Fans of Wild Beasts and Hay­den Thor­pe will be delight­ed to know that he is prepar­ing to revis­it his for­mer years with the band by per­form­ing the Wild Beasts song­book. Play­ing entire­ly solo, the shows will be an explo­ration of the col­lec­tion in their purest form – voice and instru­ment, as they were writ­ten. These inti­mate shows will be a per­fect way to con­nect with the artist and enjoy his soul­ful and emo­tion­al vocals.
 
Says Hay­den about this set of live shows: “I’m for­tu­nate enough that in my dai­ly life I will quite often encounter a kind soul who’ll tell me how much a cer­tain Wild Beasts song, album or show has meant to them. I’ve come to learn that as time pass­es, the heart’s con­nec­tions do not fade and the poten­cy of the music remains strong.

I’ve been miss­ing the songs myself of late, so it felt like a ripe time to reach for the high notes and call on my hand’s mus­cle mem­o­ry. It’s a full-cir­cle manoeu­vre as the dates per­fect­ly align with the 20th anniver­sary of Wild Beasts first sin­gle release, Brave Bulging Buoy­ant Clair­voy­ants.

The venue choic­es are also very delib­er­ate. Each room played an impor­tant role in the his­to­ry of the band. Brew­ery Arts was our cul­tur­al HQ grow­ing up in Kendal, Hox­ton Hall was the scene of a break­through show for our sec­ond album ‘Two Dancers’ and Bru­denell Social Club will always be where we came of age as musi­cians. I’m thrilled to be tak­ing this moment to cel­e­brate the shared his­to­ry we all have with Wild Beasts music.” Hay­den Thor­pe
 
Thor­pe released his third solo album Ness at the end of 2024 and cur­rent­ly has an sound instal­la­tion WETLANDS at London’s Waltham­stow Wet­lands till June.

The live dates are as fol­lows:
14th Novem­ber – Brew­ery Arts, Kendal Tick­ets
17th Novem­ber – Bru­denell Social Club, Leeds Tick­ets
19th Novem­ber – Hox­ton Hall, Lon­don Tick­ets

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