{"id":49578,"date":"2019-05-02T12:53:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T11:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=49578"},"modified":"2019-05-02T12:53:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T11:53:45","slug":"lights-brings-award-winning-album-skinearth-to-the-uk-for-the-first-time-this-month-for-headline-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/05\/lights-brings-award-winning-album-skinearth-to-the-uk-for-the-first-time-this-month-for-headline-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"LIGHTS BRINGS AWARD-WINNING ALBUM SKIN&#038;EARTH TO THE UK FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS MONTH FOR HEADLINE TOUR"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Canadian Alt\/pop artist Lights is bringing her fourth studio album &#8216;Skin&amp;Earth&#8217; to the UK for the first time, and heading out on a UK tour. She will kick things off on 21st May at Manchester\u2019s Night And Day, and make her way around venues in cities including London\u2019s Garage on the 23rd May, before making her debut appearance at Slam Dunk Festival in Leeds and Hatfield. Lights will then wrap things up at Glasgow\u2019s King Tut\u2019s on 28th May. 3 shows out of 4 are now SOLD OUT. Lights is also set to appear at Comic Con on 24th May, at London\u2019s ExCeL.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the release of her <a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/01\/deadmau5-to-score-upcoming-netflix-film-polar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collaboration with fellow Canadian, deadmau5<\/a>, &#8216;Drama Free&#8217;, which also features on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q01vpy6MCEg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix film, &#8216;Polar&#8217;<\/a>, Lights joined the acclaimed DJ\/producer on stage at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=32K1DzdplEc&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultra Music Festival in Miami<\/a> last month. Catch all the action, here. It has also just been announced that Lights will be heading out with deadmau5, as a featured guest on his U.S tour this Autumn. <a href=\"https:\/\/cubev3.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Skin&amp;Earth&#8217; is the Canadian singer\/songwriter\u2019s most ambitious project yet, and was released alongside a graphic novel series of the same name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was created, written and illustrated in full by Lights and went on to win her second consecutive JUNO Award, for Pop Album of the Year. &#8216;Skin&amp;Earth&#8217; features anthemic tracks with accompanying videos &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Wljx0Cz9-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giants<\/a>&#8216;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wyM8pMH2OF0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Savage&#8217;<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3jgnfCUSL2M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Skydiving&#8217; <\/a>and &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V7h6uakby-k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Fears<\/a>&#8216;, which all bring her comics to life, with Lights assuming the role of the story\u2019s lead. It is also currently being developed for live action television by Entertainment One.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">See Lights live:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">21.5 \u2013 Night And Day, Manchester\u00a0<b>SOLD OUT<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">23.5 \u2013 The Garage, London\u00a0<b>SOLD OUT<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">25.5 \u2013 Slam Dunk Festival, Leeds<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">26.5 \u2013 Slam Dunk Festival, Hatfield<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">27.5 \u2013 Thekla, Bristol<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">28.5 \u2013 King Tuts, Glasgow\u00a0<b>SOLD OUT<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow Lights online on her\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/iamlights.com\/\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/lights\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lights\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lights\/\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/lights\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Alt\/pop artist Lights is bringing her fourth studio album &#8216;Skin&#038;Earth&#8217; to the UK for the first time, and heading out on a UK tour. She will kick things off on 21st May at Manchester\u2019s Night And Day, and make her way around venues in cities including London\u2019s Garage on the 23rd May, before making her debut appearance at Slam Dunk Festival in Leeds and Hatfield. Lights will then wrap things up at Glasgow\u2019s King Tut\u2019s on 28th May. 3 shows out of 4 are now SOLD OUT. Lights is also set to appear at Comic Con on 24th May, at London\u2019s ExCeL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[264,7],"tags":[673,3937,21179,6260,394,7469,6853,21178,3128,21180,6595,18502,11260,103,840],"class_list":["post-49578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","category-music","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-comic-con","tag-comicon","tag-concerts","tag-deadmau5","tag-excel","tag-graphic-novel","tag-lights","tag-london-comicon","tag-netflix","tag-polar","tag-skinearth","tag-tour","tag-uk-tour"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-cTE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50069,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/05\/lights-announces-album-skinearth-acoustic-set-for-release-12-july\/","url_meta":{"origin":49578,"position":0},"title":"Lights Announces Album &#8216;Skin&#038;Earth Acoustic&#8217; Set For Release 12 July","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"30\/05\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Canadian alt\/pop artist Lights celebrates her recent signing to the Fueled By Ramen label (home to the likes of All Time Low, Paramore, and Twenty One Pilots, among others) with the announcement that her new album 'Skin&Earth Acoustic' will be released on July 12.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lights3.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lights3.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lights3.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lights3.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lights3.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29916,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/09\/lights-announces-skinearth-album-release-22-september-with-savage-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":49578,"position":1},"title":"Lights Announces &#8216;Skin&#038;Earth&#8217; Album Release 22 September With &#8216;Savage&#8217; Video","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"09\/09\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Alt-pop artist Lights, has just announced that her forthcoming album 'Skin&Earth' is to be released on 22nd September, via Warner Bros Records. 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