keyboards on the entrance of the stage. I miss a number of these older songs and the way intense they may very well be with simply the 2 of us. We’re excited to return there. We wish to sing stripped down variations of newer songs as properly and write some new music altogether to play as a duo.”
Fragrance Genius will play:
SEPTEMBER
27 – Vancouver, Hollywood Theatre
28 – Seattle, City Corridor Seattle
29 – Portland, Aladdin Theater
OCTOBER
1 – Petaluma, CA, Mystic Theatre
2 – Huge Sur, CA, Henry Miller Memorial Library
3 – Los Angeles, Barnsdall Artwork Theatre
28 – London, Union Chapel
Fragrance Genius launched his final album ‘Glory’ final yr, and spoke to NME on the time concerning the inspiration behind it. “I believe one of many issues that makes me shy in my every day life is that I’m not gonna be taken significantly as a result of I’m little or have a unique method of speaking,” he stated trying on the lyrics to ‘It’s A Mirror’.
“I used to be considering how there’s no method that I’m gonna speak to a neighbour; it could simply be too anxiety-producing. And but I play reveals and sing in entrance of individuals and I’m not frightened of that anymore,” he added. “I’ve felt a way of objective concerning the job that’s made me work on that. I’ve been actually critical about [my music] and been rewarded by the truth that individuals are taking it significantly.”
In February, Hadreas joined Zara Larsson in pleading with followers to assist them change their Wikipedia pictures to one thing extra flattering. He was not completely satisfied that it had not been up to date since 2017, joking that it had been “haunting him for years”.
He additionally labored on a canopy of Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s ‘I See A Darkness’ alongside Anna Calvi on the finish of final yr.