The Dare has added UK and European dates to his forthcoming 2025 tour.
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Ahead of his UK and Europe sojourn this November, which is now sold out, the musician has announced his return to the region in March next year, continuing his support of debut album ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’.
Arriving via Polydor/Republic Records on September 6, the artist – real name Harrison Patrick Smith – kicked off his first-ever North American headline tour the same month, including a sold-out show at New York’s Webster Hall.
The Dare’s March 2025 run will include headline shows across Bristol, Manchester, Dublin and Glasgow in the UK. Tickets will be available for presale on Thursday (October 31) at 10am BST, and general sale on Friday (November 1) at 10am BST here.
The pre-sale code can be retrieved by texting “tour” to +13322415071 via Whatsapp. See the full list of tour dates below.
The tour dates for The Dare’s UK and Europe 2025 are:
MARCH
10 – Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
11 – Orangerie, Brussels, Belgium
12 – Le Trianon, Paris, France
14 – Santeria, Milan, Italy
16 – Marble Factory, Bristol, UK
18 – Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland
19 – New Century, Manchester, UK
21 – QMU, Glasgow, UK
The Dare recorded ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’ over the last year between his home and his studio in New York. It features his huge lead single ‘Girls’, as well as other singles including ‘You’re Invited,’ ‘Perfume’ and ‘Good Time.’
It also came with a star-studded list of collaborations, including appearances from the likes of Dylan Brady, Emile Haynie, Romil Hemnani, Chris Greatti, Isaac Eiger and more.
Before the release, Smith reached his first UK Number One with the Charli xcx and Billie Eilish remix of ‘Guess’, which he produced for the deluxe edition of ‘Brat’.
The Dare. Credit: Richard Kern
‘What’s Wrong With New York?’ was given a three-star review by NME, with Jordan Bassett writing: “It’s tempting to tell Smith that Murphy wants his shtick back (along with his suit), but the pastiche is often effective, at least.”
“His defiantly dumb breakthrough track ‘Girls’ is one of the best singles of 2006 and ‘Movement’ builds to a crunching, multi-layered cacophony that demonstrates greater musical sophistication than he’s often given credit for,” it added.
“Still, there’s something a little depressing about music that’s this nakedly backwards-facing. Beneath the hedonism, anxiety thrums through ‘What’s Wrong with New York?’ – hence, perhaps, Smith’s dream of his teeth falling out – and he’s clearly captured a wish to return to a time before Covid, before fake news, before bots and pile-ons and information overload. But you’d be better off just listening to LCD.”