Ash announce homecoming gig at Ulster Hall this December

Tickets on sale Friday at 10am from ticketmaster.ie and ulsterhall.co.uk

Author: Emma DicksonPublished 29th Aug 2023

Following their sold-out Ulster Hall show in 2022, Ash are today pleased to announce a new headline show at the Ulster Hall on Tuesday 19th December 2023.

The band recently released their new single ‘Usual Places’ the third single release from their forthcoming album release.

‘Usual Places’ arrives on the heels of recent new album cuts ‘Race The Night’ and ‘Like A God’, stoking anticipation for a record that promises to be super-charged, widescreen and with melodies to spare.

Lead singer and guitarist Tim Wheeler described the album as "the sound of the band revelling in the sheer joy of being a band after being separated by time and distance through the insanity of the early 2020s."

‘Usual Places’ was written as testimony to lives forever changed during the time before they were able to reunite and work on new music. Three and a half minutes of brisk power pop set a buoyant backdrop to its longing for all that was lost.

Wheeler comments: “Originally written as a tribute to long forgotten bars and faces as I was leaving New York, ‘Usual Places’ took on extra significance as the first thing we worked on together post-lockdown.

“Below the surface of the joy of writing and playing together again, there's a subconscious grief to all that was lost in those years. Friends and family, pubs and venues. This is our eulogy to them all. No coincidence the video was shot in the Marquis of Lorne, just a walk from Brixton Academy.”

How to get tickets for Ash at Ulster Hall 2023:

Tickets on sale Friday at 10am from ticketmaster.ie and ulsterhall.co.uk

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