| White Lies have shared their new track Tokyo along with the accompanying video. Watch the video clip via YouTube below. They have also confirmed a fast tour of North America for a run of live dates in May. Tickets go on sale on Friday, January 11th 2019, the dates are: 02.05 – NEW YORK Irving Plaza NY 03.05 – BOSTON Sinclair MA 04.05 – TORONTO Mod Club ON 07.05 – SAN FRANCISO August Hall CA 08.05 – LOS ANGELES Fonda Theatre CA 09.05 SAN DIEGO Music Box CA You can see a full list of tour dates below. |
| Directed by long-time visual collaborator David Pablos, the video was shot back to back with the band’s previously released Believe It video in Tijuana Mexico at the tail-end of last year. The triumphant synth-laden pop nous of Tokyo encapsulates the trio’s unerring knack of penning a big tune and is a brilliant precursor to the band’s imminent album ‘Five’ later this month, on February 1st via Play It Again Sam. As the band explain; “Once again we were lucky to work with David in Tijuana to create what is our best video since ‘Death’. His unique knowledge of the area affording us access into some of the city’s most stunning and bizarre locations helps bring to life his vision of stories of love and loss. Where in the world would you be able to film a scene of the band sat on a 4-story high nude woman? Tijuana, that’s where apparently and resulted in our favourite collaboration with him yet.” From first hearing Tokyo, director Pablos immediately knew what he wanted to create, as he explains: “As soon as I heard the song I knew I wanted to shoot the video during night time. Everything starts with us seeing scenes of life through windows from the outside, but once we go inside wediscover nothing is exactly what it looks like or what it appears to be. Each window is a metaphor; more than a real space it is a representation of a mental state. But more than portraying the city, what was important was the human face and to capture the personalities of each one of the characters.” New Transgressive Records signing Boniface has been confirmed to support the band on the entire UK and European legs of the tour, in addition to 2019’s previously announced live dates this is the full itinerary: European tour dates 31.01 – BRIGHTON Concorde UK 01.02 – BRISTOL SWX UK 03.02 – LEEDS Academy UK 04.02 – NEWCASTLE Boiler Shop UK 05.02 – GLASGOW QMU UK 07.02 – LIVERPOOL Olympia UK 08.02 – MANCHESTER Albert Hall UK 09.02 – NOTTINGHAM Rock City UK 11.02 – EDINBURGH Liquid Rooms UK 13.02 – CAMBRIDGE Junction UK 14.02 – LONDON Forum UK 15.02 – BIRMINGHAM Institute UK 18.02 – AMSTERDAM Paradiso NL 19.02 – NIJMEGEN Doornroosje NL 20.02 – BRUSSELS AB BE 22.02 – COLOGNE Kantine DE 23.02 – BOCHUM Matrix DE 24.02 – HAMBURG Markthalle DE 26.02 – STOCKHOLM Berns 27.02 – OSLO Rockefeller Music Hall NO 01.03 – AARHUS Train DK 02.03 – COPENHAGEN Vega DK 03.03 – BERLIN Huxleys DE 05.03 – WARSAW Proxima PL 06.03 – POZNAN Zamek PL 07.03 – PRAGUE Roxy CZ 08.03 – VIENNA Ottakringer Brauerei AT 10.03 – ZAGREB Culture Factory HR 11.03 – BOLOGNA Estragon IT 12.03 – LAUSANNE Docks CH 13.03 – ZURICH Dynamo CH 15.03 – MUNICH Neue Theatrfabrik DE 16.03 – LEIPZIG Werk 2 DE 18.03 – WIESBADEN Schlachthof DE 19.03 – PARIS Trabendo FR 20.03 – LUXEMBOURG Den Atelier LU 21.03 – EINDHOVEN Effenaar NL 26.03 – DUBLIN Button Factory IRL 27.03 – CORK Cyprus Avenue IRL 28.03 – GALWAY Roisin Dubh IRL 29.03 – DUBLIN Button Factory IRL 30.03 – BELFAST Elmwood Hall UK 18.04 – ZWOLLE Hedon NL 19.04 – SCHIJNDEL Paaspop NL 20.04 – GRONINGEN Oosterpoort NL 21.04 – DEN HAAG Paard NL North American tour dates 02.05 – NEW YORK Irving Plaza NY 03.05 – BOSTON Sinclair MA 04.05 – TORONTO Mod Club ON 07.05 – SAN FRANCISO August Hall CA 08.05 – LOS ANGELES Fonda Theatre CA 09.05 SAN DIEGO Music Box CA 15.05 – MEXICO CITY El Plaza Condesa MX 16.05 – MEXICO CITY El Plaza Condesa MX ‘Five’ is available on limited edition vinyl, vinyl, CD and digitally via [PIAS] Recordings: Album pre-order: http://smarturl.it/WhiteLiesFIVE Spotify pre-save: http://smarturl.it/WhiteLiesFIVEpresave |
