The Dare announces 2024 UK and European tour 

The Dare has announced details of a UK and European tour, set to take place later this year.

Revealed today (September 18), the new tour dates come in celebration of the musician’s debut album ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’

Arriving via Polydor/Republic Records on September 6, the artist – real name Harrison Patrick Smith – then kicked off his first-ever North American headline tour. These dates included a sold-out show at New York’s Webster Hall last week.

Now, he has announced details of a UK and European leg of the tour, which is set to kick off later this year.

Seven new shows have been shared, all of which take place in November. They kick off with an opening night at the Gretchen venue in Berlin (13), followed by two shows in Paris, held at the Silencio and Badaboum venues on November 15 and 16 respectively.

The Dare ‘What’s Wrong With New York’ album artwork

From there, The Dare will play one show at the Bitterzoet in Amsterdam on the 18th, before heading over to the UK for three live dates. The first of which is at London’s Heaven on November 20, followed by a show in Leeds the following night and a closing gig at The Arch in Brighton on November 23.

Tickets go on sale this Friday (September 20) and will be available here. Find a full list of new shows below.

The Dare’s UK and European tour dates are:

NOVEMBER
13 – Berlin, Germany @ Gretchen
15 – Paris, France @ Silencio
16 – Paris, France @ Badaboum
18 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bitterzoet
20 – London, UK @  Heaven
21 – Leeds, UK @ Belgrave Music Hall
23 – Brighton, UK @ The Arch

The Dare recorded ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’ over the last year between his home and his studio in New York. It features his huge lead single ‘Girls’, as well as other singles including ‘You’re Invited,’ ‘Perfume’ and ‘Good Time.’

It also came with a star-studded list of collaborations, including appearances from the likes of Dylan Brady, Emile Haynie, Romil Hemnani, Chris Greatti, Isaac Eiger and more.
Before the release, Smith reached his first UK Number One with the Charli xcx and Billie Eilish remix of ‘Guess’, which he produced for the deluxe edition of ‘Brat’.

‘What’s Wrong With New York?’ was given a three-star review by NME, with Jordan Bassett writing: “It’s tempting to tell Smith that Murphy wants his shtick back (along with his suit), but the pastiche is often effective, at least.”

“His defiantly dumb breakthrough track ‘Girls’ is one of the best singles of 2006 and ‘Movement’ builds to a crunching, multi-layered cacophony that demonstrates greater musical sophistication than he’s often given credit for,” it added.

“Still, there’s something a little depressing about music that’s this nakedly backwards-facing. Beneath the hedonism, anxiety thrums through ‘What’s Wrong with New York?’ – hence, perhaps, Smith’s dream of his teeth falling out – and he’s clearly captured a wish to return to a time before Covid, before fake news, before bots and pile-ons and information overload. But you’d be better off just listening to LCD.”

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