METZ announce indefinite hiatus and confirm upcoming UK/EU tour is their last

Canadian noiseniks METZ have announced that the band is going on an “indefinite hiatus”, sharing in a statement today (10th October) that their upcoming shows in the UK and Europe will be their last.

The trio’s sixth album, ‘Up On Gravity Hil’ arrived in April this year as the latest addition to a back catalogue spanning over a decade (their self-titled debut full-length was released in 2012). Since their inception, they have been nominated for the prestigious Polaris Prize, a Juno Award, and have peformed at festivals around the world including Primavera, Iceland Airwaves, Roskilde, and Green Man.

Of the decision to part ways as a band, they have commented: “We’ve collectively decided to close this chapter of METZ. The band will be on “indefinite hiatus” while we take time to focus on other endeavours and enjoy more time at home with our families.”

METZ’s final, farewell tour is set to kick off in France at the start of November, and will see them stop off in over 20 cities around the UK and Europe before culminating in one last show at London’s Village Underground. You can grab tickets for all the dates here, and check out the full tour schedule here:

NOVEMBER 2024
02 Rennes, L’Antipode
03 La Rochelle, La Sirène
04 Paris La Maroquinerie
05 Clermont-Ferrand, La Coopérative de Mai
06 Lyon, Le Transbordeur
07 Zurich, Bogen F
09 Prague, Futurum
10 Budapest, Turbina
12 Krakow, Klub Zascianek
13 Warsaw, Klub Hydrozagadka
16 Berlin, Hole44
18 Copenhagen, Loppen
19 Hamburg, Hafenklang
20 Amsterdam, Paradiso
21 Groningen, Vera
22 Antwerp, Trix
23 Lille, L’Aéronef
25 Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
26 Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
27 Birkenhead, Future Yard
28 Bristol, Strange Brew
29 London, Village Underground

You can revisit our latest interview with METZ and read their full statement on the split below.

METZ’s full statement:

“Our upcoming EU/UK Tour will be our last. We’ve collectively decided to close this chapter of METZ. The band will be on “indefinite hiatus” while we take time to focus on other endeavours and enjoy more time at home with our families.

For the last 15+ years, we’ve dedicated our lives to this band and have had the immense privilege and pleasure of touring the globe and seeing the world. It has been nothing short of life-affirming. METZ has brought an immeasurable amount of joy to our lives and it’s our sincere hope it’s brought you some joy too. We are so grateful to all of you who’ve joined us along the way and have made this life a reality for the three of us.

We are incredibly proud of the body of work we’ve created and thankful for the lasting friendships and experiences that our music has afforded us. A special thank you to Sub Pop Records for always believing in us and allowing us to chart our own unconventional path. Sub Pop continues to be a glowing beacon of what is good in this deeply flawed industry, and we will always be grateful for their support and friendship. To work with people we consider family has been a true blessing.

Together, we’ve released 6 LPs, countless singles, played hundreds of shows across the globe, and have far exceeded any goals or ambitions we could’ve dreamt up as basement dwellers in 2009. It’s always been about the love of music and the beautiful mess that would seemingly manifest when we turned the amps up.

We’ve taken great pride in drawing outside the lines of convention and existing on our own terms. But no band is an island, and we never could’ve done a fraction of it without the inspiring and supportive network of family, friends, musicians, artists, labels, photographers, bookers, writers, journalists, independent record store owners, college radio DJ’s, and music fans that make this symbiotic wheel keep spinning.

If you’ve ever attended a METZ show, you know it was more than a band to us. We gave every ounce of ourselves to METZ, and it will be very hard to let it go. The intangible feeling of connection, community, and inclusivity that music creates has always been at the heart of what we do and will inevitably be what we miss the most. We will miss singing, screaming, sweating, and dancing with all of you.

We hope you join us for our final shows and help us celebrate something we will always hold dear.

Love and Peace
Alex, Chris, Hayden”

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