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Today, youthful British misanthropes Shame share the video for their song “Lampoon,” one of the many highlights off their freshly released debut, Songs of Praise (Dead Oceans). The footage from the video comes from the band’s first North American tour back in November of 2017, surely a moment that remains burned into the memories of anyone lucky enough to have caught them perform.
The US is still playing catch up to the UK in terms of understanding the true electricity contained within these five young London lads. We’re talking massive features in The Guardian, Q, NME, DIY, and Clash, with glowing reviews from MOJO, UNCUT, and The Times, just to name a few. That said, people are catching on, and there’s truly no better way to understand the band’s allure than to see them live. Luckily, their current North American tour has just begun.
SHAME TOUR DATES (new US dates in bold):
Sat. Mar. 3 – Fayetteville, AR @ Smoke and Barrel w/ Protomartyr
Sun. Mar. 4 – Norman, OK @ Opolis w/ Protomartyr
Mon. Mar. 5 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf w/ Protomartyr
Tue. Mar. 6 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress w/ Protomartyr
Thu. Mar. 8 – San Diego, CA @ Space Bar w/ Protomartyr
Fri. Mar. 9 – Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door w/ Protomartyr
Sat. Mar. 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Teragram Ballroom w/ Protomartyr
Sun. Mar. 11 – Mesa, AZ @ Underground
Mon. Mar. 12 – Fri. Mar. 15 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
Sat. Mar. 16 – Houston, TX @ The Satellite w/ Snail Mail
Sun. Mar. 17 – New Orleans, LA @ Hi-Lo Lounge w/ Snail Mail
Mon. Mar. 18 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade w/ Snail Mail
Tue. Mar. 19 – Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight w/ Snail Mail
Wed. Mar. 20 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle w/ Snail Mail
Thu. Mar. 21 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar w/ Snail Mail
Thu. Mar. 22 – Philadelphia PA @ First Unitarian Church
Fri. Mar. 23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel
Wed. Apr. 4 – Cardiff, UK @ Club Ifor Bach
Thu. Apr. 5 – Bristol, UK @ Thekla
Fri. Apr. 6 – Liverpool, UK @ Magnet
Sat. Apr. 7 – Dublin, IE @ Whelans
Mon. Apr. 9 – Sheffield, UK @ The Leadmill
Tue. Apr. 10 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Wed. Apr. 11 – Newcastle, UK @ Cluny
Thu. Apr. 12 – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
Fri. Apr. 13 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
Sat. Apr. 14 – Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
Mon. Apr. 16 – Leicester, UK @ The Cookie
Tue. Apr. 17 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds
Wed. Apr. 18 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
Thu. Apr. 19 – Oxford, UK @ The Bullingdon
Fri. Apr. 20 – Brighton, UK @ The Haunt
Sat. Apr. 21 – Tunbridge Wells, UK @ The Forum
Wed. Apr. 25 – Nijmegan, NL @ Doornroosje
Thu. Apr. 26 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
Fri. Apr. 27 – Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown
Mon. Apr. 30 – Oslo, NO @ John Dee
Wed. May 2 – Stockholm, SE @ Bar Brooklyn
Thu. May 3 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset
Sun. May 6 – Warsaw, PL @ Bardzo Bardzo
Mon. May 7 – Prague, CZ @ Futurum
Tue. May 8 – Vienna, AT @ Chelsea
Fri. May 11 – Zurich, CH @ Dynamo Werk
Sat. May 12 – Bologna, IT @ Covo Club
Mon. May 14 – Barcelona, ES @ Side Car
Tue. May 15 – Madrid, ES @ La Boite
Thu. May 17 – Bordeaux, FR @ Rock School Barbery
Sun. May 20 – Lille, FR @ Aeronef
Tue. May 22 – Brussels, BE @ Rotonde
Sat. July 7 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Sun. July 8 – Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar
Mon. July 9 – Toronto, ON @ Smiling Buddha
Tue. July 10 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le “Ritz” PBD
PRAISE FOR SHAME
“On their debut album, the UK rock group separates themselves from their peers, imbuing their post-adolescent rage with wit and, crucially, a self-effacing awareness that they may never succeed.” – Pitchfork
“Punk may be for the kids, but Shame is for everyone.” – Bandcamp
“The UK’s most exhilarating new band” – Billboard
“Beneath the sneering vocals and warring guitars, there’s a finely attuned sense of songcraft to the post-punk of south London band Shame.” – The FADER
“Punk synthesis at its prettiest and its ugliest; bowing to forebears with gobs of spit, but confident enough to expose a nerve with certain grace and wide-eyed wonder.”
– NPR Music
“The five-piece post-punk crew from South London are turning heads with their youthful anger and explosive energy mixed with charming, self-deprecating humor, orchestrated by charismatic frontman Charlie Steen.” – Paste Magazine
Keep your mind open.
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