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• Read the Room Play Video
• Wall of Eyes ( Live debut ) Play Video
• The Opposite Play Video
• A Hairdryer Play Video
• Speech Bubbles Play Video
• Colours Fly Play Video
• Skrting on the Surface Play Video
• Instant Psalm ( New song; live debut ) Play Video
• Thin Thing Play Video
• Zero Sum ( New song; live debut ) Play Video
• Friend of a Friend Play Video
• The Smoke Play Video
• You Will Never Work in Television Again Play Video
• Under Our Pillows Play Video
• Bending Hectic Play Video
• We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings Play Video
• Teleharmonic Play Video
• Pana-Vision Play Video
• You Know Me! ( Live debut ) Play Video

Note: "Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses" was listed on the printed setlist, but not played.

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• A Hairdryer
• Pana-Vision
• Skrting on the Surface
• Speech Bubbles
• The Opposite
• We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings
• You Will Never Work in Television Again
• Bending Hectic
• Friend of a Friend
• Read the Room
• Teleharmonic
• Under Our Pillows
• Wall of Eyes
• You Know Me!
• Colours Fly
• Instant Psalm

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The Smile announce 3Arena gig in Dublin as part of upcoming European tour

Radiohead spin-off featuring Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood headed to Dublin's 3Arena this spring as they simultaneously announce new album Wall Of Eyes

• 12:44, 13 NOV 2023
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Radiohead spin-off The Smile are set to play a major concert at Dublin’s 3Arena on Thursday, 7 March 2024.

The upcoming Dublin gig will kick off the band’s newly announced European tour this spring.

The news comes as the band also announced their brand new second album, Wall Of Eyes – set for release on 26 January on XL Recordings.

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The trio, consisting of Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood as well as drummer Tom Skinner, also released the title track from the album on Monday, alongside a music video for the song directed by Hollywood filmmaker PT Anderson.

Wall Of Eyes is the follow-up to the group’s well-received 2022 debut LP, A Light For Attracting Attention, which critics noted beared some sonic similarities to Radiohead's earlier, guitar-based and less electronic work.

The record also included elements of post-punk, proto-punk and math rock, as well as delay effects to create synthetic, 'angular' sounds.

The new album was recorded between Oxford and Abbey Road Studios and features string arrangements by the London Contemporary Orchestra.

It was produced and mixed by previous collaborator Sam Petts-Davies, who worked with the trio on the single Bending Hectic, released last June.

It has a tracklist of eight songs: Wall Of Eyes, Teleharmonic, Read The Room, Under Our Pillows, Friend Of A Friend, I Quit, Bending Hectic and You Know Me!

Tickets for the upcoming Dublin gig go on sale at 9am on Friday, 17 November via Ticketmaster.ie.

Full dates for The Smile's upcoming European tour can be found below:

• Thursday, 7 March - Dublin - 3Arena
• Wednesday, 13 March - Copenhagen - K.B. Hallen
• Friday, 15 March - Brussels - Forest National
• Saturday, 16 March - Amsterdam - AFAS Live
• Monday, 18 March - Brighton - Brighton Centre
• Tuesday, 19 March - Manchester - 02 Apollo
• Wednesday, 20 March - Glasgow - SEC Armadillo
• Friday, 22 March – Birmingham O2 Academy
• Saturday, 23 March - London - Alexandra Palace

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The Smile is heading to Alexandra Palace in March 2024 as part of their upcoming headline European tour.

Comprising Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, plus Tom Skinner of Son of Kemet, the Smile first debuted Bending Hectic during the supergroup’s Montreux Jazz Festival appearance in 2022; since then, the track became a word-of-mouth phenomenon, with fans and critics calling for its release. After a year of waiting, the song marked the band’s first piece of new music in 2023.

Now, the Smile has announced its new album Wall Of Eyes (out 26 January on XL Recodings), the follow-up to their 2022 debut LP A Light For Attracting Attention , which received critical acclaim from the likes of The Guardian, Pitchfork, The Observer, The Needle Drop, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, Uncut and MOJO, and more. Recorded between Oxford and Abbey Road Studios, the album boasts production and mixing by Sam Petts-Davies and enchanting string arrangements by the London Contemporary Orchestra.

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The Smile in Dublin review: Thom Yorke’s voice has never sounded better in compelling performance

There is such synchronicity between the players that it seems clear that no two shows will be the same.

Thom Yorke of The Smile on stage at 3Arena. Photographs: Tom Honan

How do we find transcendence in a world that seems to conspire against it? This is a question that emerges while watching Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner. Before they take to the stage, James Holden brings us into nourishing terrain, fully embodying the title of his record of last year-Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities, perfectly prefacing The Smile’s show, creating cross-currents and sympathetic scaffolding from psychedelia to trance.

This scaffolding is something that The Smile have evolved over the last while, deftly and rigorously, producing 2022′s A Light for Attracting Attention and this year’s Wall of Eyes, harnessing a sense of unfettered creative freedom, refusing past histories. Read the Room sets the tone with its swirling bassline that chases and frets its hour upon the stage, met downstream by the pared-back Wall of Eyes and, like many of The Smile’s compositions, it is richly layered, as is Tom Skinner’s drumming, which dominates The Opposite, a snarling piece of work, where Yorke sings of “logical absurdity”.

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Logical absurdity is a recurrent theme, found in some of the wonky time signatures, in Yorke apologising on behalf of his country for Brexit, or Greenwood playing the guitar like a cello, and in their collective sense that no song is really finite, but part of a continuous stream, with any other approach seeming risible. This constant recalibrating is part of the majesty, along with their folding in of new work, such as Instant Psalm with its old-fashioned grace or the insanely groovy Zero Sum.

The contributions of Robert Stillman on saxophone and synths bring another compelling complexion to their endeavour, the “altered state” Yorke refers to in the wry Friend of a Friend, and Yorke’s voice has never sounded better; always a mysterious, beautiful instrument, it reveals a tattered delicacy on Speech Bubbles and silky strangeness on Skrting on the Surface.

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There are many mirrorings; themes and tones that swoop back and forth, creating an intimate sonic tapestry, from the guitars on Thin Thing and Under Our Pillows, to the frantic nature of You Will Never Work in Television Again and We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings, to the heavier musical palette on Bending Hectic and the weightiness of The Smoke.

When we meet Teleharmonic at the encore it resembles a kind of prayer, distilling much of The Smile’s perspective – we are “caught in dragnets”, but it is a wildly sensual world, it is the “eyes open wide” of the eerie Pana-Vision and its beautiful piano. This is vital, intelligent, loving music, providing a question mark rather than an exclamation, sharing more in common with the astral travelling of Pharaoh Sanders or Alice Coltrane, a world where swaggering beats easily sit beside celestial saxophone, and spectres of the baroque dance around dub.

There is such synchronicity between the players that it seems clear that no two shows will be the same, an enlivening idea, and The Smile are fully tilted towards something Mark Twain wrote of in 1906, “a great and refining and uplifting benefaction to this sordid and money-mad age”.

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The Smile announce new album ‘Wall Of Eyes’ and UK and European tour

The title track is out now, accompanied by a music video directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

The Smile have announced new album ‘Wall Of Eyes’ and shared the title track – check it out below.

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The new album from the Radiohead side project – comprising Jonny Greenwood , bandmate Thom Yorke  and former  Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – is due out on January 26 via XL Recordings, which you can pre-order/pre-save here .

The band have also announced news of a UK and European tour for 2024, where they’ll open at Dublin’s 3Arena on March 7 and finish up with a show at London’s Alexandra Palace on March 23. General sale tickets go live at 9am GMT on Friday, November 17. You can buy your tickets here and find the full touring schedule below.

Title track ‘Wall Of Eyes’ is out now and comes with a video directed by Paul Thomas Anderson . Check it out below.

Reports emerged this weekend that the legendary director had worked with the band on a new video. Guitarist Greenwood has previously scored the music for Anderson’s films including Licorice Pizza , There Will Be Blood  and  The Master .

‘Wall Of Eyes’ is the follow-up to their 2022 debut LP ‘ A Light For Attracting Attention ‘. The new album was recorded between Oxford and Abbey Road Studios, and is produced and mixed by previous collaborator Sam Petts-Davies. It also features string arrangements by the London Contemporary Orchestra.

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The ‘Walls Of Eyes’ Tracklisting is:

1. ‘Wall Of Eyes’ 2. ‘Teleharmonic’ 3. ‘Read The Room’ 4. ‘Under Our Pillows’ 5. ‘Friend Of A Friend’ 6. ‘I Quit’ 7. ‘Bending Hectic’ 8. ‘You Know Me!’

In a four-star review of ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’ , NME wrote that the band “cut loose on this curious and energetic supergroup romp”. It added: “While there’s not a sound or direction on the record that would shock any longtime followers of Yorke or Radiohead, it was clearly made with a free spirit and energy that the pressure of the infamously tortured and laborious task of creating another monolith from The Radiohead Machine might not allow them.”

Earlier this year, Greenwood said The Smile had “a big backlog of ideas” for new music .

“The frustration of having not had access to playing in a band for a couple of years [has] just built up a big backlog of ideas,” he told Consequence . “We’re still firing off each other, and it feels productive. So, while that’s happening, we just wanna keep moving forward, I think.”

The Smile’s 2024 UK and European tour dates are:

MARCH 7 – Dublin, 3Arena 13 – Copenhagen, K.B. Hallen 15 – Brussels, Forest National 16 – Amsterdam, AFAS Live 18 – Brighton, Brighton Centre 19 – Manchester, O2 Apollo 20 – Glasgow, SEC Armadillo 22 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 23 – London, Alexandra Palace

Reviewing The Smile live in New York City last year, NME described the show as an “expansive and dazzling spectacle” . The five-star write-up concluded: “Much like their very first show, The Smile emerges at Kings Theatre  spectacularly .”

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The Smile is the best of the Radiohead side projects, as they demonstrated with stunning Dublin show

• 12:24, 8 MAR 2024
• Updated 13:08, 8 MAR 2024

It's almost seven years since Radiohead last played in Dublin, and who knows when the great Oxford band will return.

There has been no new Radiohead music since 2017’s A Moon Shaped Pool, but there have been numerous side projects, including solo material from frontman Thom Yorke, while brilliant multi-instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood has composed various big film musical scores.

The best of those side projects has unquestionably been The Smile, fronted by Yorke, Greenwood and the drummer Tom Skinner, and that was reflected in the big crowd at the 3Arena on Thursday night.

No doubt, the vast majority of the audience for what was The Smile’s opening European tour date were Radiohead fans, but this was never going to be a retreat down memory lane in the way that the likes of Noel and Liam Gallagher weave old Oasis tracks into their solo setlists.

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There was no Creep, Fake Plastic Trees or Paranoid Android, but The Smile have crafted their own identity over the course of two gripping albums, Wall of Eyes, released only in January, which followed 2022’s acclaimed A Light for Attracting Attention.

The 3Arena date consisted of 17 songs from the two albums, with a couple of newer songs, over the course of more than 90 minutes.

Yorke stood initially to the right of the stage while Greenwood is in the centre, moving between instruments, as they started with the groovy Read the Room and then the atmospheric title track from Wall of Eyes.

Skinner, around a decade younger than his two bandmates, is the perfect foil for his illustrious bandmates.

This was not a gig to get people off their expensive seats, but it was never less than bewildering and enchanting. You always knew you were the presence of great musicians. It might be over 20 years since Kid A, but there is no sense that Yorke and Greenwood are beyond their peak.

Yorke wasn’t short of a word either, apologising to the Irish people for Brexit and he used rather crude language in declaring that the Tory government in the UK is on its last legs.

Disappointingly, there was no place for Free in the Knowledge from A LIght for Attracting Attention, arguably the most direct song from the two albums, but at no stage did the audience feel anything less than transfixed.

If anything, the encore of four songs was even more beautiful.

Yorke was by now centre of the stage on piano, finishing with the haunting and beautiful ballad, You Know Me.

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A few weeks after OK Computer raised the bar for modern music in 1997, Radiohead played the biggest live show of their early career in Dublin’s RDS Showgrounds Arena alongside Massive Attack and Teenage Fanclub. Rather than celebrate at the aftershow, Thom Yorke reportedly retreated to his hotel room and worked on How To Disappear Completely . "Strobe lights and blown speakers. I'm not here. This isn't happening," he wrote, "I walk through walls. I float down the Liffey."

Tonight, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s currently operational band, The Smile, are starting their 2024 world tour at the Point Theatre, named after the place where the River Liffey meets the sea. Interestingly, there doesn't appear to be a Radiohead t-shirt in sight. When Yorke, Greenwood and third Smile member Tom Skinner amble on a quarter of an hour after the designated stage time, they also have American saxophonist Robert Stillman in tow. They open with the aptly titled Read The Room, a math rock banger from their new second album, Wall Of Eyes, that soon pivots into a propulsive Neu!-like groove. Behind them, the  backdrop features a vast bank of flickering lights. Individual cameras are trained on each band member, who in turn are projected and enlarged onto four screens perched high above the stage - a simple trick Radiohead have effectively employed over the years. "Look at all the pretty lights," Yorke repeatedly sings early on A Hairdryer.

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Yorke bids the crowd good evening after five songs, followed by a performance of Colours Fly, an unreleased track that has been doing the rounds live since 2022. Two exclusive world premieres, entitled Instant Psalm and Zero Sum respectively, underline the fact that this is far from a side project, but a new band who refuse to sit still. The latter features a bassline that sounds a bit like a distorted take on the playing style of Thom's former Atoms For Peace bandmate Flea, dysfunctional avant-garde funk imperative to the fore. It’s a minimal, tightly-knit squad, looser, leaner, and rawer than Radiohead, operating in what’s clearly their new comfort zone. The not-so secret weapon is Skinner, a jazz percussionist previously best known for his work with Sons Of Kemet, who lends these songs considerable fluidity and nuance.

It is, overall, an anti-rock masterclass in a stadium rock venue. Yorke and Greenwood alternate between bass, keyboards, piano, and guitars, but You Will Never Work In Television Again, from 2022’s debut A Light for Attracting Attention , is a more conventional straight-up rocker. Some of tonight's set would benefit from being cranked up a few more decibels and given a greater clarity from this cavernous hall's PA, but the eight-minute long climax of the main set, Bending Hectic, is an absolute knockout.

Yorke prefaces the first of four encores, We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings, with a brief announcement. "We would like to humbly apologise on behalf of our nation for Brexit," Yorke says to delighted cheers. "The stupid c***s will be gone shortly." Teleharmonic, Pana-Vision, and You Know Me! close their Irish debut, before we march off into the dark and windy night to float down the Liffey.

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We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings Teleharmonic Pana-Vision You Know Me!

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Radiohead offshoot the Smile have announced a second run of North American tour dates for this summer.

The trio — which features Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , and Tom Skinner — will launch the 14-date run on June 22 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City. The run will continue over the next month wrapping July 20 at the Factory in Chesterfield, Missouri. 

Tickets for all shows will go on sale on Feb. 3. Complete information is available on the Smile ’s website.

Along with announcing the tour, the Smile are also prepping another new live release, Europe: Live Recordings 2022 . As the title suggests, the vinyl-only EP — out March 10 — features six songs recorded at various points during the band’s European run last year, including “The Opposite,” “Thin Thing,” Waving a White Flag,” and a rendition of Yorke’s 2009 solo track, “FeelingPulledApartByHorses.”

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Supporting their latest album, The Smile tour through Dublin, Brighton, London, and more, spring 2024

Supporting their new album Wall of Eyes , The Smile head through the UK and Ireland spring 2024. Tickets are available at 9am on Friday 17 November.

When are The Smile coming to the UK?

• Thursday 7 March – 3Arena, Dublin
• Monday 18 March – Brighton Centre, Brighton
• Tuesday 19 March – O2 Apollo, Manchester
• Wednesday 20 March – SEC Armadillo, Glasgow
• Friday 22 March – O2 Academy, Birmingham
• Saturday 23 March – Alexandra Palace, London

Tickets are available for The Smile's at 9am on Friday 17 November.

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The Smile Announce Summer 2023 North American Tour Dates

By Nina Corcoran

The Smile have announced 2023 North American tour dates for this summer. Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , and Tom Skinner will kick off the 14-date leg on June 22 in Mexico City before stopping in Florida, North Carolina, New York, Philadelphia, Ohio, and elsewhere. Find the full itinerary below.

To coincide with the news, the Smile have also announced a limited edition live EP titled Europe: Live Recordings 2022 . The release will be strictly available on vinyl and includes songs from the band’s debut album, last year’s A Light for Attracting Attention : “The Opposite,” “Thin Thing,” “The Same,” “Waving a White Flag,” and “ Free in the Knowledge .” Also included is their own rendition of Yorke’s 2009 solo track “FeelingPulledApartByHorses.”

In recent months, the Smile released the live album The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022) and stopped by the NPR office to play a “ Tiny Desk Concert .” Prior to that, they were the musical guests on an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon .

Read about the Smile’s A Light for Attracting Attention at No. 21 on Pitchfork’s list “ The 50 Best Albums of 2022 .”

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Porter Robinson Announces “SMILE! :D World Tour” 70+ Dates In 2024-2025

Grammy-nominated artist Porter Robinson announces a 5-continent world tour including stops in 30+ North American cities, Europe, and Asia in support of his highly anticipated third studio album SMILE! 😀 , releasing July 26th via MOM+POP. [Pre-order here ]

Robinson will debut a completely new live production including a full live band during his SMILE! 😀 World Tour, after first experimenting with the band format at his own sold-out Second Sky festival and again in 2023 at Coachella’s main stage. Fans can expect opening acts ericdoa in North America, underscores in Europe and Galileo Galilei in Japan.

The SMILE! 😀 World Tour will kick off on August 29 in Boston and hit notable stops along the way including Forrest Hills in New York on August 31 and Hollywood Bowl on October 11, before heading onto an Asian run which spans 9 cities beginning November 2024. Porter concludes the tour by traversing across 8 countries in Europe throughout February and March 2025, including a stop at London’s prestigious Brixton Academy . Dates in Australia and Latin America will also be announced soon. Full routing is available below.

Pre-sale commences Tuesday, April 30 at 10am local time —fans can register for early access to tickets at porterrobinson.com . Various presales will take place throughout the week including a CITI presale in the U.S. (details below) ahead of the general on sale on Friday, May 3 at 10am local time. For more information on the tour and tickets, visit porterrobinson.com .

The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans. VIP Packages may include premium tickets, exclusive access to the pre-show VIP lounge, access to a VIP bar, early entry into the venue, pre-show merchandise shopping opportunity, specially designed gift item, and more. VIP package contents vary based on offer selected. For more information, visit vipnation.com (N. America) or vipnation.eu (Europe).

CITI is the official card of Porter Robinson presents SMILE! 😀 World Tour. CITI Card Members will have access to presale tickets for the U.S. dates beginning Monday, April 29 at 10AM local time until Thursday, May 2 at 10PM local time through the CITI Entertainment program.

For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com .

For the Hollywood Bowl show, American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Monday, April 29 at 10:00am PST through Thursday, May 2 at 10:00pm PST.

SMILE! 😀 World Tour Dates:

August 29, 2024 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway

August 30, 2024 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway

August 31, 2024 – New York, NY – Forest Hills Stadium

September 5, 2024 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy

September 6, 2024 – Orlando, FL – Addition Financial Arena

September 7, 2024 – Miami, FL – FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park

September 10, 2024 – Nashville, TN – Municipal Auditorium

September  11, 2024 – Charlotte, NC – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre

September 13, 2024 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann

September 14, 2024 – Washington, DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion

September 15, 2024 – Pittsburgh, PA – UPMC Events Center

September 17, 2024 – Montreal, BC – MTELUS

September 19, 2024 – Toronto, BC – HISTORY

September 21, 2024 – Toronto, BC – HISTORY

September 22, 2024 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore

September 23, 2024 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater

September 26, 2024 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee

September 27, 2024 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

September 28, 2024 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory

September 30, 2024 – St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis Music Park

October 1, 2024 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion

October 8, 2024 – El Paso, TX – El Paso County Coliseum

October 11, 2024 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl

October 12, 2024 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

October 13, 2024 – San Diego, CA – The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

October 15, 2024 – Albuquerque, NM – Revel

October 17, 2024 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

October 18, 2024 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre

October 19, 2024 – Las Vegas, NV – BleauLive Theater

October 24, 2024 – Sacramento, CA – Wheatland Toyota Amphitheatre

October 25, 2024 – San Francisco, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre

October 29, 2024 – Boise, ID – Revolution Concert House

October 31, 2024 – Portland, OR – Alaska Airlines’ Theater of the Clouds

November 1, 2024 – Vancouver, BC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre

November 2, 2024 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

November 25, 2024 – Bangkok – Samyan Mitrtown Hall

November 27, 2024 – Singapore – The Star Performing Arts Centre

December 8, 2024 – Manila – The Podium

December 10, 2024 – Taipei – Zepp New Taipei

December 12, 2024 – Seoul – Myunghwa Live Hall

February 10, 2025 – Tokyo – Tokyo Garden Theater

February 11, 2025 – Osaka – Namba Hatch

February 12, 2025 – Nagoya – Diamond Hall

February 14, 2025 – Fukuoka – UNITEDLAB

February 21, 2025 – Berlin – Huxleys Neue Welt

February 22, 2025 – Hamburg – Fabrik

February 24, 2025 – Oslo – Rockefeller Music Hall

February 25, 2025 – Stockholm – Berns

February 26. 2025 – Copenhagen – Vega

February 28, 2025 – Amsterdam – Melkweg

March 3, 2025 – Cologne – Live Music Hall

March 4, 2025 – Paris – Salle Pleyel

March 6, 2025 – London – O2 Academy Brixton

March 7, 2025 – Manchester – Albert Hall

March 8, 2025 – Glasgow – SWG3 Galvanizers

March 10, 2025 – Dublin – 3Olympia Theatre

About Porter Robinson:

At age 18, the North Carolina-based producer and songwriter burst onto the scene with a complex, bombastic brand of electro-house. Following the major success of his 2014 debut album Worlds , Porter released the RIAA Gold single “Shelter” with Madeon in 2016, followed by a Shelter Live Tour spanning 43 dates and four continents. The following year, Porter began releasing music under a new alias, Virtual Self, which led to his first Grammy nomination for the BBC Radio 1 hit single “Ghost Voices.” In 2019, Porter put on the first Second Sky Festival, which sold out all 30,000 tickets for the two-day festival in a single day. In both 2020 and 2021, Porter Robinson hosted editions of his virtual festival Secret Sky, amassing over 6 million viewers combined, and which came to be regarded as the most sophisticated virtual festivals of its time. Later in 2021, following the release of sophomore album Nurture, Second Sky Festival made its return to the Bay Area, selling out 40,000 tickets in a single day. Immediately following, the Nurture Live North American Tour sold over 150,000 concert tickets and was the highest grossing electronic tour of 2021. In 2022, in partnership with Riot Games, Robinson released “Everything Goes On” surpassing 100 million global streams . Later that year was his debut of one of two exclusive full live band performances, first at Second Sky 2022 and again in 2023 at the Coachella Main Stage.

About MOM + POP: 

In their 16th year, Mom+Pop Music has curated a critically acclaimed list of artists including  Courtney Barnett, MGMT, Beach Bunny, Caamp, Ashe, Orion Sun, Porter Robinson, SEB, Tom Morello, and many others. Solely owned and operated by Founder/co-owner Michael Goldstone and co-owner Thaddeus Rudd, M+P has a global team of 25 people and is self-distributed. Known for their artist-first ethos, M+P continues to amass industry accolades from artists, media, and colleagues including Billboard’s Independent Label Power Lists, A2IM’s Libera Award for Label of the Year, and other recognition. They have received consistent media acclaim featured in Forbes, Variety, Billboard and HITS among other outlets. Mom+Pop Music is located in New York City and has offices in Los Angeles.

About Live Nation Entertainment:

Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Sponsorship. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com .

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Hamburg, germany.

19:30 Stadtpark Hamburg

09 Jun Sunday Sun 2024

Cologne, germany.

20:00 Palladium Köln

11 Jun Tuesday Tue 2024

Berlin, germany.

20:00 Uber Eats Music Hall

12 Jun Wednesday Wed 2024

Prague, czech republic.

20:00 Forum Karlin

14 Jun Friday Fri 2024

Belgrade, serbia.

20:00 Hangar

15 Jun Saturday Sat 2024

Pula, croatia.

20:00 Pula Arena

17 Jun Monday Mon 2024

Bucharest, romania.

20:00 Arenele Romane

18 Jun Tuesday Tue 2024

Sofia, bulgaria.

20:00 Arena Armeec Sofia

20 Jun Thursday Thu 2024

Release athens: the smile & pulp, athens, greece.

17:30 Plateia Nerou

22 Jun Saturday Sat 2024

Taranto, italy.

20:30 Medimex - Rotonda Lungomare

23 Jun Sunday Sun 2024

Roma summer festival: the smile, rome, italy.

21:00 Auditorium Parco della Musica - Auditorium Cavea

24 Jun Monday Mon 2024

09 aug friday fri 2024, oya festival: friday, oslo, norway.

12:00 Toyenparken

13 Aug Tuesday Tue 2024

Sigulda, latvia.

20:00 Sigulda Castle

14 Aug Wednesday Wed 2024

Warsaw, poland.

20:00 Klub Progresja

16 - 18 August 2024

16 aug friday fri 2024, lowlands festival: weekend pass, biddinghuizen, netherlands.

10:00 Evenemententerrein Biddinghuizen

20 Aug Tuesday Tue 2024

Frankfurt am main, germany.

20:00 Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt

21 Aug Wednesday Wed 2024

Munich, germany.

20:00 Zenith Munich

22 Aug Thursday Thu 2024

Vienna, austria.

20:00 Arena Wien Open Air

25 Aug Sunday Sun 2024

Rock en seine: sunday, saint-cloud, france.

12:00 Parc de Saint-Cloud

26 Aug Monday Mon 2024

Bordeaux, france.

20:00 Arkea Arena

28 Aug Wednesday Wed 2024

Valencia, spain.

20:00 Jardines de Viveros

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The Smile is a British rock band featuring Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, bass, keys) and Jonny Greenwood (guitar, bass, keys) from Radiohead, along with drummer Tom Skinner. Their music draws influences from various genres such as post-punk, progressive rock, Afrobeat, and electronic music.

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, The Smile emerged and surprised audiences with their debut performance, streamed by the Glastonbury Festival in May 2021. Early in 2022, they released six singles and held their first live shows in London, which were broadcasted online. In May, The Smile received critical acclaim for their debut album, "A Light for Attracting Attention," produced by Nigel Godrich, who is known for his work with Radiohead.

In 2022 and 2023, The Smile embarked on a tour across Europe and North America. They also released two live EPs, "The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022)" and "Europe: Live Recordings 2022." Their second album, "Wall of Eyes," is slated for release in 2024.

The band consists of Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke, both from Radiohead, along with drummer Tom Skinner, who previously played with acts like Sons of Kemet and collaborated with Greenwood on the soundtrack of the 2012 film "The Master." The members of The Smile have chosen not to give interviews about their project.

Nigel Godrich, Radiohead's longtime producer, is at the helm of production for The Smile. He mentioned that the project originated from Greenwood's creative output during the COVID-19 lockdown, with the pandemic and Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien's solo album keeping him busy. The exploration of different musical avenues by Radiohead members is seen as a positive development by their drummer, Philip Selway, who believes it's beneficial to see how other musicians interpret their ideas.

The band's name, "The Smile," is derived from a poem by Ted Hughes. Thom Yorke explained that it's not about a cheerful smile but rather the deceptive façade people put on in their daily lives.

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A family ferry trip across to Dublin has its fair share of drama

But first there’s that long drive to Holyhead

‘W e should really check that,’ I say to my wife about our son’s passport, which we’d suddenly remembered might be going out of date soon. With a sharp dart of sweating horror, I grab it from the drawer and discover it has indeed expired, just two days earlier – and we are due to fly to Dublin in six days. We decide our only option is to book ourselves on to a later ferry instead.

The problem with the ferry is it means six hours of driving through England and Wales. (And if you’re wondering whether our kids were sick during this trip, you’ll be delighted to know that our daughter vomited twice before we’d even reached the M25. Our son, perhaps affected by the miasma, or maybe sensing a deficit in attention, caught up and was himself sick three times, before his sister chimed in with one last spew 20 minutes before we reached the boat, to make it a creditable 3-3 draw.)

Well and truly wiped – in every sense – we stumble onboard with three and a half hours of seafaring ahead of us. Luckily, the ferry itself is great. As a rural Irishman myself, I recognise my people everywhere I look. Almost every male adult here could give you a quote for a horse and a lift to collect it. Moreover, about 80% of the passengers are children en route to sporting tournaments, which adds an air of prestige to proceedings.

Any time spent on a boat reminds one how odd it is that air travel is such a drudge. The latter is, after all, new. The miracle of human flight was solely the province of poets and sorcerers until about a century ago. Two of my grandparents never saw the inside of a plane in their entire lives. Sea travel, by contrast, has been a staple of human existence for at least 50,000 years, and yet its wonders remain intact.

My kids crowd the windows to watch the vast expanse of water surrounding them. We cheer when we see land or another ship somewhere in the distance. There is everywhere the convivial feeling of people making the best of a situation beyond their control, like red-faced holidaymakers drinking it up in a Greek hotel during a power cut.

A man at the bar reacts to my daughter’s crying not with disgust but kindly laughter and asks me to pass a lemonade to his son, the under-15s Taekwondo champion of Kildare. Admittedly, half an hour spent tumbling around the soft play area with 115 shoeless children would have you wondering how often kids wash their feet, but it’s a small price to pay for a mode of transport that gives your irritable brood a decent runaround.

It seems to have ended too quickly, as we tumble downstairs to the car, ready for the last 30 minutes of our journey. As we disembark, we wonder why it is we don’t do this more often. ‘I feel sick,’ says our son, and suddenly we yearn for airport drear.

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Main header, offcanvas scoreboard, cyclones to open 2025 football season against k-state in dublin, ireland.

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Ames, Iowa – Iowa State will play its first-ever football game outside of the United States when it opens the 2025 season against Kansas State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic, August 23, 2025, at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland.  

"We are extremely grateful for this opportunity presented to us by Aer Lingus to provide the young men in our football program an unrivaled educational, cultural and athletic experience," said Jamie Pollard, Iowa State's Director of Athletics. "Iowa State fans enjoy a tremendous reputation for following the Cyclones wherever they play, and we look forward to seeing them travel with us to The Emerald Isle for the 2025 season-opener."

The Cyclones and Wildcats will meet for the 108 th time on November 30, 2024, in Ames to close the 2024 regular season. Both teams will then play on Week Zero of the 2025 campaign with the sixth college football game ever played at Dublin's 48,000-seat Aviva Stadium, the first in Ireland to feature Big 12 Conference institutions and the first-ever meeting between the longtime rivals in a season-opener.

"This is a tremendous opportunity for the Big 12 Conference to play one of its classic rivalries on a global stage while showcasing our University and its football program," said ISU head coach Matt Campbell . "We are honored that Aer Lingus selected the Cyclones to participate in this prestigious game, which will afford a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our student-athletes to experience international travel while also helping to grow the game of college football outside of the United States."

It will mark the first time since 1997, the Big 12's second season, that Iowa State has opened its football season with a league contest and the earliest date ever that the Cyclones have kicked off the season.

The Aer Lingus College Football Classic aims to bring American college football to Ireland annually to promote Ireland as a travel destination, and 2025 will be the fourth-consecutive season that college football begins its season with a game in Dublin. Florida State and Georgia Tech will kick off the 2024 campaign in Ireland with an excess of 21,000 U.S. fans traveling overseas for game week. ESPN's College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will be on hand for the Aer Lingus Classic, broadcasting live from Dublin on Saturday, August 24.

"We are thrilled to welcome Iowa State and Kansas State to Dublin for the 2025 Aer Lingus Classic," said John Anthony, Co-Founder of the Aer Lingus Classic and Executive VP, Collegiate of On Location. "Kicking off the season with this classic Big 12 Conference rivalry game will bring a heightened level of excitement to another expected sell out Aviva Stadium.

"This matchup was selected because of the high-quality play from both teams, as well as the passionate fan bases that follow them," he added. "We look forward to providing the experience of a lifetime to the student-athletes and their loyal fans who travel to Ireland. Special thanks to Coach Campbell and Jamie Pollard for embracing this special opportunity for all of Iowa State University."

Aviva Stadium, which opened in 2010, was built on the site where historic Lansdowne Stadium once stood. Previous college football games played in Aviva Stadium include a pair of Notre Dame-Navy games (2012 and 2023), a Georgia Tech-Boston College game in 2016 and the 2022 Nebraska-Northwestern game. All-told, the ISU-KSU football game will be the 10 th played on Irish soil.

"I welcome the news that Kansas State University and Iowa State University have been chosen to play the fourth match in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic series", said Catherine Martin, Ireland's Minister for Tourism.  "This event is now a firm fixture in the Irish sporting calendar and provides a huge boost to tourism and hospitality in Ireland and indeed creates a great atmosphere in Dublin for visitors and locals alike. We look forward to welcoming the teams and supporters to the Aviva Stadium in Dublin and beyond, as they go on to explore other parts of Ireland, in August 2025."

As title sponsor, Aer Lingus is responsible for transporting the teams and their delegations to Dublin on dedicated chartered flights. Aer Lingus, the Irish flag carrier, operates from 17 North America destinations direct to Ireland as well as offer seamless connections to Europe for U.S. travelers via its hub at Dublin airport.

"The Aer Lingus College Football Classic provides us with a unique opportunity to drive awareness of the Aer Lingus brand in our key North American market," said Susanne Carberry, Aer Lingus Chief Customer Officer. "We have a proud history of connecting the U.S. and Ireland – flying to 17 destinations in North America this summer – and we are committed to growing this transatlantic network so we can continue connecting North America to Ireland and Europe through our Dublin hub.

"The Aer Lingus Classic draws substantial numbers of American visitors and gives the opportunity to showcase Ireland as a destination through this exciting event," Carberry said. "We look forward to welcoming both the Kansas State and Iowa State teams to Ireland for the game in 2025."

Iowa State fans can visit Cyclones2Ireland.com to learn more about the game and sign up for ticket updates including official Iowa State travel and hospitality packages which will become available in late May.  

Going abroad in 2025🇮🇪 @AerLingus | @cfbireland 🌪️🚨🌪️ pic.twitter.com/nFJfCifAIZ — Iowa State Football (@CycloneFB) April 24, 2024

2025 Iowa State Football Schedule Aug. 23     vs. Kansas State, Dublin, Ireland Aug. 30     vs. South Dakota Sept. 6      vs. Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) Sept. 13    at Arkansas State

Home Big 12 Games, Dates TBA:   vs. Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Kansas Away Big 12 Games, Dates TBA:   at Colorado, TCU, Oklahoma State, Cincinnati

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PGA Tour players learn how much loyalty is worth in new equity program

Tiger Woods waves after his final round at the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, waves after making a putt on the sixth hole during the second round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament, Friday, April 19, 2024, in Hilton Head Island, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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Players who stayed loyal to the PGA Tour amid lucrative recruitment by Saudi-funded LIV Golf are starting to find out how much that loyalty could be worth.

The PGA Tour on Wednesday began contacting the 193 players eligible for the $930 million from a “Player Equity Program” under the new PGA Tour Enterprises .

The bulk of that money — $750 million — went to 36 players based on their career performance, the last five years and how they fared in a recent program that measured their star power.

How much they received was not immediately known. Emails were going out Wednesday afternoon and Thursday informing players of what they would get. One person who saw a list of how the equity shares were doled out said the names had been redacted. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because many details of the program were not made public.

The Telegraph reported Tiger Woods was to receive $100 million in equity and Rory McIlroy could get $50 million, without saying how it came up with those numbers.

Commissioner Jay Monahan outlined the first-of-its-kind equity ownership program in a Feb. 7 memo to players, a week after Strategic Sports Group became a minority investor in the new commercial PGA Tour Enterprises.

The private equity group, a consortium of professional sports owners led by the Fenway Sports Group, made an initial investment of $1.5 billion that could be worth $3 billion. The tour is still negotiating with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia — the financial muscle behind the rival LIV Golf league — as an investor.

Any deal with PIF would most certainly increase the value of the equity shares.

Another person with knowledge of the Player Equity Program, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the private nature of the dealings, said the equity money is not part of the SSG investment. That money was geared toward growth capital.

Golf.com received a series of informational videos on the Player Equity Program that was sent to players and reported only 50% of the equity would vest after four years, 25% more after six years and the rest of it after eight years.

It also reported how the 36 players from the top tier were judged on “career points,” such as how long they were full members, victories, how often they reached the Tour Championship and extra points for significant victories.

Jason Gore, the tour’s chief player officer, said in one of the videos, “It’s really about making sure that our players know the PGA Tour is the best place to compete and showing them how much the Tour appreciates them being loyal.”

Emails also were sent to 64 players who would share $75 million in aggregate equity based on the past three years, and $30 million to 57 players who are PGA Tour members. Also, $75 million in equity shares was set aside for 36 past players instrumental in building the tour.

The program has an additional $600 million in equity grants that are recurring for future PGA Tour players. Those would be awarded in amounts of $100 million annually started in 2025.

Players only get equity shares from one of the four tiers now, although everyone would be eligible for the recurring grants.

Even with equity ownership geared toward making the PGA Tour better, the concern was players questioning who got how much and whether they received their fair share.

LIV Golf lured away seven major champions dating to 2018 since it launched in 2022, all with guaranteed contracts and most of them believed to have topped $100 million.

McIlroy, playing this week in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, was asked how much would make players feel validated for their decision to stay with the PGA Tour.

“I think the one thing we’ve learned in golf over the last two years is there’s never enough,” McIlroy replied.

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