Graveyard announce German live dates as first leg of 2024 European Tour w/ support Gaupa!
Two weeks ago, Swedish rockers Graveyard released their acclaimed new album, »6«, through Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band is pleased to announce a couple of live shows on German soil in February 2024 as well as an appearance at Dutch festival, Into The Void, that will serve as the first leg of a 2024 European tour. Unique progressive psychedelic rock band, fellow Swedes and label mates, Gaupa, will be supporting Graveyard on these dates. All dates are listed below.
Graveyard commented: “Who are we? What are we? Where do we belong? All tricky questions but we think we got the answer.
We’re Graveyard, your favourite bluesy rock n roll band and we belong on the road. That’s why we decided to team up with Swedish band Gaupa and book a sweet n tiny little European tour for spring 2024. Catch us in the following cities in February…”
Graveyard Winter Tour 2024
+ Gaupa
22.02. DE Leipzig – Conne Island
23.02. DE Essen – Turock
24.02. NL Eindhoven – Into The Void Festival
25.02. DE Stuttgart – Im Wizmann
27.02. DE Nürnberg – Hirsch
28.02. DE Heidelberg – Halle02
29.02. DE Bremen – Tower
Tickets go on sale Monday, November 20th at 11:00 AM CET.
eventim.de/artist/graveyard
Into The Void tickets available here: intothevoid.nl
About Graveyard:
As enduring and authentic as an old school leather jacket, Graveyard have long since mastered the art of rock’n’roll. Formed in 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, their shared passion for hard rock, psychedelia and the eternal bedrock of blues marked them out from the start. Led by vocalist/guitarist Joakim Nilsson, they opened their account with their now seminal self-titled Tee Pee Recordings debut in 2007, showcasing fiery chemistry and some wildly imaginative songwriting. Subsequently snapped up by the mighty Nuclear Blast Records, the band’s rise to prominence was swift and irresistible.
In 2008, guitarist Jonatan Ramm expanded the ranks, joining Nilsson, bassist Rikard Edlund and drummer Axel Sjöberg for the recording of second album »Hisingen Blues«. A critical smash that more than lived up to the hype, it established Graveyard as rock’n’roll heavyweights. A thunderous, soul-stirring live band, with subtlety and swagger in equal amounts, they spent the next decade keeping fans of loose-limbed and earthy rock music in a near-constant state of rapture. From the rootsy clatter of 2012’s »Lights Out« to the magical, muscular grooves of 2018’s »Peace« (taking in the sepia-tinted folk doom of 2015’s »Innocence & Decadence« along the way), Graveyard have made some of the most vital and vivid heavy rock of the 21st century. All eyes and ears are on their next move.
Fast forward to 2023. Graveyard have completed their latest full-length recording and memories of gloomy lockdown are fast fading. This band has evolved yet again, both in terms of personnel and on a profound musical level. Simply titled »6«, the band’s sixth studio record may be instantly recognisable as the work of Nilsson and his comrades, but this is a very different kind of Graveyard album. The second record to feature a line-up of Nilsson, Ramm, bassist Truls Mörck and drummer Oskar Bergenheim, it is slower, more soulful, more introspective and a little darker than its predecessors. The new songs reflect the fragile aftermath of a ruinous global sickness, drawing more inspiration than ever from the blues in the process. But despite its melancholy overtones, »6« still sparks and flashes with many moments of riff-driven euphoria. Ultimately, Graveyard are operating on instinct alone.
Armed with their darkest but most accessible album yet, Graveyard have weathered a few years of isolation and frustration and come back braver, bolder and more bluesy than ever. Reinvigorated and surfing on waves of inspiration, they are ready to take their new songs out on the road, where the real magic happens and the rock really rolls. For fans of the truly authentic, »6« is mandatory, medicinal listening. Now watch this thing grow.
Graveyard is:
Joakim Nilsson – Vocals, Guitar
Jonatan Ramm – Vocals, Guitar
Truls Mörck – Vocals, Bass
Oskar Bergenheim – Drums
Courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well