The Last Dinner Party performing at First Avenue in April 2024. From left to right: Aurora Nishevci, Emily Roberts, Abigail Morris, Lizzie Mayland, Georgia Davies.
The Last Dinner Party are an all-female British indie rock band from London, formed in 2021. The band consists of Abigail Morris (vocals), Lizzie Mayland (vocals, guitar), Emily Roberts (lead guitar, mandolin, flute), Georgia Davies (bass) and Aurora Nishevci (keyboards, vocals). They have no permanent drummer and, as of 2024, are joined for live performances by Casper Miles.
Morris (from London),[3][4] Davies (from Australia) and Mayland (from Hebden Bridge) met in 2018 during Freshers' Week at King's College London[5][6] and decided to form a band after frequently attending gigs together at The Windmill and feeling inspired by being part of the scene around the venue with bands such as Black Midi and HMLTD.[7] Their original name, the Dinner Party, was "inspired by the idea of a huge debauched dinner party where people came together to celebrate with a hedonistic banquet".[8]Emily Roberts was recommended to Morris as a guitarist by a mutual friend and Nishevci was brought in. Roberts and Nishevci attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[9][10]
The group performing at Festival Hall in Melbourne in July 2024
The band initially struggled to find time to rehearse together because of the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, and they did not perform live until their first gig at The George in London in November 2021.[11] They signed with management group Q Prime in early 2022.[12] They spent the following year honing their sound and building word-of-mouth support on the live circuit in London, including playing a set as the opening act (while still called The Dinner Party) for the Rolling Stones in Hyde Park in July 2022,[13] and supported Benee on her world tour for the London show.[14]
After signing with Island Records as the Last Dinner Party, to avoid confusion with the jazz supergroup Dinner Party,[8] they released their debut single "Nothing Matters", produced by James Ford, on 19 April 2023.[15] The song was later used as part of the soundtrack for EA Sports FC 24.[16] During the summer of 2023 the band supported Hozier[17] and played festivals in the UK, Ireland and Europe, including Glastonbury and Latitude.[18][19] They were also invited to play a live session on the BBC Radio 6 Music show, New Music Fix Friday.[17][20] The band opened for First Aid Kit on three of their UK dates in August 2023, including Liverpool.[21]
They released their second single "Sinner" on 30 June 2023,[18] and their third single "My Lady of Mercy" on 9 October 2023, both produced by James Ford.[22] They made their first appearance on the BBC show Later... with Jools Holland on 21 October 2023 performing "Nothing Matters" and "My Lady of Mercy".[23] On 1 November 2023, their fourth single, "On Your Side" was released. The fifth single, "Caesar on a TV Screen", was released on 4 January 2024, a month prior to the release of their debut album Prelude to Ecstasy.
In January 2024, they performed on the BBC's The Graham Norton Show.[24][25] They were the winners of the BRITs Rising Star award at the Brit Awards 2024.[26] The album's sixth single, "The Feminine Urge", was released in July 2024.[27] In August 2024 the group announced the release Prelude to Ecstasy: Acoustics and Covers on 11 October 2024. The album featured the entire Prelude to Ecstasy studio album, with five live and acoustic versions of songs from the studio album and four cover songs performed in the studio and live. The band's first single, a cover of the Sparks song "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us", was released on 28 August 2024.[28] On 9 May 2025 Lizzie Mayland released their debut solo EP, The Slow Fire of Sleep, under the name L Mayland.
On 7 July 2025 the band teased a new single and possible new album on their Instagram page, when they posted a twelve-second video in which they were seen dancing around a bonfire with a soft, ethereal guitar riff playing. Fans were prompted to click on a link to the band's website, where they were met with the words "Mythologise Thyself".[29] On 17 July 2025 the group released "This Is the Killer Speaking", the lead single from their second studio album From the Pyre,[30][31] which was to be released on 17 October 2025.[32]The album's second single, "The Scythe", was released on 5 September 2025 and the third, "Second Best", on 1 October 2025.[33]
On 23 August 2025, The Last Dinner Party were due to play Victorious Festival. They pulled out after an incident the previous day in which Irish folk band The Mary Wallopers had their set cut off after they brought out a Palestinian flag.[34] In a statement on Instagram, The Last Dinner Party wrote: "As a band we cannot cosign political censorship and will therefore be boycotting the festival today." .
Prelude to Ecstasy – A Short Film by the Last Dinner Party
In August 2024, the group announced the release of their film, Prelude to Ecstasy – A Short Film by the Last Dinner Party, which was released on 12 September 2024. The film was directed by Harv Frost.[69] Fans could register for tickets to the film's premiere in Soho, London where they could view the film along with the band. The film was also released on YouTube that same day.[71]
They continued to work with Frost, who later directed the video for "This Is The Killer Speaking", the first single from their 2025 album.[70][72]
Tours
The band's first tour was announced in June 2023, a 10-date UK tour scheduled for October 2023 starting in Blackpool Central Library as part of Get It Loud In Libraries.[73] This was followed by their first US tour, five dates scheduled from 31 October to 9 November.[74]
The band announced a second tour in November 2023 with eight dates throughout Europe in February 2024.[75] They announced dates for the North America leg of the tour in January 2024[76] and UK and Ireland dates.[77] The tour lasted from February until October.
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