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Wardruna released their highly acclaimed sixth studio album Birna on January 24th but have been touring relentlessly in support of it since October of last year throughout Europe, the UK, Australia and Latin America. The Norwegian ambient folk act shows no signs of slowing down and have now announced their North American tour. The tour will begin on September 4th in Fort Worth, TX and will wrap up on September 28th in Washington, DC with stops in Los Angeles' Greek Theatre, New York’s Beacon Theatre, and Toronto’s Massey Hall. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time with Chelsea Wolfe joining as a special guest on all dates except Los Angeles.
The North American tour expands upon Wardruna’s extensive world tour, which has already seen the band perform at stunning historical and natural venues. New tour dates also include Wardruna’s live debut in Spain and Portugal, as well as festival appearances at Germany’s Summer Breeze Open Air and Romania’s Rockstadt Extreme Fest. The group was previously announced as the headliner for this year’s Fire in the Mountains festival in Montana (July 25 - 27).
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am here.
See below for all dates.
Wardruna have a tradition of performing in breathtaking historical locations such as the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the Acropolis in Athens and in amphitheaters surrounded by natural wonders like the iconic Red Rocks in Colorado. These unique performances give audiences a whole new perspective when it comes to music being in conversation with history and nature.
This upcoming tour continues that tradition; with the group set to perform at the historic, UNESCO world heritage site, The Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland. Wardruna have also recently announced a very special concert at the legendary Amphitheater of Pompeii, a site of cultural significance in history and popular culture. It was also the very same place Pink Floyd performed and filmed their Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii concert film in 1972.
“We are genuinely honored to be invited to perform at the amphitheater in Pompei and it is hard to find the right words to express how special this feels. Not on only because of the historical and cultural significance of this rarely used venue but also the place it has in more recent cultural history with Pink Floyd’s legendary performance at this very site. Needless to say, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity!” - Main Composer Einar Selvik
Birna was written and recorded over three years, with music by Selvik and longtime collaborator/vocalist Linda-Fay Hella, and lyrics solely by Selvik. The album unravels the long and entangled history of the relationship between man and Bear and contemplating the present state of how humans relate to the wild in general. Wardruna was featured on the February cover of Decibel Magazine, while Metal Hammer praising the them, as “a genuine force of nature.” Blabbermouth called Birna “another bold celebration of the band’s culture,” and New Noise noted that “They’re not just in conversation with nature; they and the natural world confide in one another.”
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