SHERELLE announces London Roundhouse show with tickets at £10 each

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SHERELLE has announced an upcoming live show in London, with ticket prices capped at just £10 each.

Taking place at the Roundhouse venue in the UK capital on April 11, the performance will come as a one-off show for the electronic producer and DJ – as well as being her biggest headline show to date.

Titled ‘SHERELLELAND’, the event aims to be “a night of the best forward-thinking and uncompromising music for ‘bocats on a budget’”, and will land in Camden as part of Roundhouse Three Sixty.

To make the event more accessible for fans, both the artist and venue organisers have teamed up to enforce a price cap on tickets – with each costing only £10.

According to a new press release, the idea was born out of “frustration of the cost of living crisis and expensive ticket prices”, and hopes to make exploring Jungle, Breaks and Footwork more accessible for fans.

Tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased here.

 

 

The Roundhouse show announcement comes just days before SHERELLE is due to play the upcoming sold-out show at Village Underground in London. Taking place this Friday (November 22), the gig follows a run of UK and European dates from earlier this year.

As well as announcing the 2025 date, the artist has also dropped a new single called ‘MEET ME AT THE TEMPLE’.

Created in collaboration with UK jungle artist CLIPZ, the new 160bpm anthem was first aired during SHERELLE’s closing set at this year’s edition of Glastonbury over the summer.

It also marks her first new track since she dropped ‘HENRY’s REVENGE’ last winter.

“I’m super happy to have a tune out with CLIPZ. I’ve been following him as a fan for years, so it’s an honour to have this one out,” the artist said of the collaborative track.

CLIPZ added: “SHERELLE ‘n me went in the lab, talked about ‘r love for early jungle & hardcore ‘n rolled this trax out after.” Check it out below.

SHERELLE isn’t the only artist to be imposing a new price cap when it comes to upcoming shows.

Last week, it was confirmed that Benefits would be reducing the cost of their tickets for their upcoming UK tour dates – as well as introducing a 10pm curfew.

The move was done to reduce the costs of seeing live music for fans, as well as enable fans to travel to and from the gig using public transport instead of more expensive modes of transport like taxis.

“Costs are spiralling and venues are closing but we’ve got to try something. Small venues are magic, as are small bands – we can’t just be left to rot,” they said.

The actions made by Benefits and SHERELLE come weeks after a report was shared by NME, highlighting how the touring circuit across the UK’s grassroots music scene is said to be facing “complete collapse” without urgent help.

At the start of the year, it was shared that 2023 was the worst year on record for grassroots spaces, with 125 grassroots music venues shutting their doors.

Recently, the Music Venue Trust (MVT) argued that a tidal wave of closures threatens the fabric of the UK music scene thanks to the recent budget announcement. One of the concerning statistics they pointed out was that £7million in new premises taxes will place over 350 grassroots music venues at immediate risk of closure. This would threaten more than 12,000 jobs, over £250million in economic activity and the loss of over 75,000 live music events.

Others making efforts with their live shows to protect the UK’s live music sector include ColdplayEnter ShikariKaty Perry and Sam Fender, who have all adopted a levy of their own on huge tours to help save the grassroots spaces.

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The Dare upgrades venue of one of three London shows, releases more tickets

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The Dare has upgraded the venue for one of his three shows in London, scheduled for later this month. Find out the details below.

The dates were shared as part of a 2024 UK and European tour announced by the artist, which comes in support of his debut album ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’.

Shows began last week with a slot at the Grechen venue in Berlin, which was followed by two shows in Paris – held at both Silencio and Badaboum. The dates continue tonight (November 18) with a slot at the Bitterzoet in Amsterdam.

Initially, three UK shows were added to the schedule to round off the tour – one at Heaven in London (20), one at Belgrave Music Hall in Leeds (21) and one at The Arch in Brighton (23). This was later extended to include two more shows in the UK capital, initially planned for the same venue on November 26 and 27.

Since then, The Dare has shared an update with fans, confirming that the venue for the first show has now been adjusted, and the first London gig will be held on the same day at Electric Ballroom in Camden. More tickets have also been shared, and are available to buy here.

This comes as a report was shared on Friday (November 15), confirming that the Heaven nightclub will be closed for 28 days, after police suspended its alcohol licence on the grounds of public safety.

The new venues chosen for the two remaining London dates have yet to be confirmed.

The Dare Instagram Stories update
The Dare Instagram Stories update. CREDIT: @itsthedare/Instagram Stories

The decision to shut the famed LGBTQIA+ venue – which is based in Charing Cross in the centre of the city – was announced by Westminster Police and the suspension is effective immediately. It comes after a woman was allegedly raped “in the vicinity of the venue” by a member of Heaven’s security staff on November 1.

The police statement continues that other staff then “allegedly ignored her efforts to report the attack”. A member of security staff has since been arrested and charged with rape, and is currently on remand in prison.

Westminster Police noted that there was a previous incident in May, when three members of the club’s security team were filmed assaulting a customer in the street.

The venue posted on their Instagram that they are “considering our position with regard to an appeal.”

“We are sickened by this allegation but can’t comment as it’s an ongoing criminal investigation. We can only send our thoughts to the alleged victim. Our priority is to put new procedures in place to make sure nothing like this can happen again & gain the confidence of the Council as we move forward”.

Harrison Patrick Smith a.k.a. "The Dare"
Harrison Patrick Smith a.k.a. “The Dare” in 2024. CREDIT: Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images

As for The Dare, the artist – real name Harrison Patrick Smith – wrapped up his first-ever North American headline tour in September and has also gone on to announce more UK and European dates for 2025.

The Dare recorded ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’ over the last year between his home and his studio in New York. It features his huge lead single ‘Girls’, as well as other singles including ‘You’re Invited,’ ‘Perfume’ and ‘Good Time.’

‘What’s Wrong With New York?’ was given a three-star review by NME, with Jordan Bassett writing: “It’s tempting to tell Smith that Murphy wants his shtick back (along with his suit), but the pastiche is often effective, at least.”

“His defiantly dumb breakthrough track ‘Girls’ is one of the best singles of 2006 and ‘Movement’ builds to a crunching, multi-layered cacophony that demonstrates greater musical sophistication than he’s often given credit for,” it added.

“Still, there’s something a little depressing about music that’s this nakedly backwards-facing. Beneath the hedonism, anxiety thrums through ‘What’s Wrong with New York?’ – hence, perhaps, Smith’s dream of his teeth falling out – and he’s clearly captured a wish to return to a time before Covid, before fake news, before bots and pile-ons and information overload. But you’d be better off just listening to LCD.”

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