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"The Borderline was more beautiful than anything I could have dreamed up": Brandi Carlile Pays Tribute to Historic London Venue as She Announces UK and Europe Tour for Summer 2025 Sparking Rumours of Glastonbury Appearance

February 3, 2025 12:00 pm GMT

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The 11-times Grammy Award winning singer songwriter Brandi Carlile has announced a string of live dates in the UK and Europe for Summer 2025 including a date at London's historic Royal Albert Hall and an appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Alongside a heartfelt post on social media, the founding member of country supergroup The Highwomen announced a 12-date tour of the UK, Ireland and Europe in June and July and people were quick to take to social media to make note of a large gap in her tour routing around this year's Glastonbury Festival on 25-29th June.

She also took the opportunity to look back on her relationship with the British and European audiences and paid tribute to the musical influences she's taken from her trips across the Atlantic, both physically and spiritually.

"When I was a kid, the thought of making the kind of music that could take me overseas to the UK and Europe was outrageous. Inaccessible," she wrote on social media along with the tour announcement. "The connection to these places was something I felt from a very young age. 12 actually."

"The penchant was musical & it came directly from my absolute obsession & love for Elton John," the singer went on. "My pre-adolescent Elton discovery was a gateway drug to Queen, The Beatles, U2, Kate Bush, George Michael, Sinéad O’Connor, David Bowie, Radiohead... & I imagined a moody & mysterious utopia of complicated musical bliss. I had visions of myself on stage at Royal Albert Hall. I dreamed it was me standing on the stage at Live Aid, clutching a half mic stand & singing Radio Gaga instead of Freddie."

"When I finally made it over, I was in my 20s & it was everything I knew it would be," she wrote about her first tour of the UK. "It wasn’t easy! I’ve been working my whole life & touring the UK and Europe as a baby band is not for the faint of heart. Nevertheless, I did THE zebra crossing; drank a real Guinness had my first Ardbeg & I experienced the European countryside…"

"...to me, even The Borderline was more beautiful than anything I could have dreamed up," she wrote, referencing the historic London venue in Soho, famous for hosting now legendary country and americana artists in the capital, that closed down in 2019 citing rising rents due to ongoing real estate developments in the area."

"I met my wife in London & got married at Chelsea Town Hall," she added, "& I now cross the Atlantic more than I could have ever hoped for - but not nearly enough to play my music & bring my art home to the place where it really came from…"

"When I played Hyde Park & Drury Lane last year, I was transported back to a part of myself I don’t want to lose," she wrote about the shows she performed last July in London. "More than I could ever explain, your soil shaped me as an artist from thousands of miles away."

"I’m beyond proud to bring you The Lost Time Tour! We are going to take you on a journey through our songs and albums. The moments you’ve missed & moments yet to materialize! From our very first song, to brand new music no one’s even heard yet."

"I’m deeply moved by the fact that so many of you have been with me like an old friend for all these years, even though I’ve not been a frequent visitor. Forgive me for that. Let’s make up for lost time... Xobc."

Ticket presale begins Tuesday 4th February at 9am GMT
Artist presale begins Wednesday 5th February at 9am GMT
General onsale is Friday 7th February at 9am GMT

Click here to register for tickets.

The Lost Time Tour UK and Europe dates below

June 20th - Royal Albert Hall, London

June 22nd - The National Stadium, Dublin

June 23rd - Symphony Hall, Birmingham

June 25th - Opera House, Manchester

June 26th - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow

June 30th - Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark

July 2nd - Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway

July 3rd - Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden

July 6th - Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland

July 7th - Le Trianon, Paris, France

July 9th - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

July 10th - Huxley's Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany

Written by Jof Owen
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