Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys releases his anticipated new solo album Sadness Sets Me Free at the end of the month, and has just announced a US tour in support. The tour kicks off in Brooklyn at Union Pool on March 8, makes its way to Austin for SXSW and then heads west, wrapping up in Seattle on March 28. Tickets for all non-SXSW shows go on sale Friday, January 12 at 10 AM local time, and all dates are listed below.
Gruff has also shared another song from the record, the string-filled “Bad Friend.” Gruff says: “People always refer to ‘good friends’. This song is toying with the idea of the ‘bad friend’. Maybe a bad friend is still better than not being a friend at all. Some friends function better than others, but they’re not enemies. Within the structures of 21st-century life, the pressure on people’s time – and what we are expected to be able to perform in daily life – is so kaleidoscopic. If I could shorten the sentiments to one line, it would be ‘all in good time’. It’s me reaching out to friends through song because maybe I haven’t had the chance to go to their house or talk to them on the phone.” You can watch the video, directed by Mark James, below.
Sadness Sets Me Free will be out January 26 via Rough Trade.
Gruff Rhys – 2024 Tour Dates
February 2nd – Aberystwyth, Arts Centre
February 7th – London, Kings Place (Sold Out)
February 8th – London, Kings Place
February 10th – Manchester, New Century Hall (Sold Out)
February 14th – Belfast, Empire Music Hall
February 15th – Dublin, Sugar Club (Sold Out)
February 16th – Dublin, Sugar Club
February 17th – Liverpool, Hanger 34
February 19th – Glasgow, St Lukes
February 22nd – Bristol, Strange Brew (Sold Out)
February 23rd – Bristol, Strange Brew (Sold Out)
February 24th – Narberth, Queens Hall.
February 28th – Berlin, Badehaus
February 29th – Hamburg, Nachtasyl
March 2nd – Koln, Theater De Wogngemeinschaft
March 3rd – Amsterdam, Zonzij
March 5th– Paris, Solaris
March 8th – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
March 9th – Washington, DC @ DC9
March 10th – Raleigh, NC @ Kings
March 11th – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
March 13th – Austin, TX @ SXSW
March 14th – Austin, TX @ SXSW
March 15th – Austin, TX @ SXSW
March 18th – Phoenix, AZ @ Dirty Drummer
March 19th – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
March 20th – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
March 23rd – Sacramento, CA @ Starlet Room
March 24th – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
March 26th – Portland, OR @ Mission Theatre
March 27th – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
