alt-J have announced a special live performance to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their Mercury Prize-winning debut album ‘An Awesome Wave’.
The band will play the album from start to finish for the first time – alongside other material from their back catalogue – at London’s O2 Brixton Academy on Tuesday, 17th May.
Tickets for the show go on sale next Friday, 22nd April, at 10am.
Set to take place during a larger already announced run in support of most recent album ‘The Dream’, the back explain: “To celebrate the ten year anniversary of the album that changed our lives, we are thrilled to announce an extra show at Brixton Academy where we will play An Awesome Wave in full. We know how much this record means to our fans and can’t wait to turn back the clock to 2012 with them in London’s best venue.”
The band’s upcoming UK and Ireland dates now read:
May
05 Edinburgh, Scotland – The Liquid Rooms – STRIPPED BACK SET IN ASSOCIATION WITH ASSAI RECORDS – SOLD OUT
06 Glasgow, Scotland – Barrowland Ballroom – EXTRA DATE
07 May 2022 – Glasgow, Scotland – Barrowland Ballroom – SOLD OUT
09 Leeds, England – O2 Academy Leeds
10 Bristol, England – O2 Academy – SOLD OUT
12 Nottingham, England – Rock City
13 Manchester, England – O2 Apollo
14 Liverpool, England – Jacaranda Records – STRIPPED BACK SET IN ASSOCIATION WITH JACARANDA RECORDS – SOLD OUT
16 Oxford, England – O2 Academy -STRIPPED BACK SET IN ASSOCIATION WITH TRUCK RECORDS – SOLD OUT
17 London, England – O2 Academy Brixton – An Awesome Wave 10th Anniversary Show
18 London, England – O2 Academy Brixton – SOLD OUT
19 London, England – O2 Academy Brixton – SOLD OUT
20 London, England – O2 Academy Brixton – SOLD OUT
22 Dublin, Republic of Ireland – Olympia Theatre – SOLD OUT
23 Dublin, Republic of Ireland – Olympia Theatre – SOLD OUT
25 Belfast, Northern Ireland – The Telegraph Building
27 Birmingham, England – O2 Academy Birmingham – SOLD OUT
28 Brighton, England – Chalk – STRIPPED BACK SET IN ASSOCIATION WITH RESIDENT RECORDS – SOLD OUT
June
07 Kingston, England – Pryzm – STRIPPED BACK SET IN ASSOCIATION WITH BANQUET RECORDS
