Michael Kiwanuka
photo by @3_song_no_flash

Michael Kiwanuka playing NYC before Cali shows with Gary Clark Jr

UK soul singer Michael Kiwanuka hasn’t released an album since 2016’s great Love & Hate, and while we’re patiently waiting on a followup, he’ll be hitting the road this summer. Most of his dates are in Europe, but he’s coming to the US to open for Gary Clark Jr in Santa Ana and LA, and he’s playing a just-announced Brooklyn show right beforehand. It happens on September 25 at Brooklyn Steel. Tickets go on sale Friday (5/17) at 10 AM. All dates are listed below.

Michael is also featured on the great new Little Simz album. In other related news, you may know that his song “Cold Little Heart” was memorably used as the theme song to season one of HBO’s Big Little Lies, and it was again featured in the trailer for the upcoming second season which just came out on Friday. The season premieres June 9. Watch the trailer below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCWevZV945M

Michael Kiwanuka — 2019 Tour Dates (EU date format)
07/06/2019 NORTHSIDE FESTIVAL AARHAUS, DENMARK
09/06/2019 DE OOSTERPOORT GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS
10/06/2019 PINKPOP LANDGRAAF, THE NETHERLANDS
15/06/2019 WROSOUND FESTIVAL WROCLAW, POLAND
22/06/2019 USADBA JAZZ FESTIVAL MOSCOW, RUSSIA
26/06/2019 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL ((26TH-30TH JUNE)) PILTON, UNITED KINGDOM
04/07/2019 JAZZABLANCA FESTIVAL CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
06/07/2019 FESTIVAL CRUILLA BARCELONA , SPAIN
09/07/2019 SEXTO ‘NPLUGGED SESTO AL REGHENA, ITALY
10/07/2019 ST MICHAEL’S FORTRESS SIBENIK, CROATIA
11/07/2019 POHODA FESTIVAL ((11TH-13TH JULY)) LETISKO TRENCIN, SLOVAKIA
14/07/2019 ATLAS WEEKEND FESTIVAL KIEV, UKRAINE
17/07/2019 EJEKT FESTIVAL ATHENS, GREECE
02/08/2019 A SUMMER’S TALE ((2ND-4TH AUGUST)) LUHMÜHLEN, GERMANY
03/08/2019 ESPERANZAH! FESTIVAL FLOREFFE, BELGIUM
05/08/2019 TAUBCHENTHAL LEIPZIG, GERMANY
07/08/2019 SZIGET FESTIVAL BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
08/08/2019 HALDERN POP FESTIVAL ((8TH-10TH AUGUST)) HALDERN, GERMANY
09/08/2019 IM WIZEMANN STUTTGART, GERMANY
29/08/2019 END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL ((29TH AUG-1ST SEPT)) SALISBURY, UNITED KINGDOM
30/08/2019 ELECTRIC PICNIC ((30TH AUG – 1ST SEPT)) CO. LAOIS, IRELAND
25/09/2019 BROOKLYN STEEL BROOKLYN, NY, UNITED STATES
27/09/2019 SANTA BARBARA BOWL: SUPPORTING GARY CLARK JR SANTA BARBARA, CA, UNITED STATES
29/09/2019 KCRW WORLD FESTIVAL: SUPPORTING GARY CLARK JR LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES