Svalbard announce March UK tour

By Paul Brannigan
( Metal Hammer )
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Svalbard will play six UK headline shows in March, around their appearance at Cult Of Luna’s Beyond The Redshift festival

Svalbard
(Image credit: Tim Birkbeck)

Svalbard have announced a UK tour in March, with support coming from Underdark, Mountain Caller and Monolithian on select dates.

The headline dates will pivot around the group’s appearance at Cult Of Luna’s Beyond The Redshift festival, which takes place in London on March 12.

Serena Cherry’s band will play:

Mar 09: Southampton, The Loft (with Underdark and Mountain Caller)
Mar 10: Huddersfield, Parish (with Underdark and Mountain Caller)
Mar 11: Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill (with Underdark and Mountain Caller)
Mar 12: London, The Forum (Beyond The Redshift festival, with Cult Of Luna)
Mar13: Leicester, Firebug (with Underdark)
Mar 19: Luton, The Hat Factory
Mar 20: Plymouth, Junction (with Monolithian)

Svalbard released their third album, When I Die, Will I Get Better?, in 2020. Serena Cherry released a Skyrim-inspired black metal solo album, Wretched Abyss, under the name Noctule in May last year.

Mountain Caller, meanwhile, will headline the Portals all-dayer at The Victoria, in Dalston, East London, on February 20, with support from Gilmore Trail, Parachute For Gordo, Apidae and more.

Paul Brannigan
Paul Brannigan
Contributing Editor, Louder

A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth School Metallica Death, co-authored with Ian Winwood), his Eddie Van Halen biography (Eruption in the UK, Unchained in the US) emerged in 2021. He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Q, hung out with Fugazi at Dischord House, flown on Ozzy Osbourne's private jet, played Angus Young's Gibson SG, and interviewed everyone from Aerosmith and Beastie Boys to Young Gods and ZZ Top. Born in the North of Ireland, Brannigan lives in North London and supports The Arsenal.