Damon Albarn To Take New Project The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows On Tour
Wednesday, 02 October 2019
Written by Jon Stickler
Damon Albarn will take a new project on tour in 2020.
Titled The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows, the venture is inspired by the landscapes of Iceland and finds the Blur and Gorillaz frontman combining an ensemble of musicians with visuals created by Icelandic filmmakers capturing the changing seasons, and vocals and recordings of natural sounds and instruments. A synopisis reads:
"The land of the midnight sun, Iceland is a unique country, filled with an abundance of natural beauty; glaciers, volcanoes, thermal springs, mountains and stunning headlands. Stretching across two continents; it's a land where North America and Eurasian tectonic plates meet. What can be more fascinating than the signs of the passage of time and the fragility of nature.
"This new piece from Albarn, a frequent visitor to Iceland for almost three decades, will see the musician perform this new, very personal piece with an ensemble of orchestra instrumentation, electronics, vocals and piano. The title is taken from a John Clare poem entitled Love and Memory."
Albarn will take the new project on the road in May. The run includes a performance at London's Barbican Centre, where he'll collaborate with conductor André de Ridder. There's also stops planned in Dublin, Brussels, Budapest, Eindhoven, Paris, Lyon, Nantes and Luxembourg. Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time on October 4.
Damon Albarn Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sun May 17 2020 - BRUSSELS Bozar (Belgium)
Wed May 20 2020 - BUDAPEST Mupa (Hungary)
Thu May 21 2020 - EINDHOVEN Muziekgebouw (Netherlands)
Sat May 23 2020 - PARIS Philharmonie (France)
Sun May 24 2020 - PARIS Philharmonie (France)
Mon May 25 2020 - LYON Auditorium Orchestre National de Lyon (France)
Tue May 26 2020 - LONDON Barbican (United Kingdom)
Wed May 27 2020 - NANTES Cite De Congres (France)
Fri May 29 2020 - LUXEMBOURG Philharmonie (Luxembourg)
Sun May 31 2020 - DUBLIN National Concert Hall Dublin (Ireland)
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