Enter Shikari have been announced as Saturday night main stage headliners for the Download Pilot Festival in June, helping to bring back live music in the UK.
The three-day event is a 10,000 capacity scaled-down version of the legendary Download Festival, held as part of the UK government’s post- pandemic Event Research Programme. It will take place at its usual home of Donington Park on the weekend of 18th – 20th June.
Frontman Rou Reynolds said :
“After 18 months trapped inside, we cannot wait to be back in our favourite element; playing music beneath an open sky. It’s also fitting, as we have a long history with Download… 2021 being the 15th anniversary of our first time there – which also happened to be our first ever festival show! We’re incredibly proud to be headlining an event that helps to get live music back on its feet in the UK”.
The band recently released Moratorium (Broadcasts From The Interruption), a surprise album of recordings made during the UK’s lockdown, acting as a companion album to 2020’s Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible, which was released in April 2020 just as the pandemic was tightening its grip. Despite the upheaval and uncertainty, Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible entered the Official UK Album Chart at #2, giving the band their 6th UK top 10 album, and their highest ever album chart placing.
Moratorium is available to stream now at https://linktr.ee/entershikariofficial
The Deluxe Edition of Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible, which include a double LP and CD coupled with Moratorium, will be released on Friday 16th July through So Recordings, and are available to pre-order now at https://linktr.ee/entershikariofficial
The 16th July also sees the publication of Rou Reynolds’ fourth book for Faber Music entitled A Treatise On Possibility, which acts as a companion guide to the themes of the Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible album.
The Enter Shikari UK and European tour kicks off in December 2020 at London’s 10,000 capacity Alexandra Palace (currently sitting 200 tickets shy of sold out), with mainland European dates following in Jan / Feb 2021. Enter Shikari will also play two dates in Russia in September.
Dates below:
RUSSIA – September 2021
Thurs 9th – MOSCOW – Adrenaline Stadium
Sat 11th – ST PETERSBURG – A2 Green Concert
UK – December 2021
Sat 4th – LONDON – Alexandra Palace
Sun 5th – MANCHESTER – O2 Victoria Warehouse – SOLD OUT Tues 7th – LINCOLN – Engine Shed
Wed 8th – HULL – Asylum
Thur 9th – BRISTOL – O2 Academy
Sat 11th – LIVERPOOL – Mountford Hall
Sun 12th – LEEDS – O2 Academy
Mon 13th – EDINBURGH – Usher Hall
Wed 15th – BIRMINGHAM – O2 Academy
Thur 16th – CARDIFF – Great Hall – SOLD OUT
Fri 17th – SOUTHAMPTON – O2 Guildhall
Sun 19th – MIDDLESBROUGH – Town Hall
Mon 20th – NOTTINGHAM – Rock City – SOLD OUT
Tues 21st – NOTTINGHAM – Rock City – SOLD OUT
EUROPE – January / February 2022
Fri 28th – HAMBURG, DE – Markthalle – SOLD OUT Sat 29th – MUNSTER, DE – Skater’s Palace
Mon 31st – AMSTERDAM, NL – Melkweg
Tues 1st – HANNOVER, DE – Faust
Thur 3rd – BERLIN, DE – ColumbiaHalle
Fri 4th – COLOGNE, DE – Palladium
Sat 5th – ANTWERPEN, BE – Trix
Mon 7th – ZURICH, CH – X-Tra Limmathaus
Tues 8th – STUTTGART, DE – LKA Longhorn
Wed 9th – MUNICH, DE – TonHalle
Thur 10th – OFFENBACH, DE – Stadthalle
Original tickets for all dates remain valid for the rescheduled dates, tickets available here: http://www.entershikari.com/shows and all ticket retailers.
Special guests for all UK dates are Dinosaur Pile-Up and Nova Twins. Special guests for European dates to be announced.