NILÜFER YANYA ANNOUNCES DANCING SHOES EP DUE JULY 2ND VIA NINJA TUNE
Nilüfer Yanya is back to announce a new EP Dancing Shoes due July 2nd via Ninja Tune. Alongside the announcement Nilüfer shares a new single “Where To Look”. The song opens with a stripped back guitar strumming and builds into a powerful crescendo. Speaking about the new single Nilüfer shares, “We started writing this song for the album, but it was tricky to get it off the ground at that time. Then when we came back from tour, it suddenly clicked. Melodically it’s one of my favourite things ever. Very glad I was able to give it the time and breathing space that it needed.”
Dancing Shoes was written alongside a collection of tracks that Nilüfer re-approached with her creative partner Wilma Archer when she returned from touring her latest record. The new single follows previous track “Cold Heart” that will be included on the EP and which led The FADER to proclaim, “Once again Yanya shows her versatility and ability to pull something airy and bright from the very depth of her feelings.”
Following the EP release Nilüfer will be heading on tour across North America with Alex G this Fall. The tour begins in Boston on September 11th with stops in Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and more. Throughout the tour Nilüfer will be performing select headline dates in Richmond, Amherst, Omaha and Sacramento. Following the North American run Nilüfer will then pick up to tour with Lorde for a string of shows across the UK in November. Nilüfer will also be performing at select European festivals over the summer including Glastonbury, Green Man, All Points East, Primavera a la Ciutat, Best Kept Secret, and Way Out West. Full tour routing can be found below.
The forthcoming EP follows Nilüfer Yanya’s latest album My Method Actor, which was released to overwhelming critical praise with a Best New Music stamp from Pitchfork and the New York Times describing as, “A melodically rich meditation on identity, desire and the reverberations of heartache.” Nilüfer’s previous albums PAINLESS and Miss Universe also both received high praise, ranking among the year’s best by The New York Times, NPR, Pitchfork, Vulture and more. Nilüfer performed celebrated singles onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Stephen Colbert, Later with Jools Holland and NPR’s legendary Tiny Desk concert series. She’s supported Adele, the XX and Mitski on tour, headlined London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire and sold out shows across Europe, Australia, Japan and the USA. Yanya has also been remixed by Sampha, King Krule and Little Dragon and has collaborated with Bombay Bicycle Club and Liss. Nilüfer is a founding member of the community project Artists In Transit which takes creative workshops and other support to displaced communities and people in times of hardship.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
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6/2-8 – Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera a la Ciutat
6/13-15 – Beekse Bergen, Netherlands @ Best Kept Secret
6/25-29 – Somerset, UK @ Glastonbury
8/6-9 – Oslo, Norway @ Oya Festival
8/7-9 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Way Out West
8/14-17 – Crickhowell, Wales @ Green Man
8/22-24 – London, UK @ All Points East
9/7 – Richmond, VA @ Broadberry
9/9 – Amherst, MA @ The Drake
9/11 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner *
9/13 – Cleveland, OH – The Agora *
9/14 – Toronto, Ontario – History *
9/17 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed *
9/18 – Saint Paul, MN – Palace Theatre *
9/19 – Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room
9/20 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom *
9/22 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
9/23 – Oakland, CA – The Fox Theater *
9/26 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre *
9/28 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre *
9/30 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater *
10/3 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern *
10/4 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium *
10/6 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz *
10/7 – Washington, D.C. – The Anthem *
10/8 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall *
10/11 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore *
11/16 – London, England – O2 Arena &
11/19 – Glasgow, Scotland – OVO Hydro &
11/20 – Birmingham, England – Utilitia Arena &
11/22 – Dublin, Ireland – RDS Simmonscourt &
11/24 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFAS Live &
Nilüfer Yanya
Dancing Shoes
Ninja Tune
July 2nd 2025
1. Either Way
2. Where To Look
3. Treason
4. Cold Heart
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