LA ROUX ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN & EU HEADLINE TOUR
She’s the Grammy-winning producer, songwriter, and performer who has worked with Tyler, The Creator, CASISDEAD, Skream and Skrillex and sold millions of records across the globe. Today, ahead of her fourth record Old Flames to be released on November 6th, La Roux announces her North American & EU headline tour commencing in January 2027.
Composed, written, produced, and arranged by La Roux, Old Flames is a self-possessed statement from an artist who finds power in candor and imagination. Across the album, she confronts the collapse of a 17-year relationship, the ache of forbidden love, the loneliness of addiction and the struggle to reconcile sexuality and identity beneath the glare of public scrutiny. It’s nostalgic, immersive, future facing and completely and utterly true to La Roux.
The tour announcement follows a global support tour with Hilary Duff, which saw La Roux perform to crowds at the O2 Arena, Madison Square Gardens and arenas across Australia. She is primed and ready for the Old Flames headline tour which will see her conquer major strongholds in Toronto, New York, LA, Paris, Berlin and London.
Sharing her vision for the album, La Roux says: “This record says things how they are: how I am and who I am. It’s been a process of admitting what I got wrong through telling these tales and coming to terms with where I am now. Old Flames is essentially me processing why I’ve behaved the way that I have and saying goodbye to it. It’s a farewell to that way of behaving in love and life. And in music too.”
The tour announcement follows latest single “Lose Myself“ which channels the frenetic drama of mid-90s Michael Jackson “Earth Song” and the Janet duet “Scream’” as La Roux reflects on years of weed dependency – something she now recognises – following an auADHD diagnosis, as self-medication. “I wanted you so much, your love just keeps me holding on, and now I want to leave, just come and beam me up.” “Lose Myself” reads like a love song but its yearning is chemical. The tension between escape and entrapment pulses throughout.
She began this bold new chapter with “Cabin Fever“ which was inspired by isolation, her jeep and summertime rain, but with “Babyline“ – a sun-soaked masterclass in pop music – is where La Roux ended up and continues to be: happier, lighter, braver.
Meticulously crafted yet free of excess, Old Flames is a deeply considered offering rich in meaning and ideas, without feeling overworked. It’s a triumphant return from a multi-award-winning composer who sold over two million albums in the US alone after redefining the DNA of pop music with her self-titled debut album in 2009. She went on to work with some of the world’s most influential musicians; DnB frontrunner Zinc reworked “Bulletproof”, while dubstep pioneer Skream and GRAMMY winner Skrillex both remixed “In For The Kill”; going on to work with Skream on his second album, 2010’s Outside The Box.
In 2019, she featured alongside guests including Solange and Lil Uzi Vert on Tyler, The Creator’s boundary-breaking album Igor. The following year, Tyler remixed La Roux’s “Automatic Driver” from her third album, Supervision. In 2021, she worked with reclusive rapper CASISDEAD on “Park Assist”, featuring alongside the BRIT winner in the video directed by Deadpool baddie Ed Skrien. Her work continues to inspire and influence other artists; French Montana, Tion Wayne, Mavado and Major Lazer are just some of the acts who have sampled La Roux’s work.
Building on a remarkable legacy, Old Flames marks an artist who continues to inspire, surprise and evolve. It’s worth the wait.
TOUR DATES
North America
31 January 2027 – Toronto, Canada – Danforth Music Hall
2 February 2027 – Boston, MA, US – Paradise Rock Club
3 February 2027 – Washington DC, US – 9:30 Club
5 February 2027 – Brooklyn, NY, US – Brooklyn Steel
9 February 2027 – Chicago, IL, US – Thalia Hall
10 February 2027 – Minneapolis, MN, US – Fine Line
12 February 2027 – Englewood, CO, US – Gothic Theatre
13 February 2027 – Salt Lake City, UT, US – The Depot
15 February 2027 – Seattle, WA, US – Showbox
16 February 2027 – Portland, OR, US – Crystal Ballroom
19 February 2027 – Los Angeles, CA, US – The Belasco
20 February 2027 – San Francisco, CA, US – The Castro
25 February 2027 – Mexico City, Mexico – Pabellón Oeste
Europe / UK
5 March 2027 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys Neue Welt
6 March 2027 – Cologne, Germany – Live Music Hall
8 March 2027 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg OZ
9 March 2027 – Paris, France – Le Trianon
19 March 2027 – Glasgow, UK – SWG3 TV Studio
20 March 2027 – Manchester, UK – Academy 2
23 March 2027 – Bristol, UK – Trinity Centre
24 March 2027 – London, UK – Electric Brixton
La Roux
Old Flames
Releasing November 6th on vinyl, CD and cassette
- Old Flames (Intro)
- Cabin Fever
- Lose Myself
- Falling
- To Make Our Love
- Your Lover
- Final Fantasy
- Night Vision
- I Just Keep Crying
- Babyline
- Old Flames (Reprise)