UK producer Will Phillips aka Tourist has just announced a long-awaited U.S. tour, giving fans a preview of his show with a new video for "Too Late", a slow-building emotional cut from his debut album U. The producer is best known at this point for co-writing (and winning a Grammy for) Sam Smith's colossal international hit "Stay With Me." Tourist dropped a few upbeat dance singles that followed in the pop songwriting mold, collaborating with Olly Alexander of Years & Years, Australian singer-songwriter Josef Salvat and up-and-coming songstress Niia in 2015. U builds on the production approach of those singles but strips back the singing to haunting bits of vocal samples that are entwined in Phillips' intricate and emotional productions, which he aptly refers to as "sad dance music."
"Too Late" is no different, and the song's video, showing Phillips in deep focus, working a keyboard along with other equipment and dancing amid swirling technicolor rays of light. The chiaroscuro effect only accentuates the song's longing, which comes in pulses and waves as the song builds towards climax.
Check out the video for "Too Late" and a full list of Tourist's upcoming shows (U.S. dates just added) below.
Tour Dates:
- June 30 - Sibiu, Romania @ Airfield Festival
- July 02 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Pitch Festival
- July 14 - Scranton, PA @ Camp Bisco
- July 15 - Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival
- July 22 - Oro-Medonte, ON @ WayHome Festival
- July 23 - Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill Block Party
- July 24 - New York, NY @ Panorama
- Aug 04 - Charlbury, UK @ Cornbury Park
- Aug 06 - Oxfordshire, UK @ Wilderness Festival
- Aug 10-17 - Budapest, Hungary @ Sziget Festival
- Aug 18-20 - St Pölten, Austria @ FM4 Frequency Festival
- Aug 25 - Sydney, Australia @ Oxford Art Factory - SOLD OUT
- Aug 26 - Melbourne, Australia @ Howler - SOLD OUT
- Sep 10 - Isle of Wight, UK @ Bestival
- Sep 14 - Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge - NEW
- Sep 17 - Montreal, CAN @ Belmont - NEW
- Sep 21 - Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall - NEW
- Sep 22 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - NEW
- Sep 23 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East - NEW
- Sep 24 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry - NEW
- Sep 27 - Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5 - NEW
- Sep 29 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall - NEW
- Sep 30 - Austin, TX @ The Parish - NEW
- Oct 01 - Dallas, TX @ RBC Speakeasy - NEW
- Oct 06 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar - NEW
- Oct 07 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey - NEW
- Oct 08 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent - NEW
- Nov 29 - Brighton, UK @ Patterns - NEW
- Nov 30 - Leeds, UK @ Wardrobe - NEW
- Dec 01 - Bristol, UK @ Marble Factory - NEW
- Dec 02 - London, UK @ Oval Space - NEW
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