Imelda May has announced her new 'Raised on Songs & Stories' tour.
Aiken Promotions have confirmed that Irish singer will take this tour across Ireland in February next year, which will see her head perform in Kilkenny, Cork, Limerick, Killarney, Ennis, Dublin, Waterford, Wexford, Belfast, Sligo, Letterkenny, Derry, Armagh, Castlebar, and Drogheda.
May who will performed new stripped back versions of her back catalogue and favourite tracks, as well as famed poetry and storytelling.
“I’m coming to you soon! 18 nights of an Irish tour. It’ll be an evening of songs, poems, stories, joy and beauty. This idea evolved naturally over the last couple of years. You see, when I write, produce and release an album I get so excited to perform the songs live that I fizz up and plan and rehearse gigs with such enthusiasm that I’m like a little thrilled whirlwind but too often I leave room for little else. I work out which songs will flow best into another to create the vibe desired that I sometimes don’t leave much space for the unknown which is where a different magic lies. This space is the place where I exist and love most, it’s where I write and create. So it feels right to stay there a while. To have a gig where someone might ask for a song I haven’t visited in a while and I think ‘yeah let’s give it a go’, or where I can tell you the stories behind the songs and how I ended up working with some of the people I’ve worked with so far. Not a ‘show’ this will be a shared night of what music, art, connection and creativity means to me, with you", she said.
Tickets go on sale on Friday (October 17) at 9am via Ticketmaster.
This comes after May also announced that a new six part series uncovering the work of Ireland's great finest collectors on RTÉ One, which arrives on the same day as the ticket sales.
