Today, Scottish rock trio Biffy Clyro announced a fall/winter tour across the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia to support their upcoming eighth studio album, A Celebration Of Endings. Following the LP's release on May 15, the band will kick off the 31-date arena/large venue trek in Aberdeen, Scotland on Sept. 25 and close it out in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 16, 2021.
The first leg of the tour, in the U.K., includes stops at The SSE Hydo in their home of Glasgow on Sept. 26 and London's famed O2 arena on Oct. 1. The band, consisting of Simon Neil and twin brothers James and Ben Johnston, will wrap up the first leg in Bournemouth, England on Oct. 11, after which they will then move on to Europe, playing Paris on Oct. 17. The European dates end on Nov. 9 with a show in Stockholm, followed by three January dates in Australia.
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Neil told NME that big electronic music shows are the inspiration behind their rowdy live show.
"The Ellipsis tour was one of my favorite stage productions. You could have just as easily been at a techno show. Sometimes rock bands can just be a little too scared that it needs to be sweaty and dirty. Do whatever the f*** you want. As long as you're being yourself," the frontman explained.
"The best live shows of the last 10 years have been EDM shows—they're the ones who are visually pushing things forwards. I want our show to be the best thing you've ever f***ing seen."
Last week, the "Re-arrange" artists announced the follow up album to 2016's Ellipsis was on the way, dropping its second lead single "End Of." They dropped their first new music of the year on Feb. 20, the loud pop-rock anthem "Instant History," which will also be on the upcoming album.
"'Instant History' does not represent the record, but as always we like to put the first song out as a bit of a rug-pull to set the panic stations," Neil also told NME.
"The song is about embracing progress without completely dismissing everything that we've learned from the past. You can't just go on blindly and ignore everything that's happened, but equally you can make your own history ahead of time."
In 2019, the band composed the soundtrack for indie film Balance, Not Symmetry, co-written by Neil.
The band notes that fans can pre-order A Celebration of Endings or register on their site to get presale access to the upcoming tour.
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