Today the prolific, esteemed singer-songwriter, feminist and author Ani DiFranco has announced that she will be extending her ‘Unprecedented Sh!t: The Tour’ to include a run of EU / UK headline live dates for June 2025. The tour, which begins in the US in January, is in support of her 23rd album ‘Unprecedented Sh!t‘, which came out early this year to widespread acclaim.
The newly announced EU / UK tour dates mark her first British live dates in 8 years and begin on 11th June with a special headline show at London’s Royal Albert Hall with special guest; singer-songwriter, musician, and playwright Anaïs Mitchell. DiFranco recently completed a 5-month run as “Persephone” in Mitchell’s Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway production Hadestown (the album was originally released on Righteous Babe Records).
Speaking on the tour announcement, DiFranco says: “What’s the upside of doom, gloom, angst and anguish? A sharply increased sense of motivation to get out there and make some noise. Lookout calm before the storm! We’re coming for you.”
Unprecedented Sh!t was released to rave reviews in May on DiFranco’s label, Righteous Babe Records. The album title not only reflects how dramatically different this 11-track album is from Ani’s previous work, but also serves as a commentary on the current political and social climate. Joined by producer BJ Burton (Bon Iver, Low), on Unprecedented Sh!t DiFranco experiments with different sonic elements, leading to a sound that feels both authentic and polished. Lyrically, DiFranco powerfully highlights reproductive rights (“Baby Roe”), patriarchal oppression (“You Forgot to Speak”), climate change (“Spinning Room”) and other urgent global challenges. Listen to Unprecedented Sh!t via DSPs HERE.
Throughout September and October, the Ani DiFranco documentary 1-800-ON-HER-OWN screened in America’s swing states to spark conversation around voting and reproductive freedom in partnership with Emily’s List, Headcount and regional grassroots organizations. DiFranco is also a poet and author. She released a collection of poems and paintings titled Verses in 2007. Her memoir No Walls and the Recurring Dream was a New York Times Top 10 best seller in 2019, and her children’s books The Knowing and Show Up and Vote are out now.
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| Full dates are below (EU/UK in bold) and go on sale 10am local time on 6th December HERE. LIVE DATES: JANUARY 16 – Austin, TX – Paramount Theatre 17 – Houston, TX – HOB 18 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater 20 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre 21 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren 22 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up 24 – Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether 25 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore 26 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore 28 – Grass Valley, CA – Center for the Arts 30 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall 31 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall FEBRUARY 1 Seattle, WA – Moore Theater 28 – Mar 7 – Cayamo Cruise MARCH 8 Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live 9 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live 11 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall 12 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre 14 – Durham, NC – Carolina Theatre 15 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel 16 – Pelham, TN – The Caverns APRIL 7 – Milwaukee, WI – The Pabst Theater 8 – Minneapolis, MN – First Ave 10 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall 11 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall 12 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre 13 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre 15 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer 16 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club 18 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel 19 – Somerville, MA – Somerville Theatre 20 – Somerville, MA – Somerville Theatre 22 – Somerville, MA – Somerville Theatre 23 – Gardiner, ME – Johnson Hall Opera House 25 – North Adams, MA – MASS MoCa 26 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall JUNE 11 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall 12 – Antwerp, BE – De Roma 14 – Rome, IT – Casa Del Jazz 15 – Ferrara, IT – Cortile del Castello 17 – Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburg 18 – Dusseldorf, DE – Savoy Theater 19 – Berlin, DE – Passionskirche 22 – Dublin, IE – National Concert Hall 24 – Gateshead, UK – The Glasshouse 25 – Glasgow, UK – Pavilion Theatre 29 – Cardiff, UK – New Theatre .  — |
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