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Photo Credit: Jesse Crankston

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Astral People and Handsome Tours are pleased to announce that Ngaiire, Nai Palm and Ruthven will be supporting Sampha on various dates across his upcoming Australia and New Zealand tour this month. Ruthven will join Sampha at the sold out show at Auckland’s Powerstation. Ngaiire will support Sampha at his Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne shows, while Nai Palm will support at his Perth Festival show.

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It’s been an exciting few months for the British singer, songwriter and producer, who returned to the spotlight in June 2023, for the first time in six years, following the global success of his acclaimed, Mercury-prize-winning debut album Process. After the release of LAHAI in October, Sampha returned to Tiny Desk to perform with his full band, which resulted in a transfixing performance. He also stopped by the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge where he recorded a cover of Steve Lacy’s ‘Bad Habit.’ He announced his new Apple Music 1 radio series ‘Wave Therapy,’ which is an exclusive window into the making of his new album. Sampha graced the covers of Epoch Review, Kaleidoscope, Office Magazine and Music Week, was profiled in the New York Times and performed ‘Only’ on the German late-night show ZDF Magazin Royale. He also stopped by Sway’s Universe and Where’s Wallo for in-depth chat’s about the new album.

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Taken from his paternal grandfather’s name, which is also Sampha’s middle name, LAHAI revels in the awe and magic of our existence, synthesising the exquisite chaos that one experiences confronting the cycle of life and the beyondness. LAHAI, in contrast to Process, is a communal affair seeing Sampha explore the many ways in which we as humans connect to each other, and to something bigger than ourselves. If Process was an artist figuring out his own place in the world, engulfed in the shadows of grief and loss, LAHAI is an exercise in the radical acceptance and joy in the human condition, and the beauty in the journey itself. The depth and vulnerability in Sampha’s latest project is why New York Magazine’s Vulture named it their #1 album of the year, and places like Rolling Stone, Sunday Times, Uproxx and NPR include LAHAI in their ‘Best Albums of 2023’ lists.

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SAMPHA
Australian/New Zealand
Tour 2024

Presented by Astral People, Handsome Tours & Double J

Friday, 23rd February – SOLD OUT
Powerstation, Auckland
Supported by Ruthven

Saturday, 24th February
Splore Festival, Tapapakanga

Monday, 26th February
Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Supported by Ngaiire

Tuesday, 27th February
The Tivoli, Brisbane
Supported by Ngaiire

Friday, 1st March
Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne
Exclusive ‘Satellite Business’ In The Round Show
Supported by Ngaiire

Sunday, 3rd March
Supreme Court Gardens, Perth Festival
Supported by Nai Palm

Tickets via handsometours.com

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Sampha – LAHAI is out now via
Young / Remote Control Records.

Stream / Purchase LAHAI: HERE

SAMPHA
LAHAI

Stereo Colour Cloud (shaman’s dream)
Spirit 2.0
Dancing Circles
Suspended
Satellite Business
Jonathan L. Seagull
Inclination Compass (Tenderness)
Only
Time Piece
Can’t Go Back
Evidence
Wave Therapy
What If You Hypnotise Me?
Rose Tin

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