Lorde is lastly again, and he or she is taking her present on the street. After asserting her fourth studio album, Virgin, final week, the New Zealand pop star has introduced the Ultrasound World Tour, bringing her hits new and previous to venues throughout North America and Europe. Tickets for the tour formally go on sale on Friday, Could 16, with a presale starting on Could 14. The tour kicks off in September in Austin, Texas.
“Every show I play is a collaboration between you and me,” Lorde wrote in an e-mail message to followers. “We meet in a room and we make music together, our bodies and the machines in search of something bigger together. 12 years of meeting up and making sound that’s just for us. Since last time I’ve been stripping away unnecessary layers, finding us more room to move. I think that Ultrasound could be our masterpiece.”
Lorde may even convey some particular buddies and collaborators on tour together with her. Supporting acts Jim-E Stack and Blood Orange (aka Dev Hynes) are each confirmed to have labored on Virgin. The Japanese Home, Nilüfer Yanya, Chanel Beads, Empress Of, and Oklou may even be part of Lorde at varied dates throughout the season. That is Lorde’s first tour since her Photo voltaic Energy Tour concluded in 2023; that present took her throughout Latin America and Oceania along with North America and Europe.
Virgin is due out on June 27, virtually 4 years after Lorde’s earlier album Photo voltaic Energy debuted. “I was trying to make a document that reflected my femininity: raw, primal, innocent, elegant, openhearted, spiritual, masc,” the artist stated of the upcoming album in a distinct message to followers. “I’m proud and scared of this album. There’s nowhere to hide. I believe that putting the deepest parts of ourselves to music is what sets us free.” Along with Hynes and Stack, frequent Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan collaborator Dan Nigro can be confirmed to have labored on the album, producing lead single “What Was That,” which debuted in April.
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