From selling out her LA headline show at La Fonda to storming the stages at Lollapalooza in Chicago to Summersonic in Japan, Holly Humberstone has become a global live talent and this weekend gets ready to make her mainstage debut at Reading & Leeds Festival. But it’s Holly’s consistent intimate live experiences that capture the heart of her raw songwriting, and this October the 23-year-old artist will play a run of intimate live shows in partnership with independent record stores across the UK including a show at Vinilo in Southampton on the 6th October, with tickets going on sale today.
In celebration of the release of her debut album Paint My Bedroom Black on 13th October, the dates will be the only chance to catch Holly live in the UK this year outside of festivals.
The run of out-stores include a special hometown date at Nottingham’s Rough Trade, a short distance from Grantham where Holly grew up. Tickets are on sale now.
Holly Humberstone’s debut album Paint My Bedroom Black represents her coming of age, growing from an unknown singer at her parent’s piano to an exciting alternative pop star. The dark and otherworldly space Holly has built and invited fans into, both sonically and visually, has been lucid and visceral, with the camera always on her shoulder, a lens into her chaotic thoughts and deep feelings.
Already nominated for two Ivor Novello’s, winning the BRIT Rising Star in 2022 and coming runner up in BBC Sound Of 2021, Humberstone’s storytelling is the heart of her craft. The rising star dropped “Antichrist” and “Room Service” last month, the double A-Side singles that reflect her introspection and extraversion.
She said: “I feel like two different people half the time. My biggest challenge is always to make something I feel I haven’t done before, that reflects new parts of me.”
Tickets went on sale this morning. For more information, click here.
1 October – Jacaranda, Liverpool
2 October – Crash, Leeds
3 October – Rough Trade, Nottingham
5 October – Banquet, London
6 October –Vinilo, Southampton
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