Lykke Li has announced a London headline show at KOKO on 11th June, her first London performance since 2022, in support of new album ‘The Afterparty’ (pre-save here), out 8th May.
The album was executive produced and written by Lykke Li and longtime collaborator Bjorn Yttling in Los Angeles, then recorded in Stockholm with a 17-piece string orchestra. At just 24 minutes it blends disco strings, flute and what Lykke Li has described as “apocalyptic bongos” with lyrics addressing shame, desire and existential uncertainty.
It follows EYEEYE in 2022 and extends a back catalogue that spans nearly two decades, from ‘Youth Novels’ in 2008 through to the global breakthrough of ‘I Follow Rivers’ and subsequent albums ‘Wounded Rhymes’, ‘I Never Learn’ and ‘So Sad So Sexy’.
The London date sits within an extensive summer run that takes in South America, Ireland and Europe, with Lykke Li also appearing at Finsbury Park on 5th July alongside Wolf Alice and at Malahide Castle in Dublin on 10th June with Nick Cave, and at Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City in September with Robyn.
Tickets for the KOKO show go on O2 pre-sale from 22nd April, with a KOKO members pre-sale on 23rd April and general sale from 24th April.
Full tour dates:
22 May – Vivo Rio, Rio de Janeiro
24 May – C6 Festival, Sao Paulo
10 Jun – Malahide Castle, Dublin (with Nick Cave)
11 Jun – KOKO, London
19 Jun – Metronome Festival, Prague
22 Jun – Odeon of Herodes, Athens
28 Jun – Live is Live Festival, Belgium
2 Jul – Roskilde Festival, Denmark
5 Jul – Finsbury Park, London (with Wolf Alice)
10 Jul – Pohoda Festival, Slovakia
14 Aug – Way Out West, Sweden
16 Aug – Flow Festival, Finland
22 Aug – Pstereo Festival, Trondheim
27 Aug – Rock En Seine, Paris
31 Aug – Superbloom Festival, Munich
19 Sep – Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City (with Robyn)
