Dexys will tour America for the first time in 40 years in support of their new album.
The group – formerly known as Dexys Midnight Runners – returned on Friday with ‘The Feminine Divine’ and are set to hit the road later this year.
Following a UK tour in September, the band will head to Europe in October before taking the shows Stateside later that month, with stops through November.
The full list of tour dates is as follows.
SEPTEMBER
5 – Barbican, York
7 – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
8 – Bridgwater Hall, Manchester
10 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle
11 – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
13 – St David’s Hall, Cardiff
14 – Regent Theatre, Ipswich
16 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
17 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
19 – Dome, Brighton
20 – Palladium, London
22 – Forum, Bath (early show)
22 – Forum, Bath (late show)
25 – Olympia Theatre, Dublin
OCTOBER
1 – DE ROMA, Borgerhout
2 – Muffathalle, Munich
4 – Admiralspalast – Theater, Berlin
5 – Kampnagel, Hamburg
7 – Katalin, Uppsala
10 – Maihaugsalen, Lillehammer
12 – Konzerthaus Dortmund, Stadtfoyer, Dortmund
13 – Paradiso Noord, Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam
15 – Kulturzentrum Opderschmelz, Dudelange
16 – La Cigale, Paris
18 – Teatro Barceló, Madrid
20 – Casino Estoril, Estoril
26 – The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles
27 – Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
29 – Aladdin Theater, Portland
30 – Vogue Theatre, Vancouver
NOVEMBER
1 – The Union, Salt Lake City
2 – Paramount Theatre, Denver
4 – Palace Theatre, St. Paul
6 – Vic Theatre, Chicago
8 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto
10 – Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, Patchogue
11 – Emerson Colonial Theatre, Boston
13 – The Town Hall, New York
14 – College Street Music Hall, New Haven
15 – Keswick Theatre, Glenside
‘The Feminine Divine’ – the group’s fifth album of original material – is produced once again by Pete Schwier, along with acclaimed session musician and producer Toby Chapman, and sees frontman Kevin Rowland with a fresh perspective and newfound positivity.
Described as a “personal, if not strictly autobiographical, record portraying a man whose views have evolved over time,” the project explores every-changing views towards the concept of masculinity.
It’s an idea reflected in the artwork for the project – a painting inspired by Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes – with two tracks on the album featuring the word Goddess in the title.
In a review of the album, RETROPOP said ‘The Feminine Divine’ features “nine tracks that lean into the band’s history […] with the concept of the record playing into a larger overhaul of their musical direction”.
