21 December 2022
Newsdesk
beabadoobee is announced as a 10th Anniversary Ambassador for Independent Venue Week (IVW): the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music and arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them.
She joins Radiohead’s Philip Selway, alongside Young Fathers (Ambassadors for Scotland) and Adwaith (Ambassadors for Wales) in supporting the much-loved event which returns for its tenth edition between 30th January and 5th February 2023. To celebrate, beabadoobee will play a special BRITS Week for War Child show during IVW at Lafayette London on February 3rd 2023.
Speaking about her role as IVW Ambassador and the importance of independent music venues, beabadoobee said:
“I’m extremely proud to be an Ambassador of Independent Venue Week. These venues are so important at giving young emerging artists a starting point in their career. I will never forget my first gig at The Boileroom in Guildford where I jumped on stage with my friends for 3 songs or my first proper beabadoobee headline show at the Old Pancras Church in Kings Cross. My first and earliest gigs will always be some of my most precious memories. We need to do our best to keep these venues up and running and I want to help shine a light on how important independent venues really are to artists’ careers.”
The news follows beabadoobee revealing an exciting run of live shows for early 2023; supporting Taylor Swift on her forthcoming US ‘The Eras’ stadium tour, and her own debut European headline tour for March 2023 which is already selling out. Full list of dates below. 2022 has been a landmark year for beabadoobee, following the release of her critically acclaimed second studio album Beatopia via Dirty Hit, huge sell out tours in the UK, Australia, Asia and North America, US TV performances and more.
