Acoustic Tour 2016 with Above & Beyond

Above & Beyond commented: “We’re super excited to have our good friends Justine and Zoë on board for these special shows and it’ll be a rare treat for our fans to see them perform together. Cobi and Natalie really blew us away with the quality of their voices and we can’t wait to introduce them to you all.”

Above & Beyond’s Acoustic World Tour takes in 11 iconic concert venues including Sydney Opera House, Berkeley Greek Theatre and Toronto’s Massey Hall. With over 90% of tickets already sold, fans should head quickly to aboveandbeyond.nu/acoustic to secure their seats for the few remaining shows in New York, San Francisco, Boston and Honolulu.

The tour begins this week at the Church of St John’s in Hackney on April 28, then heads to London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall on May 5 via stops in Manchester and Utrecht, with the US leg of the tour kicking off in Chicago on May 12.

Accompanying the tour will be a new studio album, featuring orchestral reworkings of fan favourites from the Above & Beyond back catalogue as well as tracks from the band’s 2015 electronic album ‘We Are All We Need’ - including dance anthems ‘We’re All We Need’ feat. Zoë Johnston and 'Blue Sky Action' feat. Alex Vargas. Watch the announcement video on YouTube for a sneak peek at new material from the album and behind-the-scenes footage from an album recording session at London’s historic Abbey Road Studios.

Above & Beyond Acoustic Tour 2016: Vocalist Announcement

Above & Beyond have revealed the vocalists who will join them on their upcoming ‘Acoustic’ tour of the world’s most iconic concert halls. In addition, the trio have added another feather to their cap by selling out the world-famous, 18,000-capacity Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA, as part of tour.

The first two names will be very familiar to Above & Beyond fans: Zoē Johnston, long-time collaborator with the band and co-writer of the Grammy nominated ‘We’re All We Need’; and Justine Suissa, the much-loved voice of OceanLab, with whom the group released the “Sirens Of The Sea” LP in 2008.

With Suissa making her acoustic debut and Johnston one of the stars of Above & Beyond’s previous acoustic run in 2013, the return of these two fan favourites is sure to heighten anticipation for the shows. Fans will also be intrigued to hear the two new vocal talents that Above & Beyond’s Jono, Tony and Paavo have lined up for the tour, which also includes stops at the Wang in Boston, the Beacon Theatre in NYC and Honolulu’s Waikiki Shell.

Cobi is the first new addition, a singer-songwriter born in the northern most part of Minnesota. Cobi’s voice travels from low valleys to high peaks while his guitar is the heartstring of his powerful live performances. Possessing story-telling qualities reminiscent of the 70s, Cobi’s single “Darker Than Dawn” is moving audiences, and quickly becoming one of the most anticipated songs of the summer. With musical influences that cross genres and generations, his songwriting style has been described as "Neil Young meets Miike Snow.”

Natalie Holmes is joining the tour, a UK singer/songwriter with a delicate and angelic voice who draws her influences from artists such as Ellie Goulding, Sara Bareilles, Bon Iver, Gabrielle Aplin (who she recently supported at Leeds O2 Academy).