After touring this spring, the Osaka-based avant-garde group goat will embark on a short summer tour through Europe, with shows in Italy, the United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain.
2023 was goat’s 10th anniversary year, which was celebrated at the end of the summer by two special live shows, Joy In Fear, which is also the title of their first release in eight years. Originally consisting of four people: guitar, saxophone, bass and drums, the group is now a five-piece. Koshiro Hino leads the group on guitar, further consisting of bassist Atsumi Tagami, Akihiko Ando on saxophone, and percussion by Takafumi Okada and Rai Tateishi. The musicians ignore the musical scales of their instruments as much as possible and create songs out of the noise and muffled sounds that emerge from them. The result is complex, driven, powerful compositions that are both urban and tribal.
goat summer tour 2024 dates
Friday 12 July, 2024: Lupo 340 – Milano Marittima, Italy
Saturday 13 July, 2024: BAO Music Festival – Brescia, Italy
Tuesday 16 July, 2024: Institute of Contemporary Arts – London, United Kingdom
Friday 19 July, 2024: Gnration – Braga, Portugal
Saturday 20 July, 2024: Centro de Artes Visuais – Coimbra, Portugal
Sunday 21 July, 2024: Galeria Zé Dos Bois – Lisbon, Portugal
Monday 23 July, 2024: Moby Dick Club – Madrid, Spain
Wednesday 25 July, 2024: Casa Montjuïc – Barcelona, Spain
Friday 27 July, 2024: TBA – Vigo, Spain