Ethel Cain announces new album and huge Willoughby Tucker Forever tour

Following on from January’s extremely experimental Perverts, Ethel Cain has just announced a brand-new album, Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You.

The singer – real name Hayden Anhedönia – will be releasing her second full-length in August, and it’s actually a prequel to her accalaimed 2022 debut album Preacher’s Daughter.

To celebrate its release, Ethel will then be hitting the road for her Willoughby Tucker Forever tour, which kicks off in North America in the summer and then heads to huge UK and European venues in October/November.

In our review of 89-minute-long EP Perverts, we said that it “requires a lot of perseverance and patience. It’s not an easy listen, in both an emotional and sonic sense. But, as an individual experience, it’s hard to ignore the boldness with which Hayden realises her vision, and the terrifying impact that such unfiltered, uncomfortable ambience can hold.”

Catch Ethel Cain live at the following:

Willoughby Tucker Forever 2025 tour dates

August

12 Paramount Theatre—Seattle, WA
13 Paramount Theatre—Seattle, WA
15 Queen Elizabeth Theatre—Vancouver, BC
16 Edgefield—Portland, OR
18 The Greek Berkeley—Berkeley, CA
20 Shrine Auditorium—Los Angeles, CA
22 Arizona Financial Theatre—Phoenix, AZ
24 The Bomb Factory—Dallas, TX
25 713 Music Hall—Houston, TX
26 Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park—Austin, TX
28 The Eastern—Atlanta, GA
29 The Eastern—Atlanta, GA
30 Asheville Yards—Asheville, NC

September

4 Stage AE —Pittsburgh, PA
5 The Anthem—Washington, D.C.
6 The Met—Philadelphia, PA
9 Radio City Music Hall—New York, NY
10 Kings Theatre—Brooklyn, NY
12 Roadrunner—Boston, MA
13 Outer Harbor Live at Terminal B—Buffalo, NY
15 Queen Elizabeth Theatre—Toronto, ON
16 Queen Elizabeth Theatre—Toronto, ON
17 Masonic Cathedral Theatre—Detroit, MI
19 Palace Theatre—St. Paul, MN
20 The Salt Shed (Fairgrounds)—Chicago, IL

October

2 O2 Apollo—Manchester, England
4 O2 Academy Glasgow—Glasgow, Scotland
9 Eventim Apollo—London, England
14 Ancienne Belgique—Brussels, Belgium
15 TivoliVredenburg—Utrecht, Netherlands
16 TivoliVredenburg—Utrecht, Netherlands
18 L’Olympia—Paris, France
21 Carlswerk Victoria—Cologne, Germany
23 Huxley's Neue Welt—Berlin, Germany
24 Docks—Hamburg, Germany
25 Vega—Copenhagen, Denmark
27 Sentrum Scene—Oslo, Norway
28 Fållan—Stockholm, Sweden
31 Stodola—Warsaw, Poland

November

1 Roxy—Prague, Czech Republic
2 Gasometer—Vienna, Austria
4 X-tra—Zurich, Switzerland
5 Alcatraz—Milan, Italy
7 Razzmatazz—Barcelona, Spain
8 Teatro Eslava—Madrid, Spain
9 LAV Warehouse—Lisbon, Portugal

Get your UK tour tickets here from 9am on Friday, March 28.

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