Natalie Merchant releases new single “Tower of Babel”
Alternative rock artist Natalie Merchant delivered their new single “Tower of Babel” yesterday.
An accompanying music video, which can be seen below, was directed and produced by Matthew Shattuck (Foo Fighters, Earthgang). Merchant said this about the new song, which features trombone player Steve Davis:
“As much as I had wanted to not let events in the world intrude. I couldn’t disregard the prevailing atmosphere of fear and confusion that we have been living in as a result of the pandemic, climate crisis, economic instability, insane politics, violent insurrection and the shocking fallout from the conservative-stacked reactionary Supreme Court.”
“Tower of Babel” comes from Merchant’s forthcoming studio album Keep Your Courage, which will be released on April 14 via Nonesuch Records. Pre-orders for the album can be made here. Keep Your Courage follows Merchant’s 2014 self-titled album.
Merchant will be touring across the United States and Europe in the following months with a handful of sold-out dates in cities such as Poughkeepsie, Charlottesville, and Atlanta. Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets are on sale to the general public here.
Natalie Merchant tour dates
April 14—Poughkeepsie, NY—Bardavon, 1869 Opera House‡
April 15—Poughkeepsie, NY—Bardavon, 1869 Opera House‡
April 18—Pittsburgh, PA—Byham Theater
April 19—Charlottesville, VA—The Paramount Theater‡
April 21—Philadelphia, PA—Kimmel Cultural Campus
April 22—Hershey, PA—The Hershey Theatre
April 24—Greenville, SC—Peace Center Concert Hall
April 26—Clearwater, FL—Ruth Eckerd Hall
April 27—Fort Lauderdale, FL—with The South Florida Symphony Orchestra
Au-Rene Theater - Broward Center for the Performing Arts†
April 28—St. Augustine, FL—The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
April 30—Atlanta, GA—with The Atlanta Symphony at Atlanta Symphony Hall†‡
May 9—Portland, ME—Merrill Auditorium
May 10—Boston, MA—Emerson Colonial Theatre‡
May 11—Boston, MA—Emerson Colonial Theatre
May 13—Cleveland, OH—Keybank State Theatre
May 14—Cincinnati, OH—Taft Theatre
May 16—Carmel, IN—The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts
May 17—Ann Arbor, MI—Michigan Theater
May 19—Chicago, IL—Chicago Theatre
May 20—Milwaukee, WI—The Pabst Theater
June 2–3—New York, NY—Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts—Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center†
June 25—Newark, NJ—New Jersey Performing Arts Center†
June 28—Providence, RI—Veterans Memorial Auditorium†
June 30—Washington, DC—John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts†
July 1—Washington, DC—John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts†
July 8—Chautauqua, NY—Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater†
September 20—Spokane, WA—Martin Woldson Theatre at The Fox
September 22—Seattle, WA— Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
September 23—Portland, OR—Keller Auditorium
September 26—San Francisco, CA—The Masonic
September 27—Saratoga, CA—The Mountain Winery*
September 29—San Diego, CA—Humphrey’s‡
September 30—Los Angeles, CA—Walt Disney Concert Hall
November 2—London, UK—London Palladium
November 3—London, UK—London Palladium
November 5—Glasgow, UK—Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
November 6—Manchester, UK—O2 Apollo Manchester
November 8—Dublin, IE—Olympia
November 11—Bath, UK—The Forum
November 13—Amsterdam, NL—Carré Theatre
November 14—Brussels, BE—Cirque Royal
*On-sale timing TBA
†With symphony orchestra
‡Sold Out