DIIV have shared their new single ‘Dare Me’ and announced an extensive 2027 world tour, including six shows in the UK and Ireland – check out the dates and listen below.
The Los Angeles shoegaze band released the track as the final preview of their fifth studio album ‘ZIRP!’, which was released today (October 30) via Fantasy Recordings. Order your copy here.
‘Dare Me’ follows the previous singles ‘Trillions’, ‘Kid’ and ‘The Fountain’, and sees the band channelling their trademark hazy guitar tones into what frontman Zachary Cole Smith has described as a song about the hope of building a new world amid societal collapse.
It is accompanied by a music video directed by Louie Kovatch, which you can check out here:
The band have also announced a sprawling 2027 world tour, which will begin at Sydney’s Laneway Festival on February 12 before visiting New Zealand and Japan. An extensive North American run will follow in April and May, including concerts in Chicago, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and San Diego.
DIIV will then head to Europe, performing at festivals including Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Best Kept Secret in the Netherlands, before concluding the tour with six UK and Ireland dates in June.
These include shows at Manchester’s Albert Hall on June 25, Glasgow’s QMU on June 26 and London’s Troxy on June 30, alongside performances in Brighton, Dublin and Bristol. Tickets for the UK shows went on general sale at 10am today (October 30) – find tickets here.
The full list of DIIV’s announced 2027 world tour dates is:
FEBRUARY 2027
12 – Sydney, Australia – Laneway Festival
13 – Brisbane, Australia – Laneway Festival
19 – Melbourne, Australia – Laneway Festival
21 – Auckland, New Zealand – Laneway Festival
24 – Tokyo, Japan – Kanda Square Hall
25 – Tokyo, Japan – Kanda Square Hall
APRIL 2027
7 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
8 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
9 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
12 – Detroit, MI – El Club
13 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
15 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
16 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
17 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
18 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
20 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
21 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
22 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
23 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
25 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
26 – Dallas, TX – AM/FM Backyard
27 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
30 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
MAY 2027
2 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
7 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
8 – Santa Barbara, CA – SOhO Restaurant & Music Club
9 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre
10 – Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
12 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
13 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
15 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club
16 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
17 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
20 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
21 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory at North Park
31 – Lille, France – L’Aéronef
JUNE 2027
1 – Paris, France – L’Olympia
2 – Rennes, France – Antipode
3 – Lyon, France – Transbordeur
3-5 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
13 – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands – Best Kept Secret
14 – Hamburg, Germany – Gruenspan
16 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
17 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys Neue Welt
18 – Prague, Czech Republic – Roxy
19 – Vienna, Austria – Flex
20 – Munich, Germany – Nachtwerk
21 – Cologne, Germany – Kantine
22 – Zurich, Switzerland – Rote Fabrik
24 – Brighton, UK – Chalk
25 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall
26 – Glasgow, UK – QMU
27 – Dublin, Ireland – Opium
29 – Bristol, UK – The Prospect Building
30 – London, UK – Troxy
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The tour comes in support of ‘ZIRP!’, which was produced by A. G. Cook, known for his work with Charli XCX and Caroline Polachek.
In NME‘s four-star review of ‘ZIRP!’, Joe Goggins wrote: “It’s thrilling to hear DIIV put their money where their mouth is like this; to watch as they make their biggest ever sonic shift at the same time as writing their most avowedly political record.”
“Crucially, ‘ZIRP!’ is not a nihilistic album; scratch far enough beneath the surface and you’ll find Smith offering up solutions to our late-capitalist hellscape, ones rooted in community and togetherness, perhaps inspired by the experience of rebuilding his neighbourhood in Altadena after losing his home in last year’s Los Angeles wildfires. Out of that catastrophe, he and his bandmates seem to have found renewed purpose; ‘ZIRP!’ is ambitious, unflinching and, ultimately, optimistic.”
