Declan McKenna Adds Dates To U.S. Tour Due To Overwhelming Demand

Courtesy: Q Prime

(Press Release) Declan McKenna is adding dates to his extensive 40+ date U.S. headlining tour which begins January 31stin support of his new album What Do You Think About The Car?. Due to demand, shows have been added or upgraded to larger rooms in Decatur, Syracuse, and Evanston (full dates below). Various cites including Austin, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, AZ, and Santa Ana have also sold out quickly (full dates below). Tickets for the tour are on-sale now and available here.
 
Recently, McKenna has been announced as the newly crowned BBC Music “Introducing Artist of the Year” for 2017, as part of the BBC Music Awards. Since its launch in 2007, BBC Music “Introducing” has been dedicated to discovering and supporting new music. Previous winners of this prestigious award include Florence and the Machine, Ed Sheeran, and Catfish and the Bottlemen. “I'm delighted and honoured to accept this award from BBC Introducing.” McKenna says, “I'd like to say a big thank you for relentlessly rooting for me throughout the years, no award could ever overshadow the time, effort and support given by so many others to get me to the point I'm at now, and for that I'm eternally grateful!” You can learn more about Declan McKenna and his “Introducing Artist of the Year” award here.

Alongside his headlining dates, Declan McKenna will appear at area high schools in cities on this tour, for an intimate performance and Q&A with local students. McKenna will perform 3-4 songs acoustically, and talk about his journey as a young songwriter and how music and performing have shaped his life. A common theme in McKenna’s music is the role young people play in creating a more equitable society, and through these performances he hopes to empower fellow teenagers and help them realize that their voice matters and that they can create positive change, even if it can feel confusing or hopeless at first. As Declan says in a recent Billboard interview: “Quite a big part of the album is about change and being confused… a lot of the headspace I was in was trying to make sense of growing up in a world with loads of crazy things happening.”

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Declan McKenna’s debut album What Do You Think About The Car?, a collection of socially aware, melody-heavy indie pop songs, is out now via Columbia Records. The album received near universal praise, and was recently featured on NPR Music as a First Listen with NPR Music’s Bob Boilen noting, “Declan McKenna writes about a much bigger world than you or I might expect from a singer who only recently turned 18.” The New York Times also included McKenna’s single, “Humongous” in their weekly playlist, describing Declan’s music as “a strong throwback streak, from his reedy John Lennon-Liam Gallagher vocals to his melodic, midtempo guitar-strumming Britpop productions.” Declan McKenna was also named one of Rolling Stone’s “10 New Artists You Need to Know” for August 2017, who call his new album, What Do You Think About The Car?, “smart, moving and occasionally really funny.” The album additionally received strong reviews from UK's Q, The Guardian, DIY and DORK. The album is available here: smarturl.it/CarDL.
 
Declan McKenna Tour Dates
31 January | Austin, TX | Stubb’s [SOLD OUT]
01 February | San Antonio, TX | Jack’s Patio
02 February | Dallas, TX | Three Links [SOLD OUT]
04 February | Memphis, TN | Growlers
05 February | Nashville, TN | Mercy Lounge
06 February | Decatur, GA | Eddie’s Attic [early show @ 6pm, JUST ADDED]
06 February | Decatur, GA | Eddie’s Attic [late show @ 8:15pm, SOLD OUT]
08 February | Tampa, FL | Crowbar
09 February | Jacksonville, FL | 1904 Music Hall
10 February | Gainesville, FL | High Dive
12 February | Carrboro, NC | Cat’s Cradle
13 February | Charlottesville, VA | The Southern
14 February | Vienna, VA | Jammin’ Java
16 February | Asbury Park, NJ | House Of Independents
18 February | Hamden, CT |  The Space
19 February | Amityville, NY | Amityville Music Hall
21 February | Northampton, MA | Iron Horse Music Hall
22 February | Pawtucket, RI | The Met
24 February | Albany, NY | The Hollow
25 February | Syracuse, NY | Lost Horizon [UPGRADED]
27 February | Millvale, PA | The Funhouse
28 February | Akron, OH | Musica
02 March | Newark, OH | The Ballroom at Thirty One West
03 March | Grand Rapids, MI | The Stache
04 March | Lansing, MI | Mac’s Bar
06 March | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome 
07 March | Evanston, IL | Space [JUST ADDED]
09 March | Evanston, IL | Space [SOLD OUT]
10 March | DeKalb, IL | The House Café [SOLD OUT]
11 March | Madison, WI | The Majestic Theater 
13 March | Burnsville, MN | The Garage
14 March | Lawrence, KS | The Bottleneck
16 March | Fort Collins, CO | Hodi’s Half Note
17 March | Colorado Springs, CO | The Black Sheep
18 March | Boulder, CO | Fox Theatre
20 March | Salt Lake City, UT | In The Venue [UPGRADED]
22 March | Seattle, WA | Vera Project
23 March | Eugene, OR | WOW Hall
25 March | Orangevale, CA | The Boardwalk
26 March | Berkeley, CA | Cornerstone Berkeley
28 March | Santa Barbara, CA | Velvet Jones
29 March | San Diego, CA | Music Box
30 March | Santa Ana, CA | Constellation Room [SOLD OUT]
31 March | Phoenix, AZ | Rebel Lounge [SOLD OUT]

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