Holly Humberstone – Cruel World North American Tour
Holly Humberstone is set to take her lauded live show back on the road this summer with a run of North American tour dates. Kicking off on June 3, the Cruel World North American Tour includes headline performances at Boston’s Paradise Rock Club, DC’s 9:30 Club, Chicago’s The Vic Theatre, Minneapolis’ Varsity Theater, San Francisco’s The Fillmore and more. In addition, Humberstone is set to make major festival appearances at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Governors Ball and All Things Go Toronto. Artist pre-sale begins on Tuesday, February 10 while public on-sale kicks off on Friday, February 13 at hollyhumberstone.com/tour.
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April 10 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
April 17 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
June 3 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
June 4 – Montreal, QC – Beanfield Theatre
June 6 – Toronto, ON – All Things Go Toronto
June 7 – Queens, NY – Governors Ball Music Festival
June 9 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of The Living Arts
June 10 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
June 12 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
June 13 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
June 15 – Detroit, MI – Saint Andrew’s Hall
June 16 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
June 19 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
June 21 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre
June 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex – The Grand
June 24 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
June 25 – Vancouver, BC – The Commodore Ballroom
June 26 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
June 28 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
The forthcoming tour is in support of Humberstone’s highly anticipated sophomore album Cruel World, which is due on April 10 via Interscope Records.
The new record captures the tension between pain and pleasure, where chaos and acceptance exist side by side. Renowned for her spellbinding songwriting ability, Humberstone has grown into a global force, whose lucid storytelling resonates far beyond her own walls. Entering Cruel World, she escapes into a dark fairytale world of her own making, where childhood relics, monsters and memory collide.
The past two years for Humberstone have been defined by repair, belonging and rediscovering talismans to her past, which were moments forgotten when she was catapulted into the public sphere at just 20 years old. Where her critically acclaimed debut album Paint My Bedroom Black was marked by turbulence and longing, Cruel World is anchored in stability and recollection. Visually, Humberstone has built a world with her sister Eleri and creative director Silken, inspired by childhood trinkets unearthed while leaving the Haunted House she grew up in. From ballet shoes, to Alice in Wonderland books and films like Edward Scissorhands and James and the Giant Peach, sifting through her girlhood belongings reframed the ghosts of her past into something playful and magical.
Cruel World was written with a new discipline through daily studio sessions with collaborator Rob Milton and draws deeply on love (romantic, platonic and feminine). Raised among strong women, Humberstone speaks to the way girls are taught to see one another as competition, unlearning that instinct and reclaiming solidarity as survival. Gothic love songs on the record like the previously released track “Die Happy,” explore devotion, danger and desire, pulling from fairytales,
Dracula and the ache of seasons changing. Inspired by Victorian theatre, the Brothers Grimm and Nosferatu, Humberstone’s latest release “To Love Somebody” is a visceral statement for the 26-year-old, showcasing how love is both grounding and destabilizing.
Since emerging with her breakthrough EP Falling Asleep At The Wheel five years ago, Humberstone has carved out a world that is cinematic, visceral and unflinchingly intimate. Humberstone’s vivid storytelling has carried her from the haunted rooms of her family home in Grantham to the stages of Glastonbury, Lollapalooza and Wembley Stadium where she opened for Taylor Swift. From winning the BRIT Rising Star in 2022, receiving an Ivor Novello nomination for “Haunted House” and releasing her critically acclaimed debut album Paint My Bedroom Black in 2023, Humberstone has become known for her unflinching honesty and ability to articulate the quiet turbulence of young adulthood.
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