Today, singer / songwriter / feminist / author Ani DiFranco has announced that she will be extending her "Unprecedented Sh!t: The Tour" to include a run of EU / UK headline live dates for June 2025. The tour, which begins in the US in January, is in support of her 23rd album "Unprecedented Sh!t", which came out early this year to widespread acclaim.
The newly announced EU / UK tour dates mark her first British live dates in 8 years and begin on 11th June with a special headline show at London's Royal Albert Hall with special guest; singer-songwriter, musician, and playwright Anaïs Mitchell. DiFranco recently completed a 5-month run as "Persephone" in Mitchell's Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway production Hadestown (the album was originally released on Righteous Babe Records).
Speaking on the tour announcement, DiFranco says: “What’s the upside of doom, gloom, angst and anguish? A sharply increased sense of motivation to get out there and make some noise. Lookout calm before the storm! We’re coming for you.”
Full dates are below (EU/UK in bold) and go on sale 10am local time on 6th December HERE.
Jan-16 - Austin, TX - Paramount Theatre
Jan-17 - Houston, TX - HOB
Jan-18 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
Jan-20 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
Jan-21 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
Jan-22 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up
Jan-24 - Los Angeles, CA - The Bellwether
Jan-25 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
Jan-26 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
Jan-28 - Grass Valley, CA - Center for the Arts
Jan-30 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
Jan-31 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
Feb-1 Seattle, WA - Moore Theater
Feb-28 - Mar 7 - Cayamo Cruise
Mar-8 Orlando, FL - The Plaza Live
Mar-9 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Live
Mar-11 - Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall
Mar-12 - Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre
Mar-14 - Durham, NC - Carolina Theatre
Mar-15 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
Mar-16 - Pelham, TN - The Caverns
Apr-7 - Milwaukee, WI - The Pabst Theater
Apr-8 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
Apr-10 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
Apr-11 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
Apr-12 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
Apr-13 - Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian Theatre
Apr-15 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
Apr-16 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Apr-18 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
Apr-19 - Somerville, MA - Somerville Theatre
Apr-20 - Somerville, MA - Somerville Theatre
Apr-22 - Somerville, MA - Somerville Theatre
Apr-23 - Gardiner, ME - Johnson Hall Opera House
Apr-25 - North Adams, MA - MASS MoCa
Apr-26 - New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall
Jun-11 - London, UK - Royal Albert Hall
Jun-12 - Antwerp, BE - De Roma
Jun-14 - Rome, IT - Casa Del Jazz
Jun-15 - Ferrara, IT - Cortile del Castello
Jun-17 - Utrecht, NL - TivoliVredenburg
Jun-18 - Dusseldorf, DE - Savoy Theater
Jun-19 - Berlin, DE - Passionskirche
Jun-22 - Dublin, IE - National Concert Hall
Jun-24 - Gateshead, UK - The Glasshouse
Jun-25 - Glasgow, UK - Pavilion Theatre
Jun-29 - Cardiff, UK - New Theatre
Unprecedented Sh!t was released to rave reviews in May on DiFranco’s label, Righteous Babe Records. The album title not only reflects how dramatically different this 11-track album is from Ani’s previous work, but also serves as a commentary on the current political and social climate. Joined by producer BJ Burton (Bon Iver, Low), on Unprecedented Sh!t DiFranco experiments with different sonic elements, leading to a sound that feels both authentic and polished. Lyrically, DiFranco powerfully highlights reproductive rights (“Baby Roe”), patriarchal oppression (“You Forgot to Speak”), climate change (“Spinning Room”) and other urgent global challenges. Listen to Unprecedented Sh!t via DSPs HERE.
Throughout September and October, the Ani DiFranco documentary 1-800-ON-HER-OWN screened in America's swing states to spark conversation around voting and reproductive freedom in partnership with Emily's List, Headcount and regional grassroots organizations. DiFranco is also a poet and author. She released a collection of poems and paintings titled Verses in 2007. Her memoir No Walls and the Recurring Dream was a New York Times Top 10 best seller in 2019, and her children’s books The Knowing and Show Up and Vote are out now.