Bastille release new single “Shut Off The Lights,” announce 2022 North American tour
Indie-pop group Bastille have unveiled their new single “Shut Off The Lights” on Friday.
The single, which can be heard below, comes from the group’s forthcoming studio album Give Me The Future. Vocalist Dan Smith said this about the new cut:
“‘Shut Off The Lights’ is about being pulled out of your future-fearing anxieties by the person you’re lying next to. It’s about intimacy and physical connection, rejecting our worries about life and the future for a minute, and unplugging from it all to really be present. It’s a fun, real, human moment in the middle of this big album. But also, it’s a song that nods back to Paul Simon’s Graceland and a load of music we love. It made us want to dance around the studio and is ridiculously fun to play live.”
Bastille have also unveiled dates for their forthcoming North American tour in support of the record. The trek kicks off on May 14 inside The Soundstage at Graceland in Memphis, and it’ll conclude inside Columbus’ KEMBA Live! Outdoor on June 17.
Pre-sale tickets for the trek will go on sale on Tuesday (January 18) at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday (January 21) at 10 a.m. local time. Tour dates can be seen below.
Pre-orders for Give Me The Future, which arrives on February 4 via Republic Records, can be made here.
Bastille tour dates
May 14, 2022 Memphis, TN The Soundstage at Graceland
May 15, 2022 Oklahoma City, OK Jones Assembly
May 17, 2022 Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre
May 18, 2022 Las Vegas, NV Theatre at Virgin Hotel Las Vegas
May 20, 2022 Los Angeles, CA YouTube Theater
May 21, 2022 Paso Robles, CA Vina Robles Amphitheatre
May 23, 2022 Portland, OR Keller Auditorium
May 24, 2022 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
May 25, 2022 Bonner, MT KettleHouse Amphitheater
May 28, 2022 St. Paul, MN Palace Theatre
May 29, 2022 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
May 31, 2022 St. Louis, MO The Factory at The District
June 1, 2022 Madison, WI The Sylvee
June 3, 2022 Toronto, ON History
June 5, 2022 Washington, DC The Anthem
June 7, 2022 New York, NY Terminal 5
June 8, 2022 Boston, MA Roadrunner
June 10, 2022 Detroit, MI Masonic Temple Theatre
June 11, 2022 Pittsburgh, PA Roxian Theatre
June 12, 2022 Indianapolis, IN WonderRoad Festival
June 14, 2022 New Haven, CT College Street Music Hall
June 15, 2022 Philadelphia, PA The Met
June 17, 2022 Columbus, OH KEMBA Live! Outdoor