IDLES join impressive summer of music line up at Halifax's Piece Hall

IDLES will play the Piece Hall, Halifax, next year

Punk rock band IDlES are extended their world tour with additional dates across the UK including Halifax.

The new tour dates will see IDLES play to a combined audience of tens of thousands of fans.

The band’s upcoming album is TANGK. Vocalist Joe Talbot said: “I needed love. So I made it. I gave love out to the world and it feels like magic. This is our album of gratitude and power. All love songs. All is love.”

Set to be released on February 16 via Partisan Records, the 11-track ‘TANGK’ was co-produced by Nigel Godrich, Kenny Beats and the band’s Mark Bowen.

Extending an explosive run of unerringly stirring albums, TANGK is the band’s most ambitious and striking record yet.

They launched the album with the single Dancer, which features backing vocals from LCD Soundsystem duo James Murphy and Nancy Whang.

TANGK’ follows IDLES; 2021 album ‘CRAWLER’ which became their third successive UK Top 10 set and led to their first two Grammy Award nominations - building upon previous Ivor Novello Award as well as a BRIT nomination.

IDLES are at the Piece Hall, Halifax, on Saturday July 13.

Canadian rock legend Bryan Adams will perform at the Piece Hall on Sunday June 23.

He will bring some of the greatest hits of his more than 40-year career to thesettings, as well as playing songs from his latest studio album So Happy It Hurts.

Hailing from Ontario, Canada, Bryan Adams started off as the singer in a glam-rock band, Sweeney Todd before striking out on his own and going on to pen some of the biggest hits of the 80s and 90s including the epic Everything I Do (I Do It For you), Heaven, Cloud 9, ‘Run To You, Straight From The Heart, Please Forgive Me, When You’re Gone– featurng. Melanie C, and the globally celebrated anthem Summer of ‘69.

Kicking off a summer season of rock and pop is Blondie on Sunday June 9 followed by Sherly Crow on Thursday June 13.

Nile Rogers and Chic bring their disco sound to the venue on Sunday June 16 and indie kings Crowded house play on Wednesday June 19. Pop master Rick Astley plays on Sunday July 7 and McFly’s gig is on Saturday August 10.