PJ Harvey announces two upcoming Dublin dates this September

English singer-songwriter PJ Harvey has revealed details of her upcoming UK and European tour which will include two nights in Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre. The English musician will take to the stage in Dublin on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd September 2023.

The news follows the release of her second track ‘I Inside The Old I Dying’ from her highly-anticipated tenth studio album, I Inside the Old Year Dying. This is Harvey’s first release since her 2016 Grammy-nominated The Hope Six Demolition Project. Her tenth record is set to drop July 7th via Partisan Records, and is produced by long-time collaborators Flood and John Parish.

Since the beginning of her career, Harvey has commanded the attention of the music world. She is the only musician to have won the Uk’s Mercury Prize twice. Once for 2001’s Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea, and again a decade on for Let England Shake. Harvey’s work is renowned for its originality; its vivid, absorbing, and distinct quality. She has most recently contributed to compositions for both the screen and stage, most notably, Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters series.

I Inside the Old Year Dying was initially announced at the start of April with the release of the record’s first single, A Child’s Question, August. The album recounts a story that began six years ago, when Harvey wrapped up her tour in 2017 of her last album. In the aftermath, the singer-songwriter was keenly aware of that she had lost her connection with music itself in the midst of an endless cycle of albums and tours.

Speaking of her new songs, the 53-year old singer detailed how the whole writing process took about “three weeks”. Working alongside John Parish, and Flood in Battery Studios in North West London was an integral part of the album’s production.

“The studio was set up for live play, and that's all we did,” she detailed. The encapsulates improvisation, having been created from spontaneous performances and ideas, recorded at the moment of their creation.

Tickets from €70 including booking fees will be available from Friday, June 16th at 10am.