ARLO PARKS TAKES ‘AMBIGUOUS DESIRE’ WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING HEADLINE AT O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON

Arlo Parks has announced her biggest tour to date: The Desire Tour. Over five months, she’s taking her third record (Ambiguous Desire) worldwide across the UK, Europe and North America.

Ambiguous Desire, which was released on April 3rd, is a sonic departure from My Soft Machine, which entered the UK at #10, and the Mercury-Prize-winning Collapsed In Sunbeams. The record is already receiving critical applause for its blend of introspection, playfulness and liberation.

The record is deeply inspired by dance music and New York City, and sees Parks at her most confident.

Speaking about the album in the press, she explained: “This record has desire at its centre. Desire is a life force; it’s a wanting, a yearning, a momentum – we are all alive because there is something or someone we want. Desire is an engine. But it is also mysterious, tangled, random, enlightening and HUMAN.”

Arlo Parks is currently on a run of intimate UK shows to celebrate the album release, which sees her playing in London, Leeds, Nottingham, Brighton, Oxford and Southampton. Her headline tour includes a long-overdue appearance at O2 Academy Brixton, having already ticked off Eventim Apollo and O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire.

Tickets for Arlo Parks’ worldwide tour are on-sale now, and selling fast. Get yours here.

August:

• 29 – The Howard Theatre, Washington, DC
• 31 – Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA

September:

• 01 – Royale, Boston, MA
• 03 – MTELUS, Montreal, QC
• 04 – HISTORY, Toronto, ON
• 05 – Lincoln Factory, Detroit, MI
• 09 – Granada Theater, Dallas, TX
• 10 – Mohawk, Austin, TX
• 14 – The Observatory North Park, San Diego, CA
• 15 – Pappy & Harriet’s, Pioneertown, CA
• 18 – The Bellwether, Los Angeles, CA
• 19 – The Warfield, San Francisco, CA
• 21 – Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA
• 22 – Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC
• 23 – Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
• 25 – Metro Music Hall, Salt Lake City, UT
• 26 – Gothic Theatre, Denver, CO
• 29 – Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL

October:

• 01 – Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
• 17 – The Ambassador, Dublin
• 20 – O2 Academy Brixton, London
• 24 – The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow
• 25 – The Prospect Building, Bristol
• 26 – Albert Hall, Manchester
• 28 – TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
• 30 – Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne
• 31 – Uber Eats Music Hall, Berlin

November:

• 03 – Cirque Royal, Brussels
• 08 – La Gaite Lyrique, Paris
• 10 – Sala La Riviera, Madrid
• 11 – LAV, Lisbon
• 13 – Apolo, Barcelona
• 16 – Muffathalle, Munich
• 18 – Palladium, Warszawa
• 19 – Arena Wien, Vienna
• 21 – ARCHA+, Prague
• 22 – Akvárium Klub, Budapest
• 24 – Kaufleuten, Zürich
• 26 – den Atelier, Luxembourg City
• 29 – Store Vega, Copenhagen

December:

• 01 – Parkteatret, Oslo
• 02 – Slaktkyrkan, Stockholm

Alongside Ambiguous Desire, Parks also recently contributed to the brand new Help(2) charity project for War Child with the stunning Nothing I Could Hide. The project, inspired by the 1995 release, was orchestrated to help children living through war. The album was spearheaded by James Ford and featured tracks from Arctic Monkeys, Olivia Rodrigo, Fontaines D.C., English Teacher and many more. You can purchase a copy here.

You can pick up a copy of Arlo Parks’ new album here.