THE SMILE, THOM YORKE, JONNY GREENWOOD & TOM SKINNER, DEBUT NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2022
First Ever U.S. & Canada Dates On Sale To The Public From June 17
COMING TO THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM IN LOS ANGLES ON DECEMBER 21, 2022
With their current UK/Europe tour underway, including a recent UK performance described by Clash Magazine as “a masterclass and a privilege to behold,” The Smile has expanded its 2022 tour to include an extensive North American run which will stop at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA on December 21, 2022.
Tickets go on sale Friday, June 17 at 10 am PT via. AXS.com. For further information, pre-sales, etc., go to thesmiletheband.com.
Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner’s first tour of the U.S. and Canada as The Smile comes in support of the new band’s debut album, A Light for Attracting Attention, which was released digitally May 13 (and will be available in physical formats June 17th), via XL Recordings to unanimous accolades including:
“A leaner take on Radiohead’s longstanding thoughts of alienation and malaise, pushing rhythm into the foreground.”- THE New York Times
“A remarkably assured debut, The Smile contain multitudes.”- PASTE
“Alternately combats the horrors of modern life with roiling anger and Zen-like serenity.”- PITCHFORK
“Alternately combats the horrors of modern life with roiling anger and Zen-like serenity.”- ROLLING STONE
“A most welcome vibe flip from musicians who absolutely refuse to shy away from the unknown.”- SPIN
“Sounds impeccable, perfectly balancing the delicacies of Greenwood’s circular, minor-key licks and Yorke’s choir-boy trilling with the more bombastic elements of the orchestra and brass sections. Skinner is too good of a drummer to be reduced to mere sideman… His spirited syncopations echo throughout the record, giving the music a relentless pull even when the music slows to an atmospheric, piano-based crawl.”- UPROXX
“An exceptional record… inhabiting a sound world of its own.”- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Produced by Nigel Godrich and featuring additional critically acclaimed singles “You Will Never Work In Television Again,” “Skrting On The Surface,” “Panavision,” “Free In The Knowledge” and “Thin Thing.”
A Light For Attracting Attention features strings by the London Contemporary Orchestra and a full brass section of contemporary UK jazz players including Byron Wallen, Theon and Nathaniel Cross, Chelsea Carmichael, Robert Stillman and Jason Yarde. The Smile began their 2022 European tour on May 16th in Croatia with UK dates in London, Edinburgh, and Manchester, before heading back into Europe, finishing their headline shows in Taormina, Sicily, on July 20thand with a final UK date in London’s All Points East on 28th August.
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