FREYA RIDINGS SHARES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “CASTLES”
SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM OUT NEXT FRIDAY, JULY 19
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW
RIDINGS JOINS HOZIER ON FALL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
ANNOUNCED MAJOR UK TOUR IN NOVEMBER
“The new Adele......Freya Ridings is the voice of 2019.” – The Times
“This singer brings classical precision and raw emotion to celestial pop.” – GQ
“In the next few months, you won’t be able to go anywhere without hearing Freya Ridings.” – W Magazine
“The most exciting rising talent in UK music……she’s a superstar in waiting.” – The Sun
10 JULY 2019 (TORONTO, ON) - As the July 19 release of her eagerly anticipated self-titled debut album approaches, today Freya Ridings shares the video for her new single “Castles”. Directed by Isaac Rice (Iggy Azalea, Little Mix), the video was filmed in several locations around London.
Watch the "Castles" music video HERE
Listen to "Castles" HERE
Freya Ridings is the new star tipped by everyone from Taylor Swift to Florence Welch and Richard Quinn. She became the surprise success story of 2018 with her breakthrough platinum-selling hit “Lost Without You.” A once-in-a-lifetime song that immediately put Ridings on the map in the UK, it hit the Top 10 on seven separate occasions during a six-month run in the Top 40 and is now approaching 200 million streams.
Listen to "Lost Without You" HERE and watch the music video HERE
While “Lost Without You” established Ridings’ rising star status, it was the strength of her live shows that first earned her a word-of-mouth fanbase – as captured in her early live recordings “Live At Omeara” and “Live At St. Pancras Old Church.” This fall, she will return to North America for a string of tour dates supporting Hozier, including a show at the iconic Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on October 25. Full routing can be found below, and tickets are available HERE.
Every tour has seen Ridings rise to play bigger venues, most recently with a sold-out London show at The Roundhouse. Last month, she also announced details of her biggest UK tour to date, which will see her play to a combined audience of over 23,000. Tickets are available from www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk. In addition to the headline tour and recent performances at Glastonbury and Isle of Wight, Ridings still has a busy summer of major UK festival dates ahead of her including Latitude, the BBC Summer Social, Wilderness Festival, and Electric Picnic.
Ridings’ debut album is now available to pre-order and features previous singles “Lost Without You”, “You Mean The World To Me”, “Blackout”, and new single “Castles”. Plus, there are new recordings of tracks “Poison” and “Elephant” and brand-new material including live-favorite “Holy Water” and “Still Have You.”
Pre-order Freya Ridings HERE
Ridings wrote all of the twelve songs that feature on the album which underpins her world class credentials as a songwriter. In an era in which hits are inevitably written by committee, “Lost Without You” saw Ridings become the first female artist to have an entirely self-written Top 10 hit since Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” returned to the charts in 2012.
It explores themes of doubt, pain, regret, and vulnerability within songs of alchemical incandescence. Ridings’ extraordinary, vibrato-rich voice elevates them into her greatness – a vocal gift that’s undoubtedly one of the most powerful voices of her generation.
Track Listing – Freya Ridings
- Poison
- Lost Without You
- You Mean The World To Me
- Castles
- Love Is Fire
- Holy Water
- Blackout
- Ultraviolet
- Still Have You
- Unconditional
- Elephant
- Wishbone
Freya Ridings – 2019 North American Tour
All dates are supporting Hozier.
10/17 – Portland, OR @ Rose Garden – Theater of the Clouds
10/18 – Vancouver, BC @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
10/19 – Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater at CenturyLink Field Events Center
10/21 – Sacramento, CA @ Memorial Auditorium
10/24 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
10/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
10/26 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
10/29 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
10/30 – Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva Auditorium
10/31 – El Paso, TX @ Abraham Chavez Theatre
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