Sprints today shared new single Adore Adore Adore, out now on City Slang. The band also confirm details of their biggest headline shows to date, including an Autumn show at London’s Scala. Sprints are set to dominate the festival landscape this Summer, bringing their own brand of charisma-laden punk to stages around Europe. Despite being pre-debut album, Sprints have received a wealth of press support (The Guardian, Dork, DIY, NME, Loud & Quiet, Clash, Gigwise and others). They’ve also won an abundance of support at Radio 1 and BBC 6Music as well as earning a reputation as one of the most incisive and exciting live bands around. Adore Adore Adore finds Karla Chubb reflecting on her experience as the frontperson of Sprints; a woman fronting a punk band being held to patriarchal standards of acceptability.
“There is still a different standard of behaviour expected from me vs even the other members in Sprints. There is a different set of invisible rules I am supposed to abide by – I am supposed to fit their mould and give them what they want – and not deliver what it is I am here to do.
So at a time when trans rights are under attack, people are trying to force upon us what they think a woman is or should be, this is the outward expression of my own frustration, struggle and rage.”
Tour Dates
Headline
4th Oct – Scala, London, UK
6th Oct – Button Factory, Dublin, Ireland
15th November – Baby’s All Right, New York, USA
Singular Artists proudly presents Sprints live at Button Factory, Dublin – 6th October 2023. Tickets are available from www.singularartists.ie Tickets €20 including booking charges on sale 9th June at 10am
Other Dates
16th June – Festsaal, Berlin, Germany
18th June – Beyond The Pale. Dublin, Ireland
24th June – Siren’s Festival, Luxembourg
7th July – Stendhal Festival, Limavady, Northern Ireland
8th July – 2000Trees, Cheltenham, UK
14th July – TVSpenta dal vivo, Rapolano Terme, Italy
21st July – Standon Calling Festival, UK
22nd July – Leopallooza. Cornwall, UK
23rd July – Truck Festival, Oxfordshire, UK
28th July – Deer Shed, Thirsk, UK
30th July – Y Not Festival, Derbyshire, UK
5th August – All Together Now, Curraghmore Estate, UK
11th August – Open Flair Festival, Eschwege, Germany
22nd September – Reeperbahn, Hamburg, Germany
4th November – Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik, Iceland
16th December – Brixton o2 Academy, London (supporting Suede)
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