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Black Country, New Road unveil next ‘Forever Howlong’ preview ‘Happy Birthday’
They’ve shared a stop-motion video to go with it, too.
Black Country, New Road are back with ‘Happy Birthday’ - the second track to be lifted from their anticipated third album ‘Forever Howlong’ (due out on 4th April via Ninja Tune) following January comeback single ‘Besties’.
In fact, this new number is a follow-on from its predecessor in more ways than you might expect - as vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Tyler Hyde explains: “When I wrote ‘Happy Birthday’ I had Georgia’s song ‘Besties’ in my head while I was writing it. Therefore, the structure of it is heavily influenced by it.”
What’s more, it also lands accompanied by a sweetly emotive stop-motion video (directed by Lesley-Anne Rose), as well as the news that BC,NR are hitting the road to play ‘Forever Howlong’ in full for a run of intimate April dates. Tickets go on sale at 10am this Thursday, 6th March here - in the meantime, you can check out the visualiser and find out where to catch the band live this year below.
Black Country, New Road 2025 live dates:
APRIL 2025
07 Plaza – Stockport, UK
08 Queens Hall – Edinburgh, UK
09 Leeds Project House – Leeds, UK
11 Town Hall – Birmingham, UK
12 Engine Rooms – Southampton, UK
13 Epic Studios – Norwich, UK
MAY 2025
03 Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX - Ciudad De México, MX
13 Salt Shed – Chicago, IL, US ☼ ☆
14 Slowdown – Omaha, NE, US ☼
16 Mission Ballroom – Denver, CO, US ♢
17 Kilby Block Party – Salt Lake City, UT, US
19 The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA, US ☆
20 The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA, US ☆
22 The Warfield – San Francisco, CA, US ☆
23 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR, US ☆
24 Moore Theater – Seattle, WA, US ☆
23 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR, US
24 Moore Theater – Seattle, WA, US
JUNE 2025
07 Primavera Sound Festival – Barcelona, ES
AUGUST 2025
13-16 Paredes de Coura Festival – Porto, PT
28 End of the Road 2025 – Dorset, UK
SEPTEMBER 2025
11 Rock City – Nottingham, UK
12 Albert Hall – Manchester, UK
13 Albert Hall – Manchester, UK
15 Olympia – Dublin, IE
16 Olympia – Dublin, IE
18 Barrowlands – Glasgow, UK
20 Sage – Gateshead, UK
22 Beacon – Bristol, UK
24 Corn Exchange – Cambridge, UK
OCTOBER 2025
09 Casino de Paris – Paris, FR
10 Stereolux – Nantes, FR
12 Paradiso – Amsterdam, NL
13 Paradiso – Amsterdam, NL
14 Gloria – Cologne, DE
15 Astra – Berlin, DE
17 Vega – Copenhagen, DK
18 Fallan – Stockholm, SE
19 Sentrum Scene – Oslo, NO
21 Mojo – Hamburg, DE
22 Roxy – Prague, CZ
23 Les Docks – Lausanne, CH
25 Magazzini Generali – Milan, IT
26 Epicerie Moderne – Lyon, FR
28 AB – Brussels, BE
30 The Dome – Brighton, UK
31 O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK
☼ support from Friko
☆ support from Nora Brown with Stephanie Coleman
♢ supporting St. Vincent
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