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LIME CORDIALE
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WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE
official video

+ Mini Album
CORDI ELBA
Available January 14

VIA CHUGG MUSIC AND 7WALLACE MUSIC

+ LIME CORDIALE TOURING AUSTRALIA, UK & EUROPE 2022

+ LIME CORDIALE PERFORMING PARTY IN THE APOCALYPSE, WILDLANDS, BEYOND THE CITY AND LE CURRENTS (NZ) FESTIVALS

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Lime Cordiale, Idris Elba // Photo credit: Tim Swallow

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“One of the year’s most unexpected and exciting collaborations..” – ROLLING STONE AUSTRALIA

Ahead of the release of their mini album Cordi Elba on Friday 14 January, today Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba reveal the action packed official video for their new single What’s Not To Like via Chugg Music and 7Wallace Music.

Directed and produced by Ken Weston, take a gamble with Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba on the visual accompaniment for What’s Not To Like.  “This music video was really driven by Idris. Louis and I suggested an animated clip, seeing as we’re on the other side of the world and Idris doesn’t exactly have the most free schedule, but Idris pushed us to find a green screen studio. The song is about the different versions of ourselves so Idris talked us through this concept of his,” says Oli of the video.

“We received Idris’ footage first and then we had to somehow match his performance! God, he just looks so good on the screen! How could we possibly look that good!  Ken Weston who is working on our live video content for the album tour was amazing and putting all this together. It ain’t easy working with two teams on different continents,” adds Louis.

Starring Idris’s velvety vocals and loaded with boisterous riffs and rollicking drums, What’s Not To Like follows on from their jaunty debut single Apple Crumble.   “It’s a song about finding who you really are and not chasing who you think people want you to be. It is a driver’s seat singer classic,“ says Idris of What’s Not To Like.

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Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba’s partnership began when Lime Cordiale asked if Idris wanted to guest on a new version of Lime Cordiale’s Unnecessary Things – a song that first surfaced on the Relapse reissue of their 2020 No.1 album 14 Steps To A Better You.   Idris did his research and was instantly sold. “I listened to them on Spotify, fell in love with them very quickly,” he says.

The Luther, The Wire, Thor, The Suicide Squad and Mandela star didn’t know it, but he was already in Lime Cordiale’s orbit – the duo regularly blasted Idris’ 2019 hit Boasty backstage before each show.  Once the new version of Unnecessary Things was finished, this new  partnership hit a creative streak and they kept on making more songs with Lime Cordiale’s longtime producer/co-writer David K Haddad.

On Boasty, Idris raps that he doesn’t need a ghostwriter. Indeed, Cordi Elba is a genuine creative collaboration with Oli, Louis and Dave.  “We wrote everything together,” Oli says. “We were all writing lyrics – it wasn’t our music or his music, it was smack bang down the middle with every lyric.”

“I wanted to collaborate,” Idris adds. “We agreed about the vibe and the song was there. They were really open to ideas; it was an opportunity for me to write songs I normally wouldn’t write. Ultimately, this is a step into a new universe musically for me.”

A DJ since his teens – and long before he found success as an actor, Idris not only continues to spin from Coachella to Ibiza, he is also a musician, rapper and producer.  Cordi Elba contains a first: he unveils his singing voice, encouraged by Oli and Louis  “They filled me with a lot of confidence,” Idris admits. “I come from a DJ background, have always rapped, but never considered myself a singer. They encouraged me to put vocals down, I didn’t expect to be singing.”

Not only does Cordi Elba contain some of the finest musical work of both parties, it is unlikely to be a one-off alliance.  There are tentative plans for Idris to join Lime Cordiale on a UK tour in early 2022. “I’d be honoured to help their exposure in the UK,” Idris says. “I am hoping to jump on stage with them when they tour.”

As Lime Cordiale starts work on their third album, Cordi Elba has changed them forever. “We’ve been catapulted into new territory with Idris and this has inevitably influenced the future of Lime Cordiale,” Oli says. “He gave us permission to break out of our genre and it’s going to be interesting where this takes us with new music.”

Cordi Elba is released on January 14 via Chugg Music + 7Wallace Music

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LIME CORDIALE
TOUR DATES

Tickets on sale now

AUSTRALIAN TOUR
APRIL/MAY 2022

Presented by Chugg Entertainment, Frontier Touring, Chugg Music & Select Music

W/- special guests Teenage Dads, Illuka (all states) + Dulcie (WA only)

Thursday 7 April | Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, WA
Friday 8 April | Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, WA
Tuesday 12 April | Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 20 April | Hordern Pavilion,  Sydney, NSW – SOLD OUT
Thursday 21 April | Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW – SOLD OUT
Wednesday 27 April | Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW  ** NEW SHOW
Friday 6 May | Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD

AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL DATES
DECEMBER 2021

Saturday 4 December | Party in The Apocalypse, Churchill Park TAS
Sunday 26 December | Wildlands, Brisbane QLD
Monday 27 December | Le Currents Festival, Riverside Park NZ
Friday 31 December | Beyond The City, Melbourne VIC

UK + EUROPE HEADLINE TOUR
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022

Friday 14 January | The Garage, London UK – SOLD OUT
Saturday 15 January | Electric Ballroom, London UK
Monday 17 January | Phoenix, Exeter UK
Tuesday 18 January | Bristol Academy, Bristol UK
Wednesday 19 January | O2 Institute, Birmingham UK
Thursday 20 January | O2 Academy, Manchester UK
Friday 21 January | The Academy, Dublin IE
Saturday 22 January | At the Garage, Glasgow UK
Monday 24 January | O2 Academy, Sheffield UK
Tuesday 25 January | O2 Academy, Oxford UK
Wednesday 26 January | Patterns, Brighton UK
Thursday 27 January | Boule Noire, Paris FR
Friday 28 January | AB, Brussels BE
Saturday 29 January | Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam NL
Sunday 30 January | Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam NL
Monday 31 January | Luxor, Cologne DE
Tuesday 1 February | Bahnhof St. Pauli, Hamburg DE
Thursday 3 February | Krøsset, Oslo NO
Friday 4 February | Nalen Klubb, Stockholm SE
Saturday 5 February | Hotel Cecil, Copenhagen DK
Tuesday 8 February | Frannz Club, Berlin DE 
Wednesday 9 February | Futurum, Prague CZ
Thursday 10 February | Fluc, Vienna AT
Friday 11 February | Strom, Munich DE
Saturday 12 February | Papiersaal, Zurich CH
Monday 14 February | Legend, Milan IT
Wednesday 16 February | La Mau, Barcelona ES
Thursday 17 February | El Sol, Madrid ES
Saturday 19 February | Zoom, Frankfurt DE

THE SQUEEZE 2022

LINE UP
Lime Cordiale. Thelma Plum. Client Liaison. The VANNS. merci, mercy. Teenage Dads. Beddy Rays*

Saturday 2 April | Hall Park, Mandurah, WA
Saturday 9 April | Sturt Reserve, Murray Bridge, SA
Sunday 10 April | a day on the green, Peter Lehmann Wines, Barossa, SA**
Saturday 16 April | a day on the green, Mt Duneed Estate, Geelong, VIC**
Saturday 23 April | Conolly Park, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Sunday 24 April | a day on the green, Heifer Station, Orange, NSW**
Saturday 30 April | Bella Vista Farm, The Hills, NSW
Sunday 1 May | Park Beach Reserve, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Saturday 7 May | Sandstone Point Hotel, Sandstone Point, QLD
Sunday 8 May | Kingston Butter Factory, Logan, QLD
Saturday 14 May | Riverway Stadium, Townsville, QLD
Sunday 15 May | Cairns Showground, Cairns, QLD

*Replacing The VANNS in Cairns and Townsville only

** a day on the green shows presented in association with Roundhouse Entertainment
www.adayonthegreen.com.au 

LIME CORDIALE AND IDRIS ELBA
NEW SINGLE WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE OUT NOW
MINI ALBUM CORDI ELBA OUT JANUARY 14

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