Shame have signed to Dead Oceans, making the announcement ahead of the upcoming General Election and making their political anthem Visa Vulture widely available at the same time.
Visa Vulture, which has long been popular among the south London band’s increasing following, is billed as a “tongue-in-cheek ode to Theresa May”,
“We wrote Visa Vulture when May was only Home Secretary and we’re happy to make it widely available on the eve of probably the most important election we'll ever vote in as a rallying cry, a wish that we'll never have to pen another Tory bashing song for at least another 5 years come June 8th”, say the band in a statement.
Shame’s updated live schedule includes an October UK tour, culminating in a show at London’s Scala, their biggest gig yet. The band will hit the festival circuit hard this summer, with performances at Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds and Latitude all on their itinerary. Scroll down for a full list of dates.
No new release details have been confirmed as yet.
09/06/17 - Nimes, This is Not A Love Song
10/06/17 - Paris, We Love Green
15/06/17 - Nickelsdorf, Nova Rock
23/06/17 - Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival
29/06/17 - Roskilde, Roskilde Festival
30/06/17 - Vilanova, Vida Festival
01/07/17 - Cleremont - Ferrand, Europavox Festival
04/07/17 - Hradec Kralove, Rock For People Festival
06/07/17 - Belfort, Eurockennes
20/07/17 - St Tropez, Plage Du Rock
23/07/17 - Porto, Milhões de Festa
13/07/17 - Carhaix, Veilles Charrues
14/07/17 - Southwold, Latitude Festival
15/07/17 - Tonsburg, Slotsfjell
22/07/17 - Neon, Paleo FestivaL
28/07/17 - Carbourg, Carboug Mon Amour
29/07/17 - Lowther, Kendall Calling
04/08/17 - Katowice, OFF Festival
05/08/17 - London, Visions Festival
09/08/17 - Luxembourg, Congés Annulés
10/08/17 - Rees-Haldern, Haldern Pop (date change)
11/08/17 - Kent, Leefest
12/08/17 - Oslo, Oya Festival
17/08/17 - Trondheim, Pstereo Festival
18/08/17 - Bigginghuizen, Lowlands Festival
19/08/17 - Haselt, Pukklepop
20/08/17 - Brecon Beacans, Green Man Festival
26/08/17 - Reading, Reading Festival
27/08/17 - Leeds, Leeds Festival
03/09/17 - Salisbury, End of the Road
01/09/17 - Vleiland, Into The Great Wide Open
02 - 06/09/17 - Reykjavik, Iceland Airwaves
09/10/17 - Bristol, Louisiana
10/10/17 - Leeds, The Lending Room
11/10/17 - Manchester, Soup Kitchen
12/10/17 - Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete’s
13/10/17 - Liverpool, Buyer’s Club
14/10/17 - Dublin, Workman’s Club
18/10/17 - London, Scala
23/10/17 - Hamburg, Molotow Sky Bar
24/10/17 - Copenhagen, Loppen
25/10/17 - Beling, Musik & Frieden
26/10/17 - Cologne, Underground