In Holy Flux Tour

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In Holy Flux Tour
Tour by Weyes Blood
In Holy Flux Tour (Australia and New Zealand).png
Promotional poster for the Australian leg
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Oceania
Associated album And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Start dateDecember 8, 2022 (2022-12-08)
End dateNovember 14, 2023 (2023-11-14)
No. of shows102
Supporting acts
Weyes Blood concert chronology
  • Something to Believe Tour
    (2019)
  • In Holy Flux Tour
    (2024)

The In Holy Flux Tour was the second headlining concert tour by American singer-songwriter and musician Weyes Blood, in support of her fifth studio album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (2022). She also debuted songs from Titanic Rising (2019). The tour consisted of four legs throughout North America, Europe, and Oceania; it started on December 8, 2022, in Los Angeles, United States, and concluded on November 14, 2023, in Nottingham.

Contents

Background

Weyes Blood's fifth studio album, titled And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow , was announced on social media on September 12, 2022; in parallel, she released its lead single, "It's Not Just Me, It's Everybody", and also announced that she would embark on her second concert tour, In Holy Flux Tour. [1] She revealed the tour dates, locations, and venues for 29 shows in North America and 14 shows in Europe. [2] [3] On January 26, 2023, the artist confirmed that American singer Sam Burton would be the special guest for the European leg. [4]

On March 6, 2023, Weyes Blood announced the third and fourth leg of the concert tour, subtitled "Unleashed" and "the Resurrection", respectively. [5] In selected dates of the former, she was an opening act for American musician Beck and French band Phoenix, as part of their co-headlining Summer Odyssey Tour. [6] In April 2023, she announced the "New Dawn" leg of the In Holy Flux Tour, which would be embarking in New Zealand and Australia. [7] Jack Ladder, Lost Animal, and Nicholas Allbrook served as opening acts. [8] [9] A visual collage directed by photographer Neelam Khan Vela with scenes of the tour was released as the music video for the track "Hearts Aglow" on August 9, 2023. [10]

Critical reception

The show in Boise, Idaho, on March 19, 2023, was described by Flood Magazine's Kurt Orzeck as "even more unforgettable" than And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, while adding the show in the list of the 100 Best Rock Live Performances of the year. [11] Bill Pearis for BrooklynVegan described the concert tour's production as "genuinely dazzling", and marked "Movies" as one of the night's highlights. [12]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on March 3, 2023 in Brooklyn. [12] It does not represent all concerts for the tour.

  1. "It's Not Just Me, It's Everybody"
  2. "Children of the Empire"
  3. "A Lot's Gonna Change"
  4. "God Turn Me into a Flower"
  5. "Andromeda"
  6. "Grapevine"
  7. "A Given Thing"
  8. "Everyday"
  9. "Wild Time"
  10. "Twin Flame"
  11. "Movies"
  12. "Hearts Aglow"
Encore
  1. "Something to Believe"
  2. "Picture Me Better"

Tour dates

List of 2022 shows [2]
Date (2022)CityCountryVenue
North America
December 8 Los Angeles United States Theatre at the Ace Hotel
December 9
List of 2023 shows
Date (2023)CityCountryVenueOpening act(s)
Europe [2]
January 28 Berlin GermanyFestsaal KreuzbergSam Burton
January 30 Stockholm Sweden Berns
January 31 Oslo Norway Rockefeller Music Hall
February 1 Copenhagen Denmark Vega
February 3 Cologne GermanyKulturkirche
February 4 Paris France Le Trianon
February 5 Brussels Belgium Le Botanique
February 6 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso
February 8 London United Kingdom Roundhouse
February 9 Bristol SWX
February 10 Glasgow QMU
February 12 Dublin Ireland Vicar Street
February 13 Manchester United Kingdom The Ritz
February 14 Brighton CHALK
North America [2] [6] [3]
February 22 Nashville, Tennessee United States Brooklyn Bowl
February 23 Atlanta Variety Playhouse
February 24 Asheville, North Carolina The Orange Peel
February 25 Carrboro, North Carolina Cat's Cradle
February 27 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
February 28 Philadelphia Union Transfer
March 3 Brooklyn Brooklyn Steel
March 5 Boston Royale
March 7 Montreal Canada Corona Theatre Molly Lewis
March 8 Toronto Danforth Music Hall
March 9
March 10 Detroit United StatesEl Club
March 11 Chicago Riviera Theatre
March 13 Milwaukee Pabst Theater Vagabon
March 14 Minneapolis First Avenue
March 15 Des Moines, Iowa Wooly's
March 17 Englewood, Colorado Gothic Theatre
March 18 Salt Lake City The Depot
March 19 Boise, Idaho Knitting Factory Concert House
March 21 Vancouver Canada Commodore Ballroom
March 22 Seattle United States The Showbox
March 23 Portland, Oregon McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
March 25 San Francisco The Regency Ballroom
March 28 Phoenix, Arizona The Van Buren
March 29 Santa Fe, New Mexico Meow Wolf
March 31 Austin, Texas Stubb's Waller Creek Amphiteather
April 1 Dallas Studio at The Factory
April 2 Tulsa, Oklahoma Cain's Ballroom
April 4 Atlanta The Eastern
April 5Nashville, TennesseeBrooklyn Bowl
April 16 [a] Indio, California Empire Polo Club
April 23 [a]
May 12 [b] Salt Lake City Utah State Fair
May 13 [b]
May 14 [b]
South America [6]
May 21 [c] São Paulo Brazil Ibirapuera Park
Oceania [9]
May 29 Auckland New ZealandPowerstation
May 30 Wellington Opera House
June 1 [d] Sydney Australia Sydney Opera House
June 3 Brisbane Princess Jack Ladder
June 4 [d] SydneySydney Opera House
June 7 [e] Melbourne The Forum Lost Animal
June 8 [e]
June 9 Perth The Rechabite Nicholas Allbrook
Europe [6] [3]
June 21 [f] Pilton, Somerset United KingdomWorthy Farm
June 24 [g] Bexhill-on-Sea De La Warr Pavilion
June 25 [f] Pilton, SomersetWorthy Farm
June 27 Lille FranceL'Aeronef
June 28 Frankfurt GermanyZoom
June 29 [h] Werchter BelgiumWerchter Festivalpark
July 1 [i] Roskilde DenmarkRoskilde Festivalpladsen
North America [6]
August 18 [j] Rogers, Arkansas United States Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion
August 20 [j] Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 21 [j] Dallas Dos Equis Pavilion
August 22 [j] Austin, Texas Moody Center
August 23 New Orleans The Joy Theater
August 25 Kansas City, Missouri The Truman
August 26 St. Louis The Pageant
August 27 Louisville, Kentucky Old Forester's Paristown Hall
August 29 Indianapolis The Vogue
August 30 Columbus, Ohio Newport Music Hall
September 1 [j] Pittsburgh Roxian Theatre
September 2 [j] Detroit Pine Knob Music Theatre
September 3 [j] Toronto Canada Budweiser Stage
September 5 [j] Boston United States MGM Music Hall at Fenway
September 8 [j] Philadelphia TD Pavilion at the Mann
September 9 [j] New York City Madison Square Garden
September 10 [j] Columbia, Maryland Merriweather Post Pavilion
September 12 Richmond, Virginia The National
September 13 Charlotte, North Carolina The Fillmore Charlotte
September 14 Knoxville, Tennessee Bijou Theatre
Europe [13]
October 28 Lisbon PortugalLisboa ao Vivo Núria Graham
October 29 Porto Hard Club
October 30 Madrid SpainSala la Paqui
October 31 Barcelona Sala ApolloVagabon
November 2 Lyon France Le Transbordeur
November 3 Milan ItalyAlcatraz
November 4 Lausanne SwitzerlandLes Docks
November 6 Berlin GermanyAstra
November 7 Utrecht NetherlandsTivoli (Grote Zaal)
November 8 [k] Paris France Salle Pleyel Vagabon
Ichiko Aoba
November 9 Antwerp Belgium De Roma Vagabon
November 11 Glasgow United Kingdom Old Fruitmarket
November 12 Leeds O2 Academy Leeds
November 13 [k] London Eventim Apollo Vagabon
Ichiko Aoba
November 14 Nottingham Rock City Vagabon

Notes

  1. 1 2 The shows on April 16 and 23, 2023, were part of Coachella.
  2. 1 2 3 The shows on May 12, 13, and 14, 2023, were part of Kilby Block Party.
  3. The show on May 21, 2023, was part of the C6 Festival.
  4. 1 2 The shows on June 1 and 4, 2023, were part of Vivid Live.
  5. 1 2 The shows on June 7 and 8, 2023, were part of Rising.
  6. 1 2 The shows on June 21 and 25, 2023, were part of Glastonbury Festival.
  7. The show on June 24, 2023, was part of the Colours Festival.
  8. The show on June 29, 2023, was part of Rock Werchter.
  9. The show on July 1, 2023, was part of Roskilde Festival.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 The shows since August 18 until September 10, 2023, were as the opening act for Beck and Phoenix's Summer Odyssey Tour.
  11. 1 2 The shows on November 8 and 13, 2023, were part of Pitchfork Music Festival.

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