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Biffy Clyro announce UK and Ireland arena tour, with Architects in support

Download 2022 headliners Biffy Clyro announce UK/Ireland arena tour, and promise "You will not want to miss it.”

Download 2022 headliners Biffy Clyro have announced a British/Irish arena tour.

The Kilmarnock trio are bringing Architects out in a supporting role for the trek, which kicks off in Leeds on November 5, and runs through to November 15 in Bournemouth.

"It's been way too long," the band say "We are so excited to announce our tour of UK/Ireland this November and over the moon to have Architects join us on what is going to be a very special tour. You will not want to miss it"

The dates are as follows: Nov 5: First Direct Arena, Leeds Nov 6: OVO Hydro, Glasgow Nov 8: 3Arena, Dublin, IRE Nov 9: SSE Arena, Belfast Nov 11: Resorts World Arena, Birmingham Nov 12: The O2, London Nov 14: Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff Nov 15: International Centre, Bournemouth

Biffy frontman Simon Neil recently confessed that he had major anxiety about returning to live action in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. "I couldn’t get my head into being Simon from Biffy," he admitted to Kerrang! "We anticipated it was going to be hard but the last two years have changed everyone in ways you can’t immediately see. I was close to just leaving [the tour] but realised if I didn’t get over that hurdle then, I might never be able to get back on a stage. That might sound melodramatic but it’s how I felt and it’s a conversation I had with the boys [bandmates Ben and James Johnston]." "I had all sorts of fears but I just had to remember that I don’t need to always worry about my place in the world, or our place in the world; this is my life and I’m happy with it."

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Biffy Clyro Announce Spring 2022 North American Tour

Scottish rockers and U.K. favorites Biffy Clyro will be heading stateside later this spring to kick off a North American tour leg in support of their latest album, 2021's The Myth of the Happily Ever After .

This will be the band's first trip to the U.S. and Canada since 2017, with the band lining up 15-dates between mid-April and early-May. The trek is set to kick off April 17 at Chicago's House of Blues, wrapping May 9 at the Belasco in Los Angeles, with a performance at the 2022 edition of the Shaky Knees festival along the way. See all of the cities, venues and dates listed below.

"America - we've missed you," state the band. "It's been way too long! We can't wait to come and play for you all again, it's going to be special..."

Tickets for the run go on sale this Friday (Jan. 28) at 10AM local time via the band's website . There's also a presale for Citi cardmembers starting today (Jan. 25) at 2PM ET running through Thursday (Jan. 17) at 10AM local time. Visit the Citi Entertainment website for more details.

Biffy Clyro's The Myth of the Happily Ever After arrived at No. 1 on the U.K. Rock and Metal Albums chart last fall. It's yielded the songs "Unknown Male 01," "A Hunger in Your Haunt," and "Errors in the History of God."

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April 17 – Chicago, Ill. @ House of Blues April 19 – Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club April 20 – Boston, Mass. @ Big Night Live April 22 – Toronto, Ontario @ History April 24 – New York, N.Y. @ Irving Plaza April 25 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Union Transfer April 27 – Columbus, Ohio @ Newport Music Hall April 28 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Brooklyn Bowl April 29 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Shaky Knees Festival May 01 – Dallas, Texas @ The Echo Lounge & Music Hall May 03 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ Marquee May 04 – Las Vegas, Nev. @ House of Blues May 06 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore May 07 – San Diego, Calif. @ Music Box May 09 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Belasco

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ARCHITECTS ANNOUNCE SPECIAL GUEST SLOT ON BIFFY CLYRO TOUR

• June 21, 2022
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One of the most exciting bands to emerge from the UK in recent years,  Architects,  today announce a special guest slot on Biffy Clyro’s UK & Ireland arena tour in November.  The tour kicks off on the 5 th  at Leeds First Direct Arena and includes a show at  London’s O2 Arena  on  November 12 th .

The tour follows Architects  recent triumphant sold-out UK tour, which saw them play an exhilarating show at Alexander Palace and release a much anticipated single entitled “ when we were young’”,  which has so far been streamed over 6.5 million times by the band’s 1.6 million monthly Spotify listeners.  The track also received support from Radio 1; including Clara Amfo’s ‘Hottest Record In The World’ and a firm position on their playlist for the past 4 weeks.

“when we were young”  was the first new recording from the band since their last-years critically acclaimed  UK number 1  album  “For Those That Wish To Exist”.

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Biffy Clyro announce 2022 North American tour

"North America, we've missed you"

Biffy Clyro have announced plans for a 15-date North American tour in the spring.

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The Scottish trio will hit the road in Chicago on April 17, taking in further dates in the likes of Washington, New York, Toronto, Las Vegas and San Francisco before wrapping up in LA on May 9. You can view the full list of dates below.

It is the first time the band have performed in the US and Canada since 2017.

Announcing their return the band wrote: “North America, we’ve missed you, it’s been way too long! We can’t wait to come and play for you all again, it’s going to be special…”

North America – we've missed you, it's been way too long! We can't wait to come and play for you all again, it's going to be special… Simon, James and Ben x Biffy will return to the US & Canada in April & May. Sign up to Team Biffy presale access at https://t.co/L9J2XExfWC pic.twitter.com/IPTBOWZnGn — Biffy Clyro (@BiffyClyro) January 25, 2022

The jaunt comes despite the trio being forced to postpone their 2022 European headline tour due to ongoing COVID concerns.

They were due to hit the road in Europe last October for a run of delayed concerts. In June, however, they announced that the gigs were being pushed back again to February/March this year .

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But last week, Biffy Clyro told fans that the concerts will now take place between August and October “due to ongoing concerns and restrictions around coronavirus”.

The trio added in a statement: “We are gutted to be moving these dates again, but can’t wait to come out and see everyone when it’s safe to do so. Simon, James & Ben x.”

They had been due to perform a trio of intimate acoustic gigs this month, but those appearances were also postponed due to a rise in coronavirus cases. New dates are said to be “coming soon” .

In June, the trio will top the bill at Edinburgh’s new pop-up venue The Big Top alongside Madness ,  Fatboy Slim and more.

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• Date 12 Nov 2022
• Venue The O2 arena
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Biffy Clyro have announced that they will be bringing their upcoming tour to London’s The O2 on Saturday 12 November 2022, with special guests Architects.

This tour will undoubtedly demonstrate to fans once more how Biffy Clyro's reputation as one of Britain’s best live acts remains steadfast, Kerrang! concluding “ nobody does it better than Biffy Clyro ” following the band’s 2021 headline set at Reading Festival.

About the tour, Biffy Clyro said – "It's been way too long... we are so excited to announce our tour of UK/Ireland this November and o ver the moon to have Architects join us on what is going to be a very special tour. You will not want to miss it”

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Biffy Clyro announce spring 2022 North America tour

Before they take on European festivals in the summer, Biffy Clyro will be crossing the pond to perform in the U.S. and Canada…

Biffy Clyro have announced details of a 15-date trek around North America this spring.

Before they take on huge European festivals this summer (including headlining Download Festival in June), the trio will be heading over to the U.S. and Canada for the first time since the end of 2017. "North America, we've missed you, it's been way too long!" they say. "We can't wait to come and play for you all again, it's going to be special…"

Most recently, Biffy had to postpone this month's acoustic shows in the UK due to coronavirus restrictions, but they did manage to make it out on their excellent Fingers Crossed Tour last year , as well as headlining Reading & Leeds in August . And it sounds as though they'll be having an equally massive 2022, starting with this bunch of dates…

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1 Dallas The Echo Lounge 3 Tempe Marquee Theatre 4 Las Vegas House Of Blues 6 San Francisco The Fillmore 7 San Diego Music Box 89 Los Angeles Belasco Theatre

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Biffy Clyro / Architects, Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, 11th November 2022

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Light and shade in a live set is a delicate balance between the rambunctious in-yer-face stuff and the more chilled tracks, such as acoustic numbers. Especially if you are filed under “rock”.

Biffy Clyro certainly are a rock band and one of the best on the planet right now. So, when they add two violinists to the line-up for part of the set of an arena tour, a fair few pair of eyebrows may well have been raised.

Do you blast the fans with mosh pit fuel all night or if you sling in some calmer cuts, will you lose the momentum, and will the crowd lose interest and nip to the bar?

Well  tonight, Biffy answered those questions with a masterclass in how to pace a set so you score a bullseye with every single song, and still manage to cut down the BPMs and deliver some quieter, calmer moments while holding the attention of close to 16,000 fans.

A faultless performance across 20 songs in a glorious set from the Scottish stars tonight at the sold out Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, the fifth stop on an eight-date tour. Architects as opening act. The tour kicking off in Leeds and calling in to London’s 02 arena tonight (Saturday 12 th November), then Cardiff and Bournemouth to end the trek.

In the wake of a triumphant headline performance at this year’s Download Festival at Donington Park, their second headliner there, Biffy Clyro are having a good year. On this their 11 th tour since forming in 1995, they give fans songs from their 2021 album, “The Myth Of The Happily Ever After”, 2020’s “A Celebration Of Endings” and a deep dive into a lot of their nine-album catalogue.

Six of their albums have reached Top five in the UK album chart, and their sixth, “Opposites” gave them their first number one album. Three consecutive studio albums (Opposites, Ellipsis and A Celebrate of Endings) peaked at number one in the UK official albums chart.

Frontman Simon Neil is in good voice and as energetic as ever, and the addition of the brace of fiddle players (classically trained violinists hate being called fiddle players, by the way!) later in the set underlining the more chilled moments, adds huge value to the vocal, and they graced some of the more dramatic tracks too.

Bass and drums from the twins: James and Ben Johnston, were the engine room of this rock juggernaut as usual. Another example of the light and shade theme is Neil’s versatility with his vocal instrument between the rockier stuff and the laidback material. You get a mighty roar or a gentler noise coming out of those powerful pipes to serve the song.

There are rock bands out there who cannot pull off the change from the powerhouse rock and the ballads side of a live set, let down by the vocals; with the singer finding it hard to pull right back and when doing so, losing the balls and power. Not so here with Mr Neil.

They open with “Dum Dum”, “A Hunger in Your Haunt”, “Tiny Indoor Fireworks”, “Who’s Got a Match?” and “Black Chandelier”. The main set closes with “The Captain” before a one song encore, “God & Satan”. One of the newest tracks in the set is the superb “Unknown Male”.

High spots of the set included an emotional rendition of “Machines”, “Living Is A Problem As Everything Dies” and a lovely falsetto-soaked “Re-arrange” with backup vocals from the twins. “Wolves Of Winter” and “Mountain” kept the moshers happy. I particularly enjoyed the superb performance of “Who’s Got A Match?”.

The one thing Biffy have nailed from the outset as a band is the ability to craft commercially successful anthemic rock which is ready made for radio, and for arenas and stadiums. But not just volume merchants; the lyrical content and topics their songs cover always have credibility. Notching up five number one singles in the UK chart so far.

If you have not yet seen this, it is a must if you are a Biffy Clyro fan: released in February 2022 on Amazon Prime, an hour-long documentary about Biffy Clyro and the making of “The Myth of the Happily Ever After”. The film is titled “Cultural Sons of Scotland.”

The production for this show tonight added to the sense of occasion; superb lighting and visual stimulants, the sound quality top notch and if you were up in ‘the Gods’ or back of the hall, on the barrier or in the centre of this vast hall, you got the best audio possible.

Nice to hear material from most of their nine studio albums, especially from “Only Revolution”, “Puzzle” and Opposites”. As usual at one of their gigs, there were regular shouts of “Mon the Biff” from the fans, as they came on stage and between songs.

It was double delight tonight with not one, but two top notch rock bands on stage. Architects are the opening act on this tour, the British metalcore band from Brighton, formed in 2004 by twin brothers Dan and Tom Searle. The band now consists of Dan Searle on drums, Sam Carter on vocals, Alex Dean on bass, Adam Christianson and Josh Middleton on guitars.

In 2011, for their fourth album, Architects went in a more melodic  p ost-hardcore direction with “The Here and Now”. Next album “Daybreaker” they went back to their original style before sixth album “Lost Forever // Lost Together” in 2014, which was widely praised.

Soon after the release of their seventh album, “All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us”, in 2016, guitarist and principal songwriter Tom Searle died after three years of living with skin cancer, making Dan Searle the only original band member.

“Holy Hell” was their first album recorded without Tom Searle, released in November 2018. Their ninth studio album, “For Those That Wish to Exist”, was released in 2021 – their first chart-topper on the UK Album Chart. Their current and 10th album, “The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit”, was released in October 2022.

Their rousing 10-song set was a very, very fine start to the proceedings tonight and they are a perfect fit as support act to Biffy, and well worth catching live in their own right. A fair few Architects’ tee shirts in the crowd among the Biffy hoodies.

Nice to see the venue rammed for both acts and not half empty for the support as is often the case in these big arenas.

Both bands gave a great account of themselves here, but Biffy’s performance was worthy of any huge stadium, or a headline slot at the biggest festivals in the world.

I think “mighty” sums it up well – and confirms that their star is most definitely still on the ascent even after 27 years on the road and having played to millions.

“Mon the Biff” – and soon please!

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Words by christopher weston.

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Biffy Clyro Announce US & Canada Tour For 2022

Biffy Clyro have lined up their first tour of the US and Canada since 2017.

Simon Neil’s band have scheduled 15 shows in support of last year’s The Myth of the Happily Ever After album, commencing at Chicago’s House Of Blues on 17 April and running through to 9 May, with a performance at the Belasco in Los Angeles. Tickets for the shows go on sale on January 28 at 10am local time.

Between headline shows in Nashville and Dallas, the trio will also play at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees festival, a three-day event headlined by Green Day , Nine Inch Nails and My Morning Jacket.

“America – we’ve missed you,” the band say in a statement. “It’s been way too long! We can’t wait to come and play for you all again, it’s going to be special…”

Earlier this month, Biffy Clyro‘s debut album Blackened Sky was certified gold in the UK . Released back in March 2002, the record reaches its 20th anniversary this year. It features the singles Joy.Discovery.Invention, 27, Justboy and 57. Biffy’s major label debut – Puzzle – came in 2007 following The Vertigo Of Bliss (2003) and Infinity Land (2004).

Blackened Sky reached gold status in the United Kingdom after registering in excess of 100,000 sales to date.

Biffy Clyro play the following US and Canada shows in 2022:

Apr 17: House of Blues, Chicago, IL Apr 19: 9:30 Club Washington, D.C. Apr 20: Big Night Live Boston, MA Apr 22: History Toronto, CAN Apr 24: Irving Plaza New York, NY Apr 25: Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA Apr 27: Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH Apr 28: Brooklyn Bowl Nashville, TN Apr 29: Shaky Knees Festival, Atlanta, GA May 01: The Echo Lounge & Music Hall, Dallas, TX May 03: Marquee Phoenix, AZ May 04: House of Blues Las Vegas, NV May 06: The Fillmore San Francisco, CA May 07: Music Box San Diego, CA May 09: Belasco Los Angeles, CA

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Biffy Clyro Announce Europe & Australia Arena Tour

The Scottish rockers' eighth studio album, 'A Celebration of Endings,' drops on May 15

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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GRAMMY Rewind: Kendrick Lamar Honors Hip-Hop's Greats While Accepting Best Rap Album GRAMMY For 'To Pimp a Butterfly' In 2016

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A GRAMMY veteran these days, Kendrick Lamar has won 17 GRAMMYs and has received 47 GRAMMY nominations overall. A sizable chunk of his trophies came from the 58th annual GRAMMY Awards in 2016, when he walked away with five — including his first-ever win in the Best Rap Album category.

This installment of GRAMMY Rewind turns back the clock to 2016, revisiting Lamar's acceptance speech upon winning Best Rap Album for To Pimp A Butterfly . Though Lamar was alone on stage, he made it clear that he wouldn't be at the top of his game without the help of a broad support system. 

"First off, all glory to God, that's for sure," he said, kicking off a speech that went on to thank his parents, who he described as his "those who gave me the responsibility of knowing, of accepting the good with the bad."

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He also extended his love and gratitude to his fiancée, Whitney Alford, and shouted out his Top Dawg Entertainment labelmates. Lamar specifically praised Top Dawg's CEO, Anthony Tiffith, for finding and developing raw talent that might not otherwise get the chance to pursue their musical dreams.

"We'd never forget that: Taking these kids out of the projects, out of Compton, and putting them right here on this stage, to be the best that they can be," Lamar — a Compton native himself — continued, leading into an impassioned conclusion spotlighting some of the cornerstone rap albums that came before To Pimp a Butterfly .

"Hip-hop. Ice Cube . This is for hip-hop," he said. "This is for Snoop Dogg , Doggystyle . This is for Illmatic , this is for Nas . We will live forever. Believe that."

To Pimp a Butterfly singles "Alright" and "These Walls" earned Lamar three more GRAMMYs that night, the former winning Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song and the latter taking Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (the song features Bilal , Anna Wise and Thundercat ). He also won Best Music Video for the remix of Taylor Swift 's "Bad Blood." 

Lamar has since won Best Rap Album two more times, taking home the golden gramophone in 2018 for his blockbuster LP DAMN ., and in 2023 for his bold fifth album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers .

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James Brown changed the sound of popular music when he found the power of the one and unleashed the funk with "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag." Today, funk lives on in many forms, including these exciting bands from across the world.

It's rare that a genre can be traced back to a single artist or group, but for funk, that was James Brown . The Godfather of Soul coined the phrase and style of playing known as "on the one," where the first downbeat is emphasized, instead of the typical second and fourth beats in pop, soul and other styles. As David Cheal eloquently explains, playing on the one "left space for phrases and riffs, often syncopated around the beat, creating an intricate, interlocking grid which could go on and on." You know a funky bassline when you hear it; its fat chords beg your body to get up and groove.

Brown's 1965 classic, "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," became one of the first funk hits, and has been endlessly sampled and covered over the years, along with his other groovy tracks. Of course, many other funk acts followed in the '60s, and the genre thrived in the '70s and '80s as the disco craze came and went, and the originators of hip-hop and house music created new music from funk and disco's strong, flexible bones built for dancing.

Legendary funk bassist Bootsy Collins learned the power of the one from playing in Brown's band, and brought it to George Clinton , who created P-funk, an expansive, Afrofuturistic , psychedelic exploration of funk with his various bands and projects, including Parliament-Funkadelic . Both Collins and Clinton remain active and funkin', and have offered their timeless grooves to collabs with younger artists, including Kali Uchis , Silk Sonic , and Omar Apollo; and Kendrick Lamar , Flying Lotus , and Thundercat , respectively.

In the 1980s, electro-funk was born when artists like Afrika Bambaataa, Man Parrish, and Egyptian Lover began making futuristic beats with the Roland TR-808 drum machine — often with robotic vocals distorted through a talk box. A key distinguishing factor of electro-funk is a de-emphasis on vocals, with more phrases than choruses and verses. The sound influenced contemporaneous hip-hop, funk and electronica, along with acts around the globe, while current acts like Chromeo, DJ Stingray, and even Egyptian Lover himself keep electro-funk alive and well.

Today, funk lives in many places, with its heavy bass and syncopated grooves finding way into many nooks and crannies of music. There's nu-disco and boogie funk, nodding back to disco bands with soaring vocals and dance floor-designed instrumentation. G-funk continues to influence Los Angeles hip-hop, with innovative artists like Dam-Funk and Channel Tres bringing the funk and G-funk, into electro territory. Funk and disco-centered '70s revival is definitely having a moment, with acts like Ghost Funk Orchestra and Parcels , while its sparkly sprinklings can be heard in pop from Dua Lipa , Doja Cat , and, in full "Soul Train" character, Silk Sonic . There are also acts making dreamy, atmospheric music with a solid dose of funk, such as Khruangbin ’s global sonic collage.

There are many bands that play heavily with funk, creating lush grooves designed to get you moving. Read on for a taste of five current modern funk and nu-disco artists making band-led uptempo funk built for the dance floor. Be sure to press play on the Spotify playlist above, and check out GRAMMY.com's playlist on Apple Music , Amazon Music and Pandora .

Say She She

Aptly self-described as "discodelic soul," Brooklyn-based seven-piece Say She She make dreamy, operatic funk, led by singer-songwriters Nya Gazelle Brown, Piya Malik and Sabrina Mileo Cunningham. Their '70s girl group-inspired vocal harmonies echo, sooth and enchant as they cover poignant topics with feminist flair.

While they’ve been active in the New York scene for a few years, they’ve gained wider acclaim for the irresistible music they began releasing this year, including their debut album, Prism . Their 2022 debut single "Forget Me Not" is an ode to ground-breaking New York art collective Guerilla Girls, and " Norma " is their protest anthem in response to the news that Roe vs. Wade could be (and was) overturned. The band name is a nod to funk legend Nile Rodgers , from the "Le freak, c'est chi" exclamation in Chic's legendary tune "Le Freak."

Moniquea 's unique voice oozes confidence, yet invites you in to dance with her to the super funky boogie rhythms. The Pasadena, California artist was raised on funk music; her mom was in a cover band that would play classics like Aretha Franklin’ s "Get It Right" and Gladys Knight ’s "Love Overboard." Moniquea released her first boogie funk track at 20 and, in 2011, met local producer XL Middelton — a bonafide purveyor of funk. She's been a star artist on his MoFunk Records ever since, and they've collabed on countless tracks, channeling West Coast energy with a heavy dose of G-funk, sunny lyrics and upbeat, roller disco-ready rhythms.

Her latest release is an upbeat nod to classic West Coast funk, produced by Middleton, and follows her February 2022 groovy, collab-filled album, On Repeat .

Shiro Schwarz

Shiro Schwarz is a Mexico City-based duo, consisting of Pammela Rojas and Rafael Marfil, who helped establish a modern funk scene in the richly creative Mexican metropolis. On "Electrify" — originally released in 2016 on Fat Beats Records and reissued in 2021 by MoFunk — Shiro Schwarz's vocals playfully contrast each other, floating over an insistent, upbeat bassline and an '80s throwback electro-funk rhythm with synth flourishes.

Their music manages to be both nostalgic and futuristic — and impossible to sit still to. 2021 single "Be Kind" is sweet, mellow and groovy, perfect chic lounge funk. Shiro Schwarz’s latest track, the joyfully nostalgic "Hey DJ," is a collab with funkstress Saucy Lady and U-Key.

L'Impératrice

L'Impératrice (the empress in French) are a six-piece Parisian group serving an infectiously joyful blend of French pop, nu-disco, funk and psychedelia. Flore Benguigui's vocals are light and dreamy, yet commanding of your attention, while lyrics have a feminist touch.

During their energetic live sets, L'Impératrice members Charles de Boisseguin and Hagni Gwon (keys), David Gaugué (bass), Achille Trocellier (guitar), and Tom Daveau (drums) deliver extended instrumental jam sessions to expand and connect their music. Gaugué emphasizes the thick funky bass, and Benguigui jumps around the stage while sounding like an angel. L’Impératrice’s latest album, 2021’s Tako Tsubo , is a sunny, playful French disco journey.

Franc Moody

Franc Moody 's bio fittingly describes their music as "a soul funk and cosmic disco sound." The London outfit was birthed by friends Ned Franc and Jon Moody in the early 2010s, when they were living together and throwing parties in North London's warehouse scene. In 2017, the group grew to six members, including singer and multi-instrumentalist Amber-Simone.

Their music feels at home with other electro-pop bands like fellow Londoners Jungle and Aussie act Parcels. While much of it is upbeat and euphoric, Franc Moody also dips into the more chilled, dreamy realm, such as the vibey, sultry title track from their recently released Into the Ether .

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Living Legends: Billy Idol On Survival, Revival & Breaking Out Of The Cage

"One foot in the past and one foot into the future," Billy Idol says, describing his decade-spanning career in rock. "We’ve got the best of all possible worlds because that has been the modus operandi of Billy Idol."

Living Legends is a series that spotlights icons in music still going strong today. This week, GRAMMY.com spoke with Billy Idol about his latest EP,   Cage , and continuing to rock through decades of changing tastes.

Billy Idol is a true rock 'n' roll survivor who has persevered through cultural shifts and personal struggles. While some may think of Idol solely for "Rebel Yell" and "White Wedding," the singer's musical influences span genres and many of his tunes are less turbo-charged than his '80s hits would belie.  

Idol first made a splash in the latter half of the '70s with the British punk band Generation X. In the '80s, he went on to a solo career combining rock, pop, and punk into a distinct sound that transformed him and his musical partner, guitarist Steve Stevens, into icons. They have racked up multiple GRAMMY nominations, in addition to one gold, one double platinum, and four platinum albums thanks to hits like "Cradle Of Love," "Flesh For Fantasy," and "Eyes Without A Face." 

But, unlike many legacy artists, Idol is anything but a relic. Billy continues to produce vital Idol music by collaborating with producers and songwriters — including Miley Cyrus — who share his forward-thinking vision. He will play a five-show Vegas residency in November, and filmmaker Jonas Akerlund is working on a documentary about Idol’s life. 

His latest release is Cage , the second in a trilogy of annual four-song EPs. The title track is a classic Billy Idol banger expressing the desire to free himself from personal constraints and live a better life. Other tracks on Cage incorporate metallic riffing and funky R&B grooves. 

Idol continues to reckon with his demons — they both grappled with addiction during the '80s — and the singer is open about those struggles on the record and the page. (Idol's 2014 memoir Dancing With Myself , details a 1990 motorcycle accident that nearly claimed a leg, and how becoming a father steered him to reject hard drugs. "Bitter Taste," from his last EP, The Roadside , reflects on surviving the accident.)

Although Idol and Stevens split in the late '80s — the skilled guitarist fronted Steve Stevens & The Atomic Playboys, and collaborated with Michael Jackson, Rick Ocasek, Vince Neil, and Harold Faltermeyer (on the GRAMMY-winning "Top Gun Anthem") —  their common history and shared musical bond has been undeniable. The duo reunited in 2001 for an episode of " VH1 Storytellers " and have been back in the saddle for two decades. Their union remains one of the strongest collaborations in rock 'n roll history.

While there is recognizable personnel and a distinguishable sound throughout a lot of his work, Billy Idol has always pushed himself to try different things. Idol discusses his musical journey, his desire to constantly move forward, and the strong connection that he shares with Stevens. 

Steve has said that you like to mix up a variety of styles, yet everyone assumes you're the "Rebel Yell"/"White Wedding" guy. But if they really listen to your catalog, it's vastly different.

Yeah, that's right. With someone like Steve Stevens, and then back in the day Keith Forsey producing... [Before that] Generation X actually did move around inside punk rock. We didn't stay doing just the Ramones two-minute music. We actually did a seven-minute song. [ Laughs ]. We did always mix things up. 

Then when I got into my solo career, that was the fun of it. With someone like Steve, I knew what he could do. I could see whatever we needed to do, we could nail it. The world was my oyster musically. 

"Cage" is a classic-sounding Billy Idol rocker, then "Running From The Ghost" is almost metal, like what the Devil's Playground album was like back in the mid-2000s. "Miss Nobody" comes out of nowhere with this pop/R&B flavor. What inspired that?

We really hadn't done anything like that since something like "Flesh For Fantasy" [which] had a bit of an R&B thing about it. Back in the early days of Billy Idol, "Hot In The City" and "Mony Mony" had girls [singing] on the backgrounds. 

We always had a bit of R&B really, so it was actually fun to revisit that. We just hadn't done anything really quite like that for a long time. That was one of the reasons to work with someone like Sam Hollander [for the song "Rita Hayworth"] on The Roadside . We knew we could go [with him] into an R&B world, and he's a great songwriter and producer. That's the fun of music really, trying out these things and seeing if you can make them stick. 

I listen to new music by veteran artists and debate that with some people. I'm sure you have those fans that want their nostalgia, and then there are some people who will embrace the newer stuff. Do you find it’s a challenge to reach people with new songs?

Obviously, what we're looking for is, how do we somehow have one foot in the past and one foot into the future? We’ve got the best of all possible worlds because that has been the modus operandi of Billy Idol. 

You want to do things that are true to you, and you don't just want to try and do things that you're seeing there in the charts today. I think that we're achieving it with things like "Running From The Ghost" and "Cage" on this new EP. I think we’re managing to do both in a way. 

** Obviously, "Running From The Ghost" is about addiction, all the stuff that you went through, and in "Cage" you’re talking about  freeing yourself from a lot of personal shackles. Was there any one moment in your life that made you really thought I have to not let this weigh me down anymore ? **

I mean, things like the motorcycle accident I had, that was a bit of a wake up call way back. It was 32 years ago. But there were things like that, years ago, that gradually made me think about what I was doing with my life. I didn't want to ruin it, really. I didn't want to throw it away, and it made [me] be less cavalier. 

I had to say to myself, about the drugs and stuff, that I've been there and I've done it. There’s no point in carrying on doing it. You couldn't get any higher. You didn't want to throw your life away casually, and I was close to doing that. It took me a bit of time, but then gradually I was able to get control of myself to a certain extent [with] drugs and everything. And I think Steve's done the same thing. We're on a similar path really, which has been great because we're in the same boat in terms of lyrics and stuff. 

So a lot of things like that were wake up calls. Even having grandchildren and just watching my daughter enlarging her family and everything; it just makes you really positive about things and want to show a positive side to how you're feeling, about where you're going. We've lived with the demons so long, we've found a way to live with them. We found a way to be at peace with our demons, in a way. Maybe not completely, but certainly to where we’re enjoying what we do and excited about it.

[When writing] "Running From The Ghost" it was easy to go, what was the ghost for us? At one point, we were very drug addicted in the '80s. And Steve in particular is super sober [now]. I mean, I still vape pot and stuff. I don’t know how he’s doing it, but it’s incredible. All I want to be able to do is have a couple of glasses of wine at a restaurant or something. I can do that now.

I think working with people that are super talented, you just feel confident. That is a big reason why you open up and express yourself more because you feel comfortable with what's around you.

Did you watch Danny Boyle's recent Sex Pistols mini-series?

I did, yes.

You had a couple of cameos; well, an actor who portrayed you did. How did you react to it? How accurate do you think it was in portraying that particular time period?

I love Jonesy’s book, I thought his book was incredible. It's probably one of the best bio books really. It was incredible and so open. I was looking forward to that a lot.

It was as if [the show] kind of stayed with Steve [Jones’ memoir] about halfway through, and then departed from it. [John] Lydon, for instance, was never someone I ever saw acting out; he's more like that today. I never saw him do something like jump up in the room and run around going crazy. The only time I saw him ever do that was when they signed the recording deal with Virgin in front of Buckingham Palace. Whereas Sid Vicious was always acting out; he was always doing something in a horrible way or shouting at someone. I don't remember John being like that. I remember him being much more introverted.

But then I watched interviews with some of the actors about coming to grips with the parts they were playing. And they were saying, we knew punk rock happened but just didn't know any of the details. So I thought well, there you go . If ["Pistol" is]  informing a lot of people who wouldn't know anything about punk rock, maybe that's what's good about it.

Maybe down the road John Lydon will get the chance to do John's version of the Pistols story. Maybe someone will go a lot deeper into it and it won't be so surface. But maybe you needed this just to get people back in the flow.

We had punk and metal over here in the States, but it feels like England it was legitimately more dangerous. British society was much more rigid.

It never went [as] mega in America. It went big in England. It exploded when the Pistols did that interview with [TV host Bill] Grundy, that lorry truck driver put his boot through his own TV, and all the national papers had "the filth and the fury" [headlines].

We went from being unknown to being known overnight. We waited a year, Generation X. We even told them [record labels] no for nine months to a year. Every record company wanted their own punk rock group. So it went really mega in England, and it affected the whole country – the style, the fashions, everything. I mean, the Ramones were massive in England. Devo had a No. 1 song [in England] with "Satisfaction" in '77. Actually, Devo was as big as or bigger than the Pistols.

You were ahead of the pop-punk thing that happened in the late '90s, and a lot of it became tongue-in-cheek by then. It didn't have the same sense of rebelliousness as the original movement. It was more pop.

It had become a style. There was a famous book in England called Revolt Into Style — and that's what had happened, a revolt that turned into style which then they were able to duplicate in their own way. Even recently, Billie Joe [Armstrong] did his own version of "Gimme Some Truth," the Lennon song we covered way back in 1977.

When we initially were making [punk] music, it hadn't become accepted yet. It was still dangerous and turned into a style that people were used to. We were still breaking barriers.

You have a band called Generation Sex with Steve Jones and Paul Cook. I assume you all have an easier time playing Pistols and Gen X songs together now and not worrying about getting spit on like back in the '70s?

Yeah, definitely. When I got to America I told the group I was putting it together, "No one spits at the audience."

We had five years of being spat on [in the UK], and it was revolting. And they spat at you if they liked you. If they didn't like it they smashed your gear up. One night, I remember I saw blood on my T-shirt, and I think Joe Strummer got meningitis when spit went in his mouth.

You had to go through a lot to become successful, it wasn't like you just kind of got up there and did a couple of gigs. I don't think some young rock bands really get that today.

With punk going so mega in England, we definitely got a leg up. We still had a lot of work to get where we got to, and rightly so because you find out that you need to do that. A lot of groups in the old days would be together three to five years before they ever made a record, and that time is really important. In a way, what was great about punk rock for me was it was very much a learning period. I really learned a lot [about] recording music and being in a group and even writing songs.

Then when I came to America, it was a flow, really. I also really started to know what I wanted Billy Idol to be. It took me a little bit, but I kind of knew what I wanted Billy Idol to be. And even that took a while to let it marinate.

You and Miley Cyrus have developed a good working relationship in the last several years. How do you think her fans have responded to you, and your fans have responded to her?

I think they're into it. It's more the record company that she had didn't really get "Night Crawling"— it was one of the best songs on Plastic Hearts , and I don't think they understood that. They wanted to go with Dua Lipa, they wanted to go with the modern, young acts, and I don't think they realized that that song was resonating with her fans. Which is a shame really because, with Andrew Watt producing, it's a hit song.

But at the same time, I enjoyed doing it. It came out really good and it's very Billy Idol. In fact, I think it’s more Billy Idol than Miley Cyrus. I think it shows you where Andrew Watt was. He was excited about doing a Billy Idol track. She's fun to work with. She’s a really great person and she works at her singing — I watched her rehearsing for the Super Bowl performance she gave. She rehearsed all Saturday morning, all Saturday afternoon, and Sunday morning and it was that afternoon. I have to admire her fortitude. She really cares.

I remember when you went on " Viva La Bam "  back in 2005 and decided to give Bam Margera’s Lamborghini a new sunroof by taking a power saw to it. Did he own that car? Was that a rental?

I think it was his car.

Did he get over it later on?

He loved it. [ Laughs ] He’s got a wacky sense of humor. He’s fantastic, actually. I’m really sorry to see what he's been going through just lately. He's going through a lot, and I wish him the best. He's a fantastic person, and it's a shame that he's struggling so much with his addictions. I know what it's like. It's not easy.

Musically, what is the synergy like with you guys during the past 10 years, doing Kings and Queens of the Underground and this new stuff? What is your working relationship like now in this more sober, older, mature version of you two as opposed to what it was like back in the '80s?

In lots of ways it’s not so different because we always wrote the songs together, we always talked about what we're going to do together. It was just that we were getting high at the same time.We're just not getting [that way now] but we're doing all the same things.

We're still talking about things, still [planning] things:What are we going to do next? How are we going to find new people to work with? We want to find new producers. Let's be a little bit more timely about putting stuff out.That part of our relationship is the same, you know what I mean? That never got affected. We just happened to be overloading in the '80s.

The relationship’s… matured and it's carrying on being fruitful, and I think that's pretty amazing. Really, most people don't get to this place. Usually, they hate each other by now. [ Laughs ] We also give each other space. We're not stopping each other doing things outside of what we’re working on together. All of that enables us to carry on working together. I love and admire him. I respect him. He's been fantastic. I mean, just standing there on stage with him is always a treat. And he’s got an immensely great sense of humor. I think that's another reason why we can hang together after all this time because we've got the sense of humor to enable us to go forward.

There's a lot of fan reaction videos online, and I noticed a lot of younger women like "Rebel Yell" because, unlike a lot of other '80s alpha male rock tunes, you're talking about satisfying your lover.

It was about my girlfriend at the time, Perri Lister. It was about how great I thought she was, how much I was in love with her, and how great women are, how powerful they are.

It was a bit of a feminist anthem in a weird way. It was all about how relationships can free you and add a lot to your life. It was a cry of love, nothing to do with the Civil War or anything like that. Perri was a big part of my life, a big part of being Billy Idol. I wanted to write about it. I'm glad that's the effect.

Is there something you hope people get out of the songs you've been doing over the last 10 years? Do you find yourself putting out a message that keeps repeating?

Well, I suppose, if anything, is that you can come to terms with your life, you can keep a hold of it. You can work your dreams into reality in a way and, look, a million years later, still be enjoying it.

The only reason I'm singing about getting out of the cage is because I kicked out of the cage years ago. I joined Generation X when I said to my parents, "I'm leaving university, and I'm joining a punk rock group." And they didn't even know what a punk rock group was. Years ago, I’d write things for myself that put me on this path, so that maybe in 2022 I could sing something like "Cage" and be owning this territory and really having a good time. This is the life I wanted.

The original UK punk movement challenged societal norms. Despite all the craziness going on throughout the world, it seems like a lot of modern rock bands are afraid to do what you guys were doing. Do you think we'll see a shift in that?

Yeah.  Art usually reacts to things, so I would think eventually there will be a massive reaction to the pop music that’s taken over — the middle of the road music, and then this kind of right wing politics. There will be a massive reaction if there's not already one. I don’t know where it will come from exactly. You never know who's gonna do [it].

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Hear All Of The Best Country Solo Performance Nominees For The 2023 GRAMMY Awards

The 2023 GRAMMY Award nominees for Best Country Solo Performance highlight country music's newcomers and veterans, featuring hits from Kelsea Ballerini, Zach Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris and Willie Nelson.

Country music's evolution is well represented in the 2023 GRAMMY nominees for Best Country Solo Performance. From crossover pop hooks to red-dirt outlaw roots, the genre's most celebrated elements are on full display — thanks to rising stars, leading ladies and country icons.

Longtime hitmaker Miranda Lambert delivered a soulful performance on the rootsy ballad "In His Arms," an arrangement as sparing as the windswept west Texas highlands where she co-wrote the song. Viral newcomer Zach Bryan dug into similar organic territory on the Oklahoma side of the Red River for "Something in the Orange," his voice accompanied with little more than an acoustic guitar.

Two of country's 2010s breakout stars are clearly still shining, too, as Maren Morris and Kelsea Ballerini both received Best Country Solo Performance GRAMMY nods. Morris channeled the determination that drove her leap-of-faith move from Texas to Nashville for the playful clap-along "Circles Around This Town," while Ballerini brought poppy hooks with a country edge on the infectiously upbeat "HEARTFIRST."

Rounding out the category is the one and only Willie Nelson, who paid tribute to his late friend Billy Joe Shaver with a cover of "Live Forever" — a fitting sentiment for the 89-year-old legend, who is approaching his eighth decade in the business. 

As the excitement builds for the 2023 GRAMMYs on Feb. 5, 2023, let's take a closer look at this year's nominees for Best Country Solo Performance.

Kelsea Ballerini — "HEARTFIRST"

In the tradition of Shania Twain , Faith Hill and Carrie Underwood , Kelsea Ballerini represents Nashville's sunnier side — and her single "HEARTFIRST" is a slice of bright, uptempo, confectionary country-pop for the ages.

Ballerini sings about leaning into a carefree crush with her heart on her sleeve, pushing aside her reservations and taking a risk on love at first sight. The scene plays out in a bar room and a back seat, as she sweeps nimbly through the verses and into a shimmering chorus, when the narrator decides she's ready to "wake up in your T-shirt." 

There are enough steel guitar licks to let you know you're listening to a country song, but the story and melody are universal. "HEARTFIRST" is Ballerini's third GRAMMY nod, but first in the Best Country Solo Performance category.

Zach Bryan — "Something In The Orange"

Zach Bryan blew into Music City seemingly from nowhere in 2017, when his original song "Heading South" — recorded on an iPhone — went viral. Then an active officer in the U.S. Navy, the Oklahoma native chased his muse through music during his downtime, striking a chord with country music fans on stark songs led by his acoustic guitar and affecting vocals.

After his honorable discharge in 2021, Bryan began his music career in earnest, and in 2022 released "Something in the Orange," a haunting ballad that stakes a convincing claim to the territory between Tyler Childers and Jason Isbell in both sonics and songwriting. Slashing slide guitar drives home the song's heartbreak, as Bryan pines for a lover whose tail lights have long since vanished over the horizon. 

"Something In The Orange" marks Bryan's first-ever GRAMMY nomination.

Miranda Lambert — "In His Arms"

Miranda Lambert is the rare, chart-topping contemporary country artist who does more than pay lip service to the genre's rural American roots. "In His Arms" originally surfaced on 2021's The Marfa Tapes , a casual recording Lambert made with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall in Marfa, Texas — a tiny arts enclave in the middle of the west Texas high desert.

In this proper studio version — recorded for her 2022 album, Palomino — Lambert retains the structure and organic feel of the mostly acoustic song; light percussion and soothing atmospherics keep her emotive vocals front and center. A native Texan herself, Lambert sounds fully at home on "In His Arms."

Lambert is the only Best Country Solo Performance nominee who is nominated in all four Country Field categories in 2023. To date, Miranda Lambert has won 3 GRAMMYs and received 27 nominations overall. 

Maren Morris — "Circles Around This Town"

When Maren Morris found herself uninspired and dealing with writer's block, she went back to what inspired her to move to Nashville nearly a decade ago — and out came "Circles Around This Town," the lead single from her 2022 album Humble Quest .

Written in one of her first in-person songwriting sessions since the pandemic, Morris has called "Circles Around This Town" her "most autobiographical song" to date; she even recreated her own teenage bedroom for the song's video. As she looks back to her Texas beginnings and the life she left for Nashville, Morris' voice soars over anthemic, yet easygoing production. 

Morris last won a GRAMMY for Best Country Solo Performance in 2017, when her song "My Church" earned the singer her first GRAMMY. To date, Maren Morris has won one GRAMMY and received 17 nominations overall.

Willie Nelson — "Live Forever"

Country music icon Willie Nelson is no stranger to the GRAMMYs, and this year he aims to add to his collection of 10 gramophones. He earned another three nominations for 2023 — bringing his career total to 56 — including a Best Country Solo Performance nod for "Live Forever."

Nelson's performance of "Live Forever," the lead track of the 2022 tribute album Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver , is a faithful rendition of Shaver's signature song. Still, Nelson puts his own twist on the tune, recruiting Lucinda Williams for backing vocals and echoing the melody with the inimitable tone of his nylon-string Martin guitar. 

Shaver, an outlaw country pioneer who passed in 2020 at 81 years old, never had any hits of his own during his lifetime. But plenty of his songs were still heard, thanks to stars like Elvis Presley , Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings . Nelson was a longtime friend and frequent collaborator of Shaver's — and now has a GRAMMY nom to show for it.

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Off the back of their sensational return as headliners to this year's Download festival last weekend, Biffy Clyro have revealed details of their next full-scale UK & Ireland arena tour in November 2022, with special guests Architects in support at every show!

The tour announcement comes in the wake of glowing reviews from their incredible performance at Download Festival. Their second time topping the bill at Donnington, they once again proved themselves as top tier headliners filling their set with material from 2020’s ‘A Celebration Of Endings’, 2021’s ‘The Myth Of The Happily Ever After’ and a host of huge tracks from their extensive catalogue. This tour will undoubtedly demonstrate to fans once more how Biffy Clyro's reputation as one of Britain’s best live acts remains steadfast, Kerrang! concluding “ nobody does it better than Biffy Clyro ” following the band’s 2021 headline set at Reading Festival.

About the tour, Biffy Clyro said – "It's been way too long... we are so excited to announce our tour of UK/Ireland this November and over the moon to have Architects join us on what is going to be a very special tour. You will not want to miss it”

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Biffy Clyro announce Glasgow show as part of UK arena tour

They'll play at the OVO Hydro in November

Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro, known for their hits 'Many Of Horror' and 'Mountains' among many others, have announced an amazing UK and Ireland arena tour for November 2022.

The news follows their recent headline performance at Download Festival, which included hit songs from their 2020 album 'A Celebration Of Endings' and their 2021 release 'The Myth Of The Happily Ever After', as well as other brilliant tracks from their extensive music catalogue.

Speaking about the tour, the band, made up of Simon Neil, James Johnston, and Ben Johnston, commented: "It’s been way too long. We are so excited to announce our tour of UK/Ireland this November and over the moon to have Architects join us on what is going to be a very special tour.

"You will not want to miss it.”

As we're so excited about this news, we've put together a list of everything we know so far about Biffy Clyro's upcoming tour...

How can I get tickets to see Biffy Clyro?

Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday 24th June.

Tickets are available from Aloud.com

Where is Biffy Clyro going on tour?

The tour kicks off on 5th November in Leeds and will finish on 15th November in Bournemouth, with shows in their hometown Glasgow, as well as Dublin, Belfast, Birmingham, London, and Cardiff.

When is Biffy Clyro playing in Scotland?

Biffy Clyro will be bringing their arena tour to Glasgow's OVO Hydro on Sunday 6th November.

When is Biffy Clyro's 2022 UK and Ireland tour?

You can see their full tour dates below.

November 2022

First Direct Arena, Leeds - Saturday 5th

OVO Hydro, Glasgow - Sunday 6th

3Arena, Dublin - Tuesday 8th

SSE Arena, Belfast - Wednesday 9th

Resorts World Arena, Birmingham - Friday 11th

The O2, London - Saturday 12th

Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff - Monday 14th

International Centre, Bournemouth - Tuesday 15th

Who is supporting Biffy Clyro on their 2022 tour?

The trio will be joined by British metalcore band Architects for all of their UK and Ireland tour dates.

What is the setlist for Biffy Clyro's 2022 tour?

The setlist hasn't been announced yet, but based off of their recent performances, they group will likely play the biggest songs from their incredible albums 'A Celebration Of Endings' and 'The Myth Of The Happily Ever After', as well as some fan favourites from previous releases.

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2022 UK & Ireland Arena Tour Announced

We are extremely excited to announce that Biffy Clyro will be heading out on an arena tour in the UK and Ireland this November, with very special guests Architects joining on all dates.

Tickets will be available from 9am BST on Friday 24th June, with an exclusive Team Biffy presale for mailing list members.

5th Nov – First Direct Arena, Leeds 6th Nov – Ovo Hydro, Glasgow 8th Nov – 3Arena, Dublin 9th Nov – SSE Arena, Belfast 11th Nov – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham 12th Nov – The O2, London 14th Nov – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff 15th Nov – BIC, Bournemouth

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