White Lies Announce New Album and Irish Tour

Celebrating what's coming up to their 10th year since their first release, Ealing's own White Lies have announced both a new album and subsequent Irish tour, the dates of which have been added onto the end of their pre-existing tour around the UK and various locations across Europe.

Titled Five, the album is set for release on the 1st of February 2019, and while the band's traditional brand of uplifting indie will surely be present as ever, they've assured fans that it isn't all that you can expect from the record, explaining that it "marks our decade as a band, which has pushed us to expand our sound and reach new territory artistically - it marks the start of a new and exciting chapter for us."

Released last week as the first single off Five, 'Time To Give' is a product of White Lies' excursions to Los Angeles to work on the album, enlisting the help of several established producers and engineers to put the pieces of the opus together. You can listen to the song below:

The Irish dates to the tour were added today, and will see Harry, Charles and Jack taking in all sides of the island in Dublin, Belfast, Cork and Galway. The full list of dates and venues for the tour in its entirety are set out below.

"We are delighted to announce these shows", they commented. "Despite not playing in Ireland for some years our Irish fans' support has never faltered, and we look forward to some great shows and traditional Irish hospitality.”

Tickets go on sale this Friday, September 28th, at 9am, until then you can pre-order Five here.

White Lies' tour itinerary:

31.01 - BRIGHTON Concorde UK
01.02 - BRISTOL SWX UK
03.02 - LEEDS Academy UK
04.02 - NEWCASTLE Boiler Shop UK
05.02 - GLASGOW QMU UK
07.02 - LIVERPOOL Olympia UK
08.02 - MANCHESTER Albert Hall UK
09.02 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City UK
11.02 - EDINBURGH Liquid Rooms UK
13.02 - CAMBRIDGE Junction UK
14.02 - LONDON Forum UK
15.02 - BIRMINGHAM Institute UK
18.02 - AMSTERDAM Paradiso NL
19.02 - NIJMEGEN Doornroosje NL
20.02 - BRUSSELS AB BE
22.02 - COLOGNE Kantine DE
23.02 - BOCHUM Matrix DE
24.02 - HAMBURG Markthalle DE
26.02 - STOCKHOLM Berns
27.02 - OSLO Rockefeller Music Hall NO
01.03 - AARHUS Train DK
02.03 - COPENHAGEN Vega DK
03.03 - BERLIN Huxleys DE
05.03 - WARSAW Proxima PL
06.03 - POZNAN Zamek PL
07.03 - PRAGUE Roxy CZ
08.03 - VIENNA Ottakringer Brauerei AT
10.03 - ZAGREB Culture Factory HR
11.03 - BOLOGNA Estragon IT
12.03 - LAUSANNE Docks CH
13.03 - ZURICH Dynamo CH
15.03 - MUNICH Neue Theatre DE
16.03 - LEIPZIG Werk 2 DE
18.03 - WIESBADEN Schlachthof DE
19.03 - PARIS Trabendo FR
20.03 - LUXEMBOURG Den Atelier LU
21.03 - EINDHOVEN Effenaar NL
27.03 – CORK Cyprus Avenue IRL
28.03 – GALWAY Roisin Dubh IRL
29.03 – DUBLIN Button Factory IRL
30.03 – BELFAST Elmwood Hall IRL