Charli XCX announces new album and tour dates
She's also released new track 'New Shapes'
Charli XCX has just announced a new album, 'Crash', which is set for release in March 2022, alongside new European and North American tour dates. Get tickets here.
The news came after she dropped the first single from the album, 'New Shapes', featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek.
Charli XCX announced a release date for 'Crash', on social media. She captioned her posts on Twitter and Instagram: "CRASH . the new album . march 18th . pre order now ".
Her new track 'New Shapes' follows her September single 'Good Ones'. In 2021, Charli XCX collaborated with Joel Corry and Jax Jones ('Out Out'), Elio (the 'Charger' remix), the 1975 and No Rome ('Spinning'), and Bladee and Mechatok ('Drama' remix).
For her album 'Crash', she collaborated with an array of high profile producers and artists, including Rina Sawayama, Oneohtrix Point Never, A. G. Cook, the 1975’s George Daniel, and Ariel Rechtshaid.
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In a statement, Charli XCX claimed that she “possessed and persuaded” her extensive list of collaborators using her “femme fatale powers and a multitude of dark spells and curses".
“They will all remain locked in my basement forever.”
Charli XCX confirmed in a press statement that this is the fifth and final album in her current record deal.
Pre-order 'CRASH' here.
Tour tickets go on sale next Friday at 10:AM, buy them here.
Check the full list of tour dates below:
03-26 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre
03-29 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
04-01 San Diego, CA - The Observatory North Park
04-03 Los Angeles, CA - The Greek Theatre
04-06 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
04-08 Austin, TX - ACL Live at The Moody Theater
04-09 Houston, TX - House of Blues Houston
04-10 Dallas, TX - House of Blues Dallas
04-12 New Orleans, LA - Orpheum Theater
04-13 Atlanta, GA - The Eastern
04-15 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
04-16 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
04-18 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore Philadelphia
04-20 Boston, MA - House of Blues Boston
04-22 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
04-23 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
04-25 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
04-26 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
04-28 Saint Paul, MN - Palace Theatre
04-29 Chicago, IL - Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
05-13 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
05-15 Glasgow, Scotland - O2 Academy
05-17 Manchester, England - Victoria Warehouse
05-18 Birmingham, England - O2 Academy
05-19 London, England - Alexandra Palace
05-21 Norwich, England - UEA
05-22 Sheffield, England - O2 Academy
05-23 Nottingham, England - Rock City
05-25 Paris, France - Trianon
05-27 Brussels, Belgium - La Madeleine
05-28 Utrecht, Netherlands - Ronda Hall
05-30 Berlin, Germany - Astra
05-31 Cologne, Germany - Carlswerk Victoria
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
06-04 Milan, Italy - Fabrique
06-07 Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
06-09 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
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