Earlier this year, Black Country, New Road announced their third album, Forever Howlong, with the single ‘Besties’, which made our list of the best songs of January. Today, they’ve followed it up with ‘Happy Birthday’, which was directly inspired by ‘Besties’. “When I wrote ‘Happy Birthday,’ I had Georgia’s song ‘Besties’ in my head,” Tyler Hyde explained. “Therefore, the structure of it is heavily influenced by it.” It comes paired with stop-motion video directed by Lesley-Anne Rose. Check it out below, along with the band’s upcoming tour dates, including a just-announced intimate run of UK live shows.
Forever Howlong arrives on April 4 on Ninja Tune.
Black Country, New Road 2025 Tour Dates:
Mon 7 Apr – Plaza – Stockport, UK
Tue 8 Apr – Queens Hall – Edinburgh, UK
Wed 9 Apr – Leeds Project House – Leeds, UK
Fri 11 Apr – Town Hall – Birmingham, UK
Sat 12 Apr – Engine Rooms – Southampton, UK
Sun 13 Apr – Epic Studios – Norwich, UK
Sat 3 May – Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX – Ciudad De México, MX
Tue 13 May – Salt Shed – Chicago, IL, US ☼ ☆
Wed 14 May – Slowdown – Omaha, NE, US ☼
Fri 16 May – Mission Ballroom – Denver, CO, US ♢
Sat 17 May – Kilby Block Party – Salt Lake City, UT, US
Mon 19 May – The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA, US ☆
Tue 20 May – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA, US ☆
Thu 22 May – The Warfield – San Francisco, CA, US ☆
Fri 23 May – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR, US ☆
Sat 24 May – Moore Theater – Seattle, WA, US ☆
Fri 23 May – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR, US
Sat 24 May – Moore Theater – Seattle, WA, US
Sat 7 Jun – Primavera Sound Festival – Barcelona, ES
Wed 13-Sat 16 Aug – Paredes de Coura Festival – Porto, PT
Thu 28 Aug – End of the Road 2025 – Dorset, UK
Thu 11 Sep – Rock City – Nottingham, UK
Fri 12 Sep – Albert Hall – Manchester, UK
Sat 13 Sep – Albert Hall – Manchester, UK
Mon 15 Sep – Olympia – Dublin, IE
Tue 16 Sep – Olympia – Dublin, IE
Thu 18 Sep – Barrowlands – Glasgow, UK
Sat 20 Sep – Sage – Gateshead, UK
Mon 22 Sep – Beacon – Bristol, UK
Wed 24 Sep – Corn Exchange – Cambridge, UK
Thu 9 Oct – Casino de Paris – Paris, FR
Fri 10 Oct – Stereolux – Nantes, FR
Sun 12 Oct – Paradiso – Amsterdam, NL
Mon 13 Oct – Paradiso – Amsterdam, NL
Tue 14 Oct – Gloria – Cologne, DE
Wed 15 Oct – Astra – Berlin, DE
Fri 17 Oct – Vega – Copenhagen, DK
Sat 18 Oct – Fallan – Stockholm, SE
Sun 19 Oct – Sentrum Scene – Oslo, NO
Tue 21 Oct – Mojo – Hamburg, DE
Wed 22 Oct – Roxy – Prague, CZ
Thu 23 Oct – Les Docks – Lausanne, CH
Sat 25 Oct – Magazzini Generali – Milan, IT
Sun 26 Oct – Epicerie Moderne – Lyon, FR
Tue 28 Oct – AB – Brussels, BE
Thu 30 Oct – The Dome – Brighton, UK
Fri 31 Oct – O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK
☼ support from Friko
☆ support from Nora Brown with Stephanie Coleman
♢ supporting St. Vincent
