Cyberpunk outfit PSYDOLL announced their return to the United Kingdom for another tour in the spring. The tour, titled Aurora Explosion Tour 2024, will take place in April and at the moment of writing eight shows have been confirmed, with the tour final scheduled in London.
The summer of 1997 saw the formation of PSYDOLL, currently consisting of guitarist Ucchi and vocalist Nekoi. Nekoi is active in the manga industry and the duo shares their love for Japanese animation and sci-fi films. This made the inspiration for their industrial sound from the beginning. The band started with performances a year later and started touring outside Japan from 2001. The duo presents themselves as the newest in Japanese robotics and claims to be made of iron, plastic and PVC.
In PSYDOLL’s long career, you can also expect many releases, including the most recent release in October 2022, a collection of the duo’s previous releases that are not available anywhere and were never released on an album. These have been given a place on Modus Operandi Psydoll. A year before that, they released a mini-album of music that had been released in 1998 and just short of becoming lost media thanks to the duo’s diligent work of retrieving it from a very old hard disk. These songs were eventually given a new flavour to be more appropriate to PSYDOLL’s current sound.
PSYDOLL are not unknown in the United Kingdom, they have been performing in this country since 2003, with many tours under their belt. The last time the duo toured in the United Kingdom was last year, in 2023. They also have been performing in other European countries, such as the Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Germany, and Austria.
Last year, AVO Magazine’s reporters attended one of the shows for a live report. Find the article here.
PSYDOLL Aurora Explosion Tour 2024 Dates
Friday 5 April, 2024: The Victoria – Birmingham, United Kingdom
Saturday 6 April, 2024: Lending Room – Leeds, United Kingdom
Sunday 7 April, 2024: Bannerman’s Bar – Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Monday 8 April, 2024: The Peer Hat – Manchester, United Kingdom
Tuesday 9 April, 2024: Ivory Blacks – Glasgow, United Kingdom
Thursday 11 April, 2024: Roadmender – Northampton, United Kingdom
Friday 12 April, 2024: Percy’s Cafe Bar – Whitchurch, United Kingdom
Saturday 13 April, 2024: Cart & Horses – London, United Kingdom
Fore more information and updates, visit the official website of PSYDOLL.
The band mentioned the difficulties of touring in 2024 with the higher costs and economic disparity (think of the value of Japanese Yen translated to Great British Pounds), if you want to support the band and the upcoming tour, you can do so by buying their music on Bandcamp.
