Rina Sawayama will release her new album, Hold the Girl on September 2, and she's just shared the title track for it. It's a sweeping, string-laden anthem full of glitchy production, high drama and Rina's soaring vocals. 'Hold the Girl' was the first song I wrote for the record at the end of 2020," Rina says. "I had gone to therapy and had a revelation, so I decided to write this song...that was the start of it. I was crying before going into the studio to write about it." Listen below.
Along with the song, Rina has also announced a 13-date North American fall tour that kicks off on November 1 at The Great Hall at Avant Gardner in Brooklyn, and wraps up on November 23 at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Tickets for the whole tour go on sale Friday, July 29 at 10 AM, and all dates are listed below.
Rina Sawayama - 2022 Tour Dates 8/6 - San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands 8/20 - Osaka, Japan @ Summer Sonic Osaka 8/21 - Tokyo, Japan @ Summersonic Festival 9/3 - Stradbally, Republic of Ireland @ Electric Picnic 10/12 - Glasgow, Scotland @ SWG3 10/13 - Glasgow, Scotland @ SWG3 10/15 - Dublin, Republic of Ireland @ Olympia Theatre 10/18 - Nottingham, England @ Rock City 10/20- Manchester, England @ Manchester Academy 10/21 - Birmingham, England @ O2 Academy Birmingham 10/23 - Brighton, East Sussex, England @ Brighton Dome 10/24 - Cardiff, Wales @ The Great Hall *NEW DATE* 10/26 - London, England @ O2 Academy Brixton 11/1 - Brooklyn, NY @ Great Hall at Avant Gardner 11/4 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner 11/5 - Silver Springs, MD @ The Fillmore 11/6 - Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore 11/8 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern 11/9 - Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works 11/11 - Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom 11/12 - Austin, TX @ Emo's Austin 11/13 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall 11/16 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren 11/18 - San Diego, CA @ SOMA 11/21 - Oakland, CA @ FoxTheater 11/23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
