The Prodigy just released their seventh studio album ‘No Tourists’. A twenty-date winter tour – including two shows at London’s Alexandra Palace on November 14th and 15th, also kicked off in Glasgow yesterday.
‘No Tourists’ signifies a band that has resolutely followed their own route through the underbelly of popular culture since day one. The Prodigy, after all, have never taken the lazy tourist route. They dominated the illegal rave scene, challenged anti-rave legislation and redefined the whole idea of what a band should be like. They brought UK electronic music to the US heartland, turning metal kids onto raving and ravers into metalheads…effectively reaching global audiences without compromise: see 6 number 1 albums, 30 million record sales, and multiple honours (two Brits, two Kerrang! awards, five MTV awards, two Grammy nominations).
“No Tourists’ is ultimately about escapism and the want and need to be derailed and not to follow that easy set path,’ explains Liam Howlett in his North London studio. ‘In these times we live in people have become lazier and forgotten how to explore. Too many people are allowing themselves to be force fed, with whatever that may be. It’s about reaching out further to find another alternative route where the danger and excitement may be to feel more alive… not accepting that you can just be a tourist. That’s what the title is about for us.”
‘No Tourists’ sees The Prodigy return with venom in the way that only they can. They’re renegades, outsiders, outlaws – always hiding in plain sight. Though much has changed in the musical and social landscape, what remains a constant is The Prodigy’s resolute focus to always do things their own unique way, and in 2018 the urgency and irrepressible spirit of The Prodigy has never been more needed.
‘No Tourists’
‘Need Some1’
‘Light Up The Sky’
‘We Live Forever’
‘No Tourists’
‘Fight Fire With Fire’ (ft. Ho99o9)
‘Timebomb Zone’
‘Champions Of London’
‘Boom Boom Tap’
‘Resonate’
‘Give Me A Signal’ (ft. Barns Courtney)
UK TOUR DATES
November 2: Glasgow SEC Hall 4 (w/ Bad Company UK)
November 3: Nottingham Motorpoint Arena (w/ Rene LaVice)
November 5: Brighton Centre (w/ Rene LaVice) sold out
November 6: Plymouth Pavilions (w/ Rene LaVice) sold out
November 8: Liverpool Echo Arena (w/ Ho99o9)
November 9: Cardiff Cardiff Motorpoint Arena (w/ Ho99o9)
November 10: Birmingham Arena (w/ Ho99o9)
November 13: Leeds First Direct Arena (w/ Rene LaVice)
November 14: London Alexandra Palace (w/ Friction)
November 15: London Alexandra Palace (w/ Ho99o9) sold out
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
November 27: Berlin Max- Schmeling Halle, Germany
November 28: Munich Zenith, Germany
November 30: Livorno Modigliani Forum, Italy
December 1: Rimini RDS Stadium, Italy
December 3: Zurich Hallenstadion, Switzerland
December 4: Frankfurt Festhalle, Germany
December 5: Düsseldorf Mitsubishi Electric Hall, Germany
December 7: Brussels Forest National, Belgium
December 8: Luxembourg Rockhal Main Hall
December 9: Amsterdam Ziggo Dome, Netherlands