Listen Westerman shares new single ‘Idol; RE-run’

Photo: Pinelopi Gerasimou

He’s also announced his first North American tour in four years.

12th October 2022

Returning with his first new song in two years, Westerman has shared his new single ‘Idol; RE-run’.

“The lyrics to the song were written around the same time as the storming of the Capitol,” he notes. “The compulsion towards the pedestal is strong. The need to scapegoat and revere without logic. Our populists actively celebrate there being people who don’t know anything other or better than anyone else, yet these spectres with their failings conduct our anger and resentment as if they were gods. They are nothing more than the shadow of something else, the face fronting a need to be loved or revered present in everyone. And there will always be another face to front.”

Have a listen below.

See Westerman live at the following dates:

OCTOBER
12 - Faenza, IT @ Clandestino Faenza
13 - Milan, IT @ Germi-Luuogo di Contaminazione
15 - Budapest, HU @ Isolation Budapest
24 - Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds
25 - Manchester, UK @ Yes
26 - Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
28 - London, UK @ Union Chapel

MAY
06 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
07 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
09 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
10 - Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou's
12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
14 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
16 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
17 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
19 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
20 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
21 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
23 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
24 - Philadelphia, PA @Johnny Brenda's
26 - Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
27 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle - Back Room
28 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
30 - Austin, TX @ Antone's Nightclub
31 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada