“BEWITCHED: THE GODDESS TOUR” SELLS OUT IMMEDIATELY
Photographer credit: Gemma Warren
“one of the biggest jazz stars of the streaming era.”—Billboard
“There’s a little bit of magic in every Laufey song.”—Elle
“she is a musical tour de force.”—Los Angeles Times
“She composes with an ear for timelessness.”—Washington Post
Story: Ralph Greco, Jr.
Today, GRAMMY-nominated Icelandic-Chinese artist, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Laufey’s NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert is premiering. Watch / share HERE.
The performance comes on the back of Laufey’s recently announced “Bewitched: The Goddess Tour” which sold out last week in just minutes. The tour will see Laufey performing in notable venues across North America next spring, including multiple nights at the Masonic Theatre in San Francisco, Radio City Music Hall in New York City, The Anthem in Washington DC, and more, as well as a special performance in London at the Royal Albert Hall. See routing below.
The Tiny Desk and sold-out spring tour culminate a enormous year for Laufey. Her critically acclaimed album Bewitched, which was released in September, broke the record as the biggest debut for a jazz album on Spotify in history, and debuted at #2 on Spotify’s Global and U.S. Album Charts, as well as #23 on the Billboard 200 (just behind the debuts from Olivia Rodrigo, and V from BTS), #1 on Billboard’s Independent Albums Chart, #1 on Current Traditional Jazz Albums Chart. More recently, Bewitched was nominated for “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” at the 2024 GRAMMY Awards and the album’s hit single “From The Start” is now RIAA-certified GOLD in the U.S., as well as GOLD in Australia and Canada. Bewitched and “From the Start” are also featured in a number of Best of 2023 lists including Billboard, VOGUE, NME, Forbes, Elle, UPROXX and more.
Los Angeles-based Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) was raised between Reykjavík and Washington, D.C. with annual visits to Beijing. In 2020, while still a student at Berklee College of Music, Laufey released her debut single “Street by Street,” which went on to top the Icelandic radio charts. In 2022, she released her debut full-length, Everything I Know About Love, which reached #1 on Billboard’s Alternative New Artist Album chart, featuring the popular track “Valentine” that peaked at #1 on the Spotify Jazz Chart. Today, she has over 1 billion streams across all platforms.
LAUFEY LIVE
February 10—Dublin, Ireland—The Academy (Matinee) SOLD OUT
February 10—Dublin, Ireland—The Academy SOLD OUT
February 11—Glasgow, Scotland—SWG3 Galvanizers SOLD OUT
February 14—Manchester, UK—Albert Hall SOLD OUT
February 15—London, UK—EartH SOLD OUT
February 16—London, UK—EartH SOLD OUT
February 17—London, UK—EartH SOLD OUT
February 20—Paris, France—Le Trianon SOLD OUT
February 21—Brussels, Belgium—La Madeleine SOLD OUT
February 23—Hamburg, Germany—Grosse Freiheit 36 SOLD OUT
February 25—Stockholm, Sweden—Nalen SOLD OUT
February 26—Copenhagen, Denmark—Vega SOLD OUT
February 27—Berlin, Germany—Astra Kulturhaus SOLD OUT
February 29—Milan, Italy—Magazzini Generali SOLD OUT
March 3—Lausanne, Switzerland—Les Docks SOLD OUT
March 5—Cologne, Germany—Carlswerk Victoria SOLD OUT
March 6—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Melkweg SOLD OUT
March 9—Reykjavík, Iceland—Eldborg Harpa SOLD OUT
March 10—Reykjavík, Iceland—Eldborg Harpa SOLD OUT
March 13—London, UK—Roundhouse SOLD OUT
April 8—Vancouver, BC—Queen Elizabeth Theatre SOLD OUT
April 9—Seattle, WA—Paramount Theatre SOLD OUT
April 11—San Francisco, CA—The Masonic SOLD OUT
April 12—San Francisco, CA—The Masonic SOLD OUT
April 13—San Francisco, CA—The Masonic SOLD OUT
April 15—Phoenix, AZ—Arizona Financial Theatre SOLD OUT
April 17—Dallas, TX—Winspear Opera House SOLD OUT
April 18—Dallas, TX—Winspear Opera House SOLD OUT
April 19—Austin, TX—Bass Concert Hall SOLD OUT
April 20—Houston, TX—713 Music Hall SOLD OUT
April 22—Atlanta, GA—The Tabernacle SOLD OUT
April 23—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium SOLD OUT
April 25—Washington, DC—The Anthem SOLD OUT
April 26—Washington, DC—The Anthem SOLD OUT
April 28—Chicago, IL—Chicago Theatre SOLD OUT
April 30—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall SOLD OUT
May 1—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall SOLD OUT
May 3—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall SOLD OUT
May 4—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall SOLD OUT
May 6—Philadelphia, PA—The Met SOLD OUT
May 7—Boston, MA—Boch Center Wang Theatre SOLD OUT
May 8—Boston, MA—Boch Center Wang Theatre SOLD OUT
May 14—Brno, Czechia—JazzFestBrno
May 16—London, UK—Royal Albert Hall SOLD OUT
June 25—Pittsburgh PA—Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts (with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) SOLD OUT
June 26—Rochester, NY—Rochester International Jazz Festival
June 28—Ottawa, ON—Ottawa Jazz Festival
June 29—Montreal, QC—Montreal International Jazz Festival
August 7—Los Angeles, CA—Venue TBA
Ralph Greco, Jr. is the devilishly clever nom de plume of professional writer/musician Ralph Greco who lives in the wilds of suburban New Jersey. He is also a podcast co-host, but as everyone has a podcast these days, this fact is of very little consequence.Ralph can be reached by writing ralphiedawriter@gmail.com
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