ENTER SHIKARI Surprise Release New Single “Lightyears"
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Hot on the heels of playing two intimate sold out warm up shows last week, the band have surprise-released their tender and sentimental new track, "Lightyears".
Frontman Rou has said, "Last year I took it upon myself to digitalise all our old family camcorder footage. It was a surreal experience. Seeing the old family holidays, Christmases, school concerts, and birthdays; it was a cocktail of emotions. But what struck me most was the bizarre nature of watching back periods of my life that now seem so detached from reality now. Looking back on former versions of myself that no longer exist, people that have passed, places that have been knocked down - it was a form of nostalgia that veered on painful at times (or almost like ’vertigo’, as I say in verse two). Lightyears is not only me speaking to loved ones who are no longer with us, it’s also me speaking to my former self. Seeing the innocence and fragility of who you were as a child is often something recommended in psychotherapy in order to recalibrate how you treat yourself now. It can quieten what can often be a relentlessly critical and mean inner voice. This felt like a literal and stark version of that.”
Enter Shikari returned with single "HIGHER GROUND" earlier this month, following the announcement of their indefinite hiatus. The four-piece took to Instagram and shared this statement regarding the future of Enter Shikari, recently. The band also recently revealed a very special video session, Live From The Golden Age. The four tracks which include "HIGHER GROUND" (receiving its first live airing), were directed by Tom Pullen and the audio was recorded and mixed by George Perks.
Enter Shikari are gearing up for their biggest UK and EU headline arena tour, next week. The EU dates kick off on 3rd November at the Sporthalle in Hamburg, and include the band’s biggest ever German headline show, at Düsseldorf’s Mitsubishi Halle, boasting a capacity of 7500. They will then begin the UK leg of the tour in Nottingham at the Motorpoint Arena on 13th November. Gigs in cities including Cardiff, Hull, Glasgow and Manchester will follow, before ending with not one but two shows at London’s Alexandra Palace on 20th and also 21st November, which is now sold out! They will be joined by Holding Absence and The Callous Daoboys as support for both the EU and UK leg. All dates, information and tickets for all live dates can be found here.
Every ticket sold for the band’s UK arena tour dates will include a £1 donation to the Music Venue Trust, supporting grassroots music venues under threat of closure in the UK. Enter Shikari were the first artist to implement the scheme which is one very close to their hearts, with ticket sales from their 2024 arena tour carrying the donation, paving the way for the likes of Sam Fender and Coldplay to follow suit with their own generous donations.
With zero announcements or teasers from the band, Enter Shikari surprise released their new album in April. "Lose Your Self" (released via So Recordings) spans 12 tracks exploring themes of desolation, futility and complete despair at the state of the world, but with glimmers of hopefulness and optimism threaded throughout. Whilst the likes of major pop stars including Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber who have famously released albums out of the blue over the years, Enter Shikari managed to not only release "Lose Your Self" digitally, but also physically, unlike their predecessors.
During their remarkable and celebrated career, Enter Shikari have received several accolades in the form of gongs from NME, Kerrang!, Rock Sound, Heavy Music Awards and more. They have played a whopping 3000+ live shows around the world including three headline arena tours in the UK, supported the likes of The Prodigy and Linkin Park and played festivals such as Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds, Download and Slam Dunk where they also headlined in 2023.
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