The event will be held at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London
Iconic rock band Crowded House has announced an exclusive album launch show at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on June 13th. Following the news of their upcoming album, Gravity Stairs, which will be released globally on May 31st via BMG. The show will give fans an exclusive opportunity to hear the album live in its entirety for the first time.
Tickets for the show will go on general sale, Friday, February 23rd at 9 am local time.
The announcement of the show and album comes after the band’s recent release of the surprise new single “Oh Hi,” which debuted last week as the lead single from their forthcoming eighth studio album. The video was also released to coincide with the album announcement.
Gravity Stairs is Crowded House’s first new release since 2021’s Dreamers Are Waiting and eighth overall. Produced by the band with Steven Schram, the album shows Crowded House in its current incarnation of Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Mitchell Froom, and Finn’s sons Elroy and Liam as sharp as ever, feeling musically adventurous, and still capable of reaching the staggering highs that have made them an international favorite. It’s the act of climbing those figurative “gravity stairs,” inspired by a heavy stone staircase near where Finn vacations, that he likens to his own mindset as a creator.
“It’s a metaphor for getting a little older and becoming aware of your own mortality, your own physicality,” Finn says. “Things are getting a little harder, and there’s more determination needed to get to the top, but there’s still the same compulsion to climb them.”
Featuring 11 new songs, the album showcases the band’s musical evolution and commitment to delivering thought-provoking and inspiring sounds that resonate with fans old and new.
1. Magic Piano
2. Life’s Imitation
3. The Howl
4. All That I Can Ever Own
5. Oh Hi
6. Some Greater Plan (for Claire)
7. Black Water, White Circle
8. Blurry Grass
9. I Can’t Keep Up With You
10. Thirsty
11. Night Song
