The Waterboys will headline at this year’s Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival, part of Moseley Folk & Arts Festival in Moseley Park, BIRMINGHAM UK on Fri 29 August. Tickets go on sale Fri 28 February here.

Mike joined hosts Guy Pratt and Gary Kemp for an episode of their hugely popular Rockonteurs podcast. It was first broadcast on Sunday over several streaming platforms and can be found at the following locations:

apple

amazon

spotify

and other locations here

Mike and Duende Vision have created a second video for the band's new song ANDY (A GUY LIKE YOU) in the style of Andy Warhol's famous 1960s screentests - black and white, close up, head and shoulders. Warhol shot 300 of these, all around 3 minutes long, many on worn or old film tape and featuring Dennis Hopper, Bob Dylan, Nico, Lou Reed, Edie Sedgwick and other actors, luminaries and Warhol superstars. Many of them can be found on youtube and Mike thought it would be a cool idea to do a video for the song in that style which you can view here.

Track 5 of the forthcoming album drops today. Titled ANDY (A GUY LIKE YOU) it's a two-and-a-half minute pop art confection regarding the character and influence of Dennis Hopper's friend Andy Warhol. Mike sings, James wrote the strings, Barny Fletcher contributes backing vocals. It can be found on all streaming services and the video, shot in Taos, New Mexico, is available to view here:
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Pre-order the album here.

The Waterboys are excited to announce they will be playing at the BOURBON AND BEYOND FESTIVAL at Highland Festival Grounds in LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY on Sunday 14 of September. The festival runs Thurs 11 Sept- Sun 14 Sept and includes many amazing artists. You can learn more about the festival and line-up here.

Festival passes are available here.

Brother Paul has recently begun offering personalised Cameo greetings videos. He's already had a string of 5-star reviews from satisfied customers. Find out how to order a video greeting for a friend or loved one here.

The new Waterboys album LIFE, DEATH AND DENNIS HOPPER, due on 4th April, is available for pre-order now. Some shops are offering vinyl and CD, some just vinyl, some just CD, and some are carrying all formats. Regular double vinyl version has burnt gold discs, indie shops version is psychedelic. All formats - both double vinyl and CD - feature the same musical content of 25 tracks with 60 minutes playing time.

Rough Trade (UK)

Resident (UK)

Norman Records (UK)

Juno (UK)

Spindizzy (Ireland)

Tower Records (Ireland)

Music Zone (Ireland)

Sun Records Official Store (USA)

Amazon (USA)

Rough Trade (USA)

Target (USA)

Mike and Brother Paul have created a video to accompany a newly-discovered Waterboys studio recording of Woody Guthrie's classic song, THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, recorded at Spiddal House, Ireland in 1988. The video shows great souls, activists and artists of the USA, individuals who've inspired millions of peoples' love for the country - and on this auspicious day we wish to celebrate them. The song itself will be included on a double album of previously lost Fisherman's Blues recordings scheduled for Spring 2026 release. View the video now here.

ZERVAS AND PEPPER will play every show from opening night in Basingstoke, May 1 up to and including Bristol, May 22. The duo of Paul Zervas and Kathryn Pepper played on the recent David Crosby tribute show at which Mike guested in Cardiff. He loved their music and voices with their resonance of the classic Laurel Canyon sound. Find out more about them here: https://zervasandpepper.com/.

SUGARFOOT will play from Oxford, May 23 to London, June 1. Sugarfoot is a country rock band from Trondheim in Norway who Mike has dug for some years. Their voices can soon be heard on "The Tourist", a track on Life, Death And Dennis Hopper. More info here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/65Lc8Vxmz1AQXOUrWvgRWa.

THE DEEP BLUE will play from Dublin, June 7 to Truro, June 19. The Deep Blue is an all-female band recommended highly to Mike by Belfast DJ Ralph McLean. "Ralph was right," he says, "they're fab". More info: https://www.thedeepblueband.com/.

The official video of HOPPER'S ON TOP (GENIUS) is live now here.

This is the first video from the new Waterboys album LIFE, DEATH AND DENNIS HOPPER, out 4 April on Sun Records. Pre-order links to be announced soon.

The Waterboys are delighted to announce their new album Life, Death And Dennis Hopper, which will be released 4 April on Sun Records. Artists featured alongside The Waterboys include Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, Fiona Apple and Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes. Mike says, "It's the story of Dennis Hopper's life in songs - and the story of his and our times." We will be posting the first song/video, Hopper’s On Top (Genius), this coming Friday 10 January.

Mike did an interview for Stephen Coates' podcast THE BUREAU OF LOST CULTURE which includes some clips from the recent shows in Findhorn, Scotland as well as Mike speaking about the new album publicly for the first time. You can access the podcast here.

Pre-order will be available in few days. Meanwhile you can pre-save the album here.

TThe Waterboys have launched a new TikTok page just in time for the lead up to their new album announcement on Mon 6 January. Mike will be posting clues about the album on social media each day until the announcement. Find the new page here.

The Waterboys are heading to 2025's Gent Jazz Festival in GHENT, BELGIUM on Sat 5 July.

Tickets go on sale on Fri 13 December at 10am here.

The Waterboys have added a second show in LONDON to their 2025 spring/summer tour on Sun 1 June at The Roundhouse.

Tickets are on sale now here.

The Waterboys are now on Bluesky here.

You can also find Mike on Bluesky here.

Come join us!

The Waterboys' collection of fantastic playlists on Spotify have been moved here.

The Waterboys will play the Breakwater Festival in WEXFORD on Fri 1 August. Tickets go on sale Tues 3 December at https://breakwaterfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873667576.

The Waterboys return to play Hall For Cornwall, TRURO on Thurs 19 June as part of their 2025 UK and Ireland tour. Tickets are on sale now here.

A show at LEEDS 02 Academy on Tues 17 June has been added to the band's 2025 tour. Tickets go on sale Wed 20th Nov at 10am at https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-waterboys/o2-academy-leeds/3232874.

Hope to see you there!

The Waterboys will play at Live At The Docklands in LIMERICK, Ireland on Sun 17 August 2025. Tickets go on sale Fri 15th November at 10am here.

The Waterboys are excited to be playing at 2025's Lindisfarne Festival at Beale Farm, NORTHUMBERLAND, UK on Sat 30 August. Tickets are on sale now here.

The show at GLASGOW'S Barrowland Ballroom on Sat 14 June has sold-out but worry not! A second show has been added on Mon 16 June. Tickets go on sale Fri 8 November at 10am here.

Among the many projects Mike has been working on recently is a "Director's Cut" of the 1993 Waterboys album Dream Harder. Mike: "I came across Brendan O'Brien's unused mixes for this album and they were better than the ones on the record. So I revamped the album using several of the O'Brien tracks, and souped-up the sound of some others. I removed two numbers which I don't like so much and added two that I do. Also restored the full length New Life which, for reasons I now find inexplicable, I shortened at the time."

The new version of the album is now available to stream on Spotify, Tidal etc and can also be found on Youtube and all usual services. The new cover photo was shot by Mike at Glastonbury Tor in 2022, the morning after the Waterboys played the festival. As of this time no physical copy is planned.

Three Irish dates have been added to the Waterboys spring/summer tour.

JUNE

Sat 7 - 3Arena, DUBLIN

Sun 8 - Live At The Botanic Gardens, BELFAST

JULY

Thurs 10 - Live At The Marquee, CORK

Tickets go on sale Thurs 17 October at 9am local time here.

We are excited to announce that The Waterboys will be playing the following June 2025 dates in SCOTLAND, including 2 shows in Glasgow. Tickets go on sale Friday 27 September at 10am.

JUNE

Wed 11 - ABERDEEN, Music Hall
Tickets here.

Thurs 12 - GLASGOW (show 1), Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Tickets here.

Fri 13 - EDINBURGH, Usher Hall
Tickets here.

Sat 14 - GLASGOW (show 2), Barrowlands.
Tickets here.

In celebration of this year’s National Album Day, on Sat 19th October, Fisherman’s Blues will be issued in a limited edition on "Yellow Matter Custard" colour vinyl. The release will be available throughout the world. You can pre-order a copy from your preferred retailer beginning today- Thurs 12th September.

Discover more about this year's National Album Day celebrations here.

Mike will be joining Liam Ó Maonlai, The Staves, Kris Drever and house band for a show in honour of the great David Crosby. The musical director of the show is Kate St John who was a member of The Waterboys for the Mr Yeats shows of 2010-11. Mike will be playing some well chosen Croz songs on the night.

The show takes place Friday 11 October at Hodinott Hall in Cardiff, Wales. Tickets and additional information are available at https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/llais/2024/if-i-could-only-remember-my-name-the-music-of-david-crosby.

The Waterboys are coming to rock the Vilar de Mouros Festival in CAMINHA, PORTUGAL on Sat 24 August. Tickets, priced €50, are on sale now here.

Find out more about the festival here.

Returning to Universal Hall for the first time since 2006, Mike Scott will present two 3 person Waterboys shows with piano player James Hallawell and organist Brother Paul on 16 and 17 September. The concerts are benefits for the Universal Hall, where the band recorded their album of that name in 2003. Universal Hall is located in Findhorn, near Forres, in Morayshire, Scotland and this is a rare opportunity to experience Waterboys music in a beautiful and unique 350 seat venue. Tickets, priced £40 (general admission), go on sale to the public from 10am Friday 19 July.

Tickets for Mon 16 Sept here.

Tickets for Tues 17 Sept here.

For those of you attending the show at Queens Park, GLASGOW this coming Friday (28 June), the stage times are as follows:

Doors Open: 4pm
Goliath: 5pm (30 mins)
Nati: 6pm (45 mins)
Admiral Fallow: 7:15pm (60 mins)
The Waterboys: 8:45pm (90 mins)
Curfew: 10:30pm

Some tickets left at https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/36006045B388322A.

On Saturday 23rd June, during the Galway Ukelele Festival, hundreds of musicians performed a glorious Fisherman's Blues in Galway town centre. Here's a clip:

We're delighted to announce the first tour dates in support of the Waterboys' long-awaited new album, which will be released in spring 2025. The first shows, in England and Wales, are listed below. Scottish and Irish dates will be announced soon. European and North American dates will also be added, and the band hopes to revisit Japan, Australia and NZ in 2025 too. Tickets go on sale Fri 7 June at 10am. Details of the album will be announced later this year.

Mike writes: "The Waterboys live for the experience of playing, of feeling our music evolve and grow with each consecutive concert. Nothing makes us happier than seeing a long list of dates like these. How will the music change? What will happen that's never happened before? How much fun and thrills can we and the audiences have?"

MAY

Thur 01 - BASINGSTOKE, Anvil
Tickets here

Fri 02 - BATH, Forum
Tickets here

Sat 03 - BEXHILL, DLWP
Tickets here

Mon 05 - BRIGHTON, Centre
Tickets here

Wed 07 - NOTTINGHAM, Rock City
Tickets here

Thur 08 - LIVERPOOL, Philharmonic
Tickets here

Fri 09 - SHEFFIELD, City Hall
Tickets here

Sat 10 - GATESHEAD, Glasshouse
Tickets here

Mon 12 - BLACKPOOL, Opera House
Tickets here

Tue 13 - MANCHESTER, Bridgewater Hall
Tickets here

Thur 15 - YORK, Barbican
Tickets here

Fri 16 - BIRMINGHAM, Symphony Hall
Tickets here

Sun 18 - BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion
Tickets here

Mon 19 - CARDIFF, New Theatre
Tickets here

Tue 20 - CAMBRIDGE, Corn Exchange
Tickets here

Thur 22 - BRISTOL, Beacon
Tickets here

Fri 23 - OXFORD, New Theatre
Tickets here

Sat 24 - STOCKTON-ON-TEES, The Globe
Tickets here

Sun 25 - LLANDUDNO, Venue Cymru
Tickets here

Tue 27 - GUILDFORD, Live
Tickets here

Wed 28 - LEICESTER, DeMontford Hall
Tickets here

Sat 31 - LONDON, Roundhouse
Tickets here

The wonderful conversation between Mike and Fiachna Ó Braonáin about the recent 1985 box set and how The Waterboys made This Is The Sea, which aired on RTÉ Radio over the weekend, is now available for playback here.

Northern Kin Festival has provided an updated line-up following the rescheduling of the festival to 9-11th August 2024, with more artists to be announced next week. The Waterboys will headline and the festival is held at Thornley Hall Farm in DURHAM, ENGLAND on Sat 10 August. Tickets are available now here.

The Waterboys will play Vale Santo in ANADIA, PORTUGAL on Fri 21 June as part of the Anadia de Paixoes Festival Vine & Wine Fair. Tickets, priced €4 for the whole fair, will be sold at the event.

The Waterboys are headed to this year's Sitges Festival Terramar CaixaBank, in SITGES, SPAIN (near BARCELONA) on Fri 2 Aug. Tickets are on sale now here.

We are sorry to relay the news of the passing over of Karl Wallinger, 1980s Waterboys member and long-time leader of his own band World Party, who died on Sunday March 10th. We do not yet know the cause of death, only that it was announced by a press release from Karl's team. Karl was an integral part of The Waterboys from 1983 to the end of 1985, and was one of the original touring line-up. He made many powerful contributions to the band during his membership, many of which are included and described in the recent 1985 box set and book. Among his great Waterboy moments were the synthesisers on The Whole Of The Moon, piano on This Is The Sea itself and incredible hammond organ on Rags and Beverly Penn. He also co-wrote Don't Bang The Drum and played unique synth bass on half the This Is The Sea album, and the demos he and Mike recorded at Karl's home studio, Seaview, were integral to the development of the band's sound during that era. Karl went on to lead World Party through many albums and successes and composed the smash hit She's The One, made famous by Robbie Williams. Mike Scott posted on Twitter: "Travel on well, my old friend. You are one of the finest musicians I've ever known". All of us at the Waterboys send our condolences to Karl's family.

The 6CD only version of The Waterboys' raved-about new box set "1985" comes in a clamshell box, without accompanying book, and at a lower price. It will be released 12th April and you can pre-order here.

Mike and James spent last week in Marrakesh and befriended the band AMAL ASSAHA ("spirit of the place") who play every night on the town's market square, Jamaa El-Fnaa. They make Arabic music on amped banjo and hand-drums, and on the last night of their visit Mike sat in and played a Moroccan hand-drum with them while James filmed. The banjo player beside Mike is Zakariya, and the drummers are (from furthest away) Ibrahim, Ahmed, Abdessalam, Samir Alam and (standing in red pants) Mustapha. Mariam sings on the right in the video. They're playing a famous Arabic song called SINIYA. Mike has posted several more video clips on the band's Patreon page.

Mike will be participating in a Celebration of Allen Ginsberg: Poetry & Song featuring Pat Thomas - author of Material Wealth: Mining The Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg on 12 March at The New Theatre in Temple Bar, DUBLIN. Other participants include Eamonn Carr of Horslips, poet/songwriter/scholar Catherine Ann Cullen and curator of the Ginsberg estate, Peter Hale. Tickets, priced €15, are on sale now here.

The Waterboys will play three May dates in THE NETHERLANDS. Tickets go on sale Friday 23 February at 10am local time. The dates are:

Sat 18 May: Zuiderpark Live, THE HAGUE. Tickets here.

Sun 19 May: Musis, ARNHEM. Tickets here.

Mon 20 May: Paradiso, AMSTERDAM. Tickets here.

The Waterboys will rock a one-off show at Fauske Idrettshall in FAUSKE, NORWAY on Sat 14 September as part of the Saltenbluesen Music Festival. Tickets are on sale now here.

The Official Lyric Video for BEVERLY PENN, taken from the soon to be released boxset 1985: HOW THE WATERBOYS MADE THIS IS THE SEA & SAW THE WHOLE OF THE MOON, is out today. The boxset will be out 23 Feb and is available for pre-order now.

You can pre-order 1985 here and watch the lyric video here.

Mike will be participating in a Celebration of Allen Ginsberg: Poetry & Song featuring Pat Thomas - author of Material Wealth: Mining The Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg on 12 March at The New Theatre in Temple Bar, DUBLIN. Other participants include Eamonn Carr of Horslips, poet/songwriter/scholar Catherine Ann Cullen and curator of the Ginsberg estate, Peter Hale.

Tickets will go fast so book early here.

The Waterboys will be back in GLASGOW on Fri 28 June at Queens Park playing a headline show during the Summer Nights On The South Side series. Other acts performing on the night, all requested by The Waterboys, are the Scottish artists Admiral Fallow, NATI. and Goliath. Tickets, priced £49.50, go on sale Fri 9 Feb at 9am here.

1985: HOW THE WATERBOYS MADE THIS IS THE SEA AND SAW THE WHOLE OF THE MOON. Coming 23 Feb: a fantastic 6CD box set covering the making of the classic album This Is The Sea, with 95 tracks (64 previously unreleased) - demos, outtakes, live, TV & radio sessions, unheard songs PLUS an incredible photo-illustrated 220-page hardcover book by Mike Scott about the creation of the album.

To celebrate the release of HOW THE WATERBOYS MADE THIS IS THE SEA AND SAW THE WHOLE OF THE MOON, Mike Scott will participate in Q+A events at Rough Trade East London with Pete Paphides, and Tower Records Dublin with Pat Carty. Both will be followed by signing sessions for any releases pre-ordered with tickets. Details are included at the link below.

The original video for The Whole Of The Moon has been newly remastered in HD, and is on YouTube and streaming services now. You can pre-order the box set from The Waterboys' official store, watch and listen to The Whole of the Moon HD remaster and/or get a ticket to an in-store here.

More news soon.

The Waterboys are returning to ALICANTE, SPAIN on Thurs 1 August at Jardines de Abril as part of Festival Noches Magicas. Tickets, priced 60€, are on sale now here.

The Waterboys are returning to the mighty Bospop Festival in WEERT, NETHERLANDS on Sun 14 July. Tickets go on sale Sat 16 Dec here.

The Waterboys are coming to rock the Dranouter Festival in DRANOUTER, BELGIUM on Sat 3 August. Tickets are available here.

The Waterboys will headline the Kaleidoscope Festival on Sat 29 June at Russborough House in BLESSINGTON, CO WICKLOW. Tickets are on sale now here.

Simon Dine who co-wrote several songs with Mike over the last few Waterboys albums has just released an album of new collaborations under the name Noonday Underground. The album is called Sing It From The Mountain. It doesn't include The Waterboys but it has lots of other excellent artists. Streaming now everywhere at Sing It From The Mountain.

The Waterboys will headline at Foynhagen in TØNSBERG, NORWAY on Friday 31 May. Tickets, priced 550 NOK + service, are on sale now here.

The 10" THIS IS THE SEA (Fast Version) for RSD Black Friday is out now! Taken from the soon-to-be-announced boxset documenting the creation of the Waterboys' classic album This Is The Sea, this is an exclusive uptempo version of the title track featuring incredible lead guitar by the late, great Tom Verlaine of legendary New York punk band Television. To mark the release The Waterboys present an official video for the track made by Duende Visions, which illuminates its explosive energy. The 10" single is backed with the Waterboys' 1983 recording of The Passenger by another punk legend, Iggy Pop, exclusive to this RSD vinyl edition.

You can see the video here.

Access a list of participating stores here.

The Waterboys will play at Musgrave Park in CORK, IRELAND on Sun 23 June on a fantastic double bill with Crowded House.

Tickets go on sale Friday 10 November at 9am local time here.

Photo by Paddy McPoland

Two 2024 summer Waterboys shows have been confirmed for IRELAND. They are:

Sun 18 Aug at Custom House Square (CHSQ) in BELFAST

General sale begins Fri 10 Nov at 9am local time at
https://www.ticketmaster.ie/venueartist/460577/888869

and

Mon 19 Aug at Galway Summer Sessions at GALWAY Airport

General sale begins Fri 10 Nov at 9am local time at
https://www.ticketmaster.ie/venueartist/199930/888869

The Waterboys will headline Northern Kin Festival at Thornley Hall Farm in DURHAM, ENGLAND on Saturday 15th June 2024. Tickets are available now here.

Today is the GRAND OPENING for the fab new Waterboys. online merchandise store via Nylon Merch, where you can find current tour T shirts, hoodies, mugs and tote bags. You can check it out here.

The Waterboys will headline the Sign Of The Times Festival in HERTFORDSHIRE, UK on Fri 5th July at Church End, Little Haddam. Day tickets, priced £50, are on sale now here.

A message from original Waterboy Anthony Thistlethwaite: "I have finally got around to getting my solo albums up on Spotify, Apple Music etc. There are quite a few Waterboys on the recordings: Kev, Trev, Roddy, Sharon, Steve, Ruffy, Karl, Noel Bridgeman come to mind. And various others helping out: Eddi Reader, Kirsty MacColl, Ralph McTell, Donal Lunny. Guitar players: Mick Taylor, Sonny Landreth and Snowy White"

Anthony's Spotify page is here:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4napyUBoLeSelcnUvtACp0.

And he has made a funny video announcing it:
https://youtu.be/jNM5_NAX4N8?si=kYJumXv3gPc02D7P.

As part of the Record Store Day Black Friday celebrations on 24 November, we are thrilled to announce the release of a previously unreleased mix of the fast soul stomping version of This Is The Sea, recorded in 1985 and featuring the incomparable Tom Verlaine on lead guitar, and a killer new vocal by Mike Scott. The track is from the forthcoming 6CD This Is The Sea box set (to be released early 2024) and is backed with a never before released 1983 cover of Iggy Pop's The Passenger, exclusive to this RSD release.

The format is 10" spined black vinyl.This is a great opportunity for music lovers to support indie record stores. You can access a list of participating shops here.

Due to RAAC structural issues, Sands Centre in CARLISLE has cancelled all October shows including The Waterboys on 1 October. We hope to reschedule in 2024 but refunds are available from point of purchase OR you may exchange your tickets for any of the following shows by emailing tickets@432presents.com.

Mike and The Waterboys will be featured on The Great Songwriters, which airs TONIGHT (Fri 11 Aug) on Sky Arts UK at 9pm. The interview was shot in Amsterdam in March and features several songs filmed during the band's soundcheck in the Paradiso Club.

Today, The Waterboys’ eighth and ninth studio albums are released on vinyl for the first time. Universal Hall (2003), recorded in the basement studio of the hall of the same name, a theatre in Findhorn, Scotland, and containing the band's most spiritual and minimalistic music, is available on orange vinyl and CD. Book of Lightning (2007), recorded at the former Island Studios in West London and featuring the understated country rock epic She Tried To Hold Me, the beautiful Sustain, and two songs written for but not recorded during the classic Fisherman's Blues album sessions, is available on sunrise yellow vinyl and CD. Order from the official store now here.

Coming right up! The Waterboys will be at Parksnäckan in UPPSALA, SWEDEN on Sun 6 August. Get your tickets here.

Come on out and see The Waterboys at Plaza Maria Pita in CORUNA, SPAIN on Tues 8 August. This is a free enterance event.

The Waterboys will be at Puca Festival, which takes place across the towns of Trim and Athboy in County Meath, in IRELAND'S Ancient East, on Mon 30 October at the Puca Big Top, Trim Porchfield. Tickets go on sale Fri June 30 at 10am local time here.

We're delighted to announce that the brilliant singer and songwriter Lady Nade will join us for a couple of songs when we perform at Bath Forum on our upcoming tour. She isn't playing an opening set, because The Waterboys are playing two sets with intermission, but she'll be joining the band during the evening. Mike said: "I heard Nade sing at the Americana Music Awards in February. What a voice!" You can find out more about Lady Nade here and buy tickets for the show here.

The Waterboys will appear at this year's Blues Cazorla Festival at Plaza de Toros de Cazorla in CAZORLA, SPAIN. The Waterboys will play on Thursday 6th July. Tickets are on sale now here.

Universal Hall (2003) was recorded in the basement studio of the titular hall, a theatre and concert venue in Findhorn, Scotland. Mike describes the album as "a record containing eleven spiritual songs that articulate - to the best of my ability - the vision that drives, challenges, sustains and transforms me”. Pre-order on seville orange vinyl and CD here.

Book of Lightning (2007) was mostly recorded at the former Island Studios in West London. Selections include the understated country rock epic She Tried To Hold Me, the beautiful Sustain, recorded with members of Canadian band Great Aunt Ida, and two songs written for but not recorded during the classic Fisherman's Blues album sessions. Pre-order on sunrise yellow vinyl and CD here.

Tickets for the Belfast International Arts Festival where The Waterboys will be headlining their own show on Sat 28 Oct at Ulster Hall, BELFAST, go on sale this Mon 5 June here.

The physical formats for the reissue of A ROCK IN THE WEARY LAND, which include 2CD and double vinyl, are out now. You can order here.

A Rock In The Weary Land was the The Waterboys' seventh studio album, originally released in September 2000. The recording saw the return of the band name after Mike Scott's two solo albums and featured contributions from two original Waterboys, Kevin Wilkinson and Anthony Thistlethwaite, new ones including keyboard players Thighpaulsandra and Sir Richard Naiff, and even a future Waterboy, bassist Mark Smith who was a member 2006-9. British rock weekly New Musical Express described the album as "a masterpiece".

This Cooking Vinyl release marks its first ever release on vinyl. Mike has curated this definitive version, with the sequence on the LPs and CD Disc 1 based on the 14-song 2001 US edition, which added Lucky Day/Bad Advice and My Lord, What A Morning to the original UK tracklist. The 2CD version features twelve previously unreleased tracks and the 4th side of the 2LP vinyl is a spectacular 16-minute live version of Waterboys' classic Savage Earth Heart.

Scott has also overseen a re-working of the artwork, using a different Steve Gullick photo from the original cover session on the front, while both vinyl and CD formats include many previously unseen shots. The CD package includes a 28-page booklet, and the vinyl album comes in a gatefold sleeve.

The Waterboys look forward to playing at Recinto Colombino in HUELVA, SPAIN on Thurs 3 August as part of Fiestas Colombinas. This is a FREE entrance show.

The Waterboys are coming to rock the Auditorio Parque Almansa in SAN JAVIER, SPAIN on Sat 22 July. Tickets, priced €35, are on sale now here.

The Waterboys will play at the incredible Odeon Of Herodes Atticus-Herodium on the slopes of the Acropolis as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival in ATHENS, GREECE on Thursday 22 June.

Tickets are on sale now here.

The Waterboys will play at the Rock Zottegem Festival in KASTANJELAAN-ZOTTEGEM, BELGIUM on Sat 8 July. Tickets are on sale now here.

The Waterboys will head back to the fabulous Bospop Festival in WEERT, NETHERLANDS on Sun 9 July. Tickets are on sale now here.

The Waterboys live show, filmed six months ago in the intimate setting of Cork's Ballycotton Sessions will be shown on Ireland's TV station RTE 2 at 11pm this Thursday, 30 March. Tune in and join us!

The Waterboys will headline a night at Zelt-Musik-Festival, Zirkuszelt as part of the ZMF Festival in FREIBURG, GERMANY on Tues 25 July. Tickets are on sale now here.

The Waterboys will play at Caseta De Los Jardinillos in ALBACETE, SPAIN on Sat 9 September. Tickets, priced 35€, go on sale Fri 24 March at the box office on +34 653 70 58 62 or online here.

The Waterboys will play at Blues Peer Festival in PEER, BELGIUM on Sun 28th May 2023. Tickets are on sale now here.

The Waterboys will headline at Páirc Festival on Sun 27 August at New Irish Centre in BIRMINGHAM, UK. General release tickets will go on sale at 9am on Fri 10 March here.

Those who sign up for Páirc Priority List here will be able to access tickets a full 24 hours early.

The Waterboys will tour Ireland this autumn with the following shows:

Sat 28 Oct Ulster Hall, Belfast (On sale date and ticket link TBA)

Sun 29 Oct Millennium Forum, DERRY. Tickets here.

Wed 1 Nov Spiegeltent Festival, WEXFORD. Tickets here.

Thur 2 Nov Spiegeltent Festival, WEXFORD. Tickets here.

Fri 3 Nov Leisureland, GALWAY. Tickets here.

Sat 4 Nov Knocknarea, SLIGO (On sale date and ticket link TBA)

Mon 6 Nov INEC Arena, KILLARNEY here.

The Waterboys will be at Nidaros Blues Festival in TRONDHEIM, NORWAY on Sat 15 April. Tickets are on sale now here.

The Waterboys will play as part of Cork's Live At The Marquee series of shows on Sun 18 June. Tickets, priced €48.20, go on sale Mon 20 February at 9am local time here.

Additional Irish dates will soon be announced.

The Waterboys will play on Sun 23 July at Jardines de Viveros in VALENCIA, SPAIN. Tickets are on sale now here.

The Waterboys will play at Notodden Blues Festival at Hovigs Hangar on Sat 5 August in NOTODDEN, NORWAY. Tickets are on sale now here.

Beautiful Days Festival, which takes place 18th -20th of August in Escot Park, DEVON, UK, has announced this year's line-up with The Waterboys appearing on Sat,19 August. Adult weekend tickets are £165, with reduced prices for children, and available here.

Mike's pal Don Jackson, ace musician and producer who has mastered several Waterboys albums and has also written with Mike, desperately needs to raise funds to get a liver transplant in Turkey. This needs to happen very quickly for Don, who has been told he has only months to live if he doesn't get the operation. Britain's NHS has a limit of how developed a growth can be and still operate, and that point has passed. In Turkey there is still time because they will make transplants later in the stages of disease. It will cost £80,000 for Don to go to Turkey and pay for the treatment. Don will be speaking about the challenge he is facing on BBC radio's 5 Live on Sunday evening 5 Feb at 10pm. Please help if you are able. You can donate here.

As part of their autumn 2023 tour The Waterboys will play at Bath Forum on Mon 16 October. Tickets go on sale on Fri 3 Feb here.

In protest at the disrepute into which the noble Hogwarts house of Slytherin has lately fallen, due to the debased actions of former pupil Voldemort, another old Slytherian has posted a video, naming a selection of notable past Slytherians including many familiar names of the 20th century. View said video here.

The Waterboys will appear on Saturday June 24th at this summer's BBK Music Legends Festival at Bilbao Arena Miribilla in BILBAO, SPAIN. Tickets are available here.

The Fri 14 July show at Iveagh Gardens in DUBLIN has sold-out but another show has been added for Thurs 13 July. Tickets, priced €48.20, go on sale Mon 23 January at 9am local time here.

The first IRISH date to be confirmed for 2023 is in DUBLIN at Iveagh Gardens on Fri 14 July. Tickets, priced €48.20, go on sale Mon 19 December at 9am local time here.

Following Mike's many duo shows with Steve Wickham and Brother Paul over the years, 2023 will see the debut of a new two-man show. Mike & James Hallawell will play a show at Nantwich Roots Festival, England. The performance will be at Nantwich Civic Hall on Sat 20 May. Tickets, priced £35, go on sale tomorrow morning (Thurs 8 Dec) at 10am local time from the box office on 01270 628633 or online here.

The Waterboys will return to Cambridge Corn Exchange on Wed 18 October as part of their autumn UK tour.

General ticket sale begins Friday 9 December at 10am here.

Tickets for the Noel Bridgeman tribute show, featuring a 30-minute set by the 1989 Waterboys, go on sale this morning (FRi Dec 2) at 10am here. The show will be held on Thursday 4th May 2023 at Dublin's Olympia Theatre, Ireland.

The 2LP edition of the remastered AN APPOINTMENT WITH MR YEATS is out TODAY! It contains the six bonus tracks that feature on the recent CD edition and is pressed on delightfully Yeatsian green vinyl.

You can order here.

The Waterboys will be playing the following shows in SWEDEN as part of their spring European tour:

Fri 21 April - Filadelfia Center, STOCKHOLM. Tickets here.

Sat 22 April - Conventum, OREBRO. Tickets here.

Sun 23 April - Trädgår´n, GOTHENBURG. Tickets here.

Mon 24 April - Slagthuset, MALMO. Tickets here.

Tickets for these shows, priced 495 SEK standing/595 SEK seated, go on sale Thurs 8 December at 9am local time.

Another date has been added to The Waterboys spring tour. The band will play the Metropool in HENGELO, The Netherlands, on Tues 14 March. Tickets, priced €42.50, go on sale Mon 12 December from the box office on +31(0)74 - 243 80 00 or online here.

Reminder that the limited 2LP edition of the remastered AN APPOINTMENT WITH MR YEATS will be released on Fri 2 December. It contains the six bonus tracks that feature on the recent CD edition and was superbly mastered for vinyl by Mike's favourite mastering engineer, John Davis at Metropolis.

You can pre-order here.

The Waterboys will play at Folk By The Oak Festival at Hatfield House in HATFIELD, HERTFORDSHIRE on Sun 16 July 2023. Mike Scott says "We're delighted to play at Folk By The Oak, and will supply some Funk By The Trunk and Rock By The Hollyhock as well."

Tickets, from £46.50, are on sale now from the box office on 01432 355416 or online here and you can find out more about the festival here.

The Waterboys will play at Muziekgebouw in EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS on Wed 15 March 2023. Tickets, priced €35, go on sale Fri 18 November here.

Pre-orders for the reissue of A ROCK IN THE WEARY LAND begin today, Thurs 10 Nov. The digital release comes out today on all streaming services, and the physical release, comprising 2CD and double vinyl, will be released on 26th May 2023. You can pre-order here.

A Rock In The Weary Land was the The Waterboys' seventh studio album, originally released in September 2000. The recording saw the return of the band name after Mike Scott's two solo albums and featured contributions from two original Waterboys, Kevin Wilkinson and Anthony Thistlethwaite, new ones including keyboard players Thighpaulsandra and Sir Richard Naiff, and even a future Waterboy, bassist Mark Smith who was a member 2006-9. British rock weekly New Musical Express described the album as "a masterpiece".

This Cooking Vinyl release marks its first ever release on vinyl. Mike has curated this definitive version, with the sequence on the LPs and CD Disc 1 based on the 14-song 2001 US edition, which added Lucky Day/Bad Advice and My Lord, What A Morning to the original UK tracklist. The 2CD version features twelve previously unreleased tracks and the 4th side of the 2LP vinyl is a spectacular 16-minute live version of Waterboys' classic Savage Earth Heart.

Scott has also overseen a re-working of the artwork, using a different Steve Gullick photo from the original cover session on the front, while both vinyl and CD formats include many previously unseen shots. The CD package includes a 28-page booklet, and the vinyl album comes in a gatefold sleeve.

In addition to the shows announced yesterday The Waterboys will play:

Sun 1 Oct Sands Centre, CARLISLE
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-waterboys/sands-centre/2451302.

Sat 7 Oct NEWCASTLE City Hall
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-waterboys/o2-city-hall/2450205.

Sun 8 Oct Bonus Area, HULL
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-waterboys/bonus-arena/2450790.

Mon 9 Oct SHEFFIELD City Hall
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-waterboys/city-hall/2450786.

Tues 24 Oct The Anvil, BASINGSTOKE
https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-waterboys/the-anvil/2450793.

Wed 25 Oct Hall For Cornwall, TRURO
https://www.hallforcornwall.co.uk/playhouse-tickets-shows/the-waterboys/about-the-show.

Thurs 26 Oct Pavillion Theatre, BOURNEMOUTH (on sale date TBA)

Tickets for all these shows, priced £42, go on sale Fri 28 Oct 2022 (tomorrow) at 10am excepting Bournemouth sale date TBA.

The Waterboys will tour the UK and Ireland in October/November 2023. There will be a total of 20 shows in Great Britain, plus a run in Ireland immediately following. A number of dates are announced today and can be purchased from Friday 28 October (general sale). Ticket box office details are under the list of dates. Photo by Dag.

Mon 02 Oct Royal Concert Hall, GLASGOW

Tues 03 Oct Usher Hall, EDINBURGH

Thurs 05 Oct Barrowlands, GLASGOW

Wed 11 Oct Philharmonic Hall, LIVERPOOL

Thurs 12 Oct Barbican, YORK

Fri 13 Oct The Bridgewater Hall, MANCHESTER

Sun 15 Oct The Cliffs Pavilion, SOUTHEND

Tues 17 Oct De La Warr Pavilion, BEXHILL

FRI 20 Oct The Roundhouse, LONDON

Sat 21 Oct GLive, GUILDFORD

Sun 22 Oct Symphony Hall, BIRMINGHAM

General ticket sale for the shows in England begins Fri 28 Oct at 10am here.

General sale for the three shows in Scotland begins Fri 28 Octo at 10am here.

The Waterboys will return to BERGEN, NORWAY on Tues 18 April at Forum Scene. Tickets go on sale Fri 21 October at 10am local time here.

Attention vinyl collectors! The long awaited limited 2LP edition of the remastered AN APPOINTMENT WITH MR YEATS will be released on Fri 2 December. It contains the six bonus tracks that feature on the recent CD edition.

You can pre-order here.

A digital deluxe edition of All Souls Hill is now available featuring the three recent mashups ((Blackberry Girl, Once Were Brothers and In My Dreams) plus a new mashup of The Liar plus the two bonus tracks originally released on the 7" vinyl single with some bundles of the album (Jumpin’ Jack Flash and Painting America White). It also includes Glastonbury Fayre, the band's recent release about the Glastonbury Festival. You can get it here.

Mike wrote a song with Joost Zweegers of Belgian band NOVASTAR and his fabulous version of it has just been released as a single. It's called THE CROOKED COURT OF DREAMS and you can hear it here.

The Waterboys will play at De Roma in ANTWERP, BELGIUM on Tues 28 March. Tickets go on sale Fri 9 Sept at 10am local time here.

The Waterboys are delighted to return to THE NETHERLANDS for five shows this spring. Tickets go on sale Fri 2 September.

Mon 27 March - Spot, GRONINGEN. Tickets here.

Wed 29 March - TivoliVredenburg, UTRECHT. Tickets here.

Sat April 01 - Muziekgieterij, MAASTRICHT. Tickets here.

Sun 02 April - Doornroosje, NIJMEGEN. Tickets here.

Mon 03 April - Paradiso, AMSTERDAM. Tickets here.

ALL SOULS HILL has now been released on VINYL in the UK and Europe following supply chain delays. We thank everyone for their patience

Along with the standard black LP there are a limited number of blue LPs available which include a bonus 7" single featuring 2 exclusive tracks, PAINTING AMERICA WHITE and JUMPING JACK FLASH. These are available from The Waterboys official store. The store also has a last few remaining signed All Souls Hill prints available in bundles.

Pre-ordered vinyl will be shipping to UK/European fans this week. The US LP release date will be on 2nd September and Americans can still pre-order.

Order ALL SOULS HILL here.

The Waterboys had a fantastic time recording four songs for Radio Scotland's The Quay Sessions. Mike Scott called it the best session ever, and three of the songs have never before been recorded and broadcast by the band. Mike was also interviewed by presenter Roddy Hart. The show went out on Wednesday 10th and playback link is below. The songs are:

RIGHT SIDE OF HEARTBREAK (WRONG SIDE OF LOVE) at 19 min

GLASGOW'S BEEN GOOD TO ME - sung in Glaswegian accent - at 36 min

ME AND PAUL (a reworking of the famous Willie Nelson song with new lyrics) at 1 hour 15 min

EASY RIDER 1970 (cover of an obscure early 70s song) at 1 hour 43 min

Playback the session here.

Released today is the Puck Fingers mashup of the great ONCE WERE BROTHERS from All Souls Hill. Take a listen here.

Mike's episode of The Art Of Longevity Podcast is live now. You can listen here.

Released today is the second Puck Fingers mashup from All Souls Hill. This one is IN MY DREAMS and you can feast your ears on it here.

Today The Waterboys release the video for BLACKBERRY GIRL, many peoples' favourite track from ALL SOULS HILL and a highlight of recent live shows. The video was shot and directed by Mike himself and includes background scenes filmed on Tokyo's funky and fashionable Takashita Street. Editing was by Duende Visions who've done many Waterboys videos over the last few years. The single edit, a slightly shorter version of the album track, will also be serviced to radio in the UK and Ireland so if you want to hear your favourite DJ play it, tweet, text or email them!

Watch the video here.

Also released today is a Puck Fingers remix of the track, which is first in a series of mashups of All Souls Hill tracks.

Get the Blackberry Girl mashup here.

The Waterboys will play a spring show at De Bosuil in WEERT, THE NETHERLANDS on Fri 31 March. Tickets, priced €40, go on sale Thurs 7 July from the box office on 0031-495524269 or online here.

The Guardian recently published an article in which various artists speak about the great Kate Bush including Mike. You can read it here.

The digital & CD formats of the remixed, remastered AN APPOINTMENT WITH MR YEATS are out now.

The new version has 6 previously unreleased bonus tracks. And a bonus disc and download of 23 demos, including many previously unheard poems-to-music, is available in some bundles.

Vinyl collectors can look forward to a limited 2LP green vinyl edition which will be released on Fri 2 December.

You can order, or pre-order the vinyl here.

The Waterboys release a new single today called GLASTONBURY FAYRE, a grooving, vibing monster in which Mike's lyric weaves together the histories of the festival and the Waterboys' performances. It was produced by Mike and Brother Paul and specially rush-released for the build-up to the festival which happens next week. The Waterboys play on Saturday 25th. The photo shows the 1989 apperarance.

You can access it on various streaming platforms or on YouTube here.

Unfortunately we must move the date for the Mike Scott & Brother Paul show at The Sub Rooms in Stroud on Thurs 16 June to Mon 27 June. Mike caught covid last week and is doing better but still testing positive so can't take the risk of travelling and infecting others. Tickets for the show on the 27th are available here.

Mike has done another entertaining podcast, this one with The Hustle. To access, click here.

Mike talks about what the song PASSING THROUGH means to him and how he discovered it.

Mike speaks about the atmospheric track Southern Moon from All Souls Hill.

While in New York last month Mike did an interview with Q104.3 Out Of The Box Radio's Jonathan Clarke.

Q104.3 has just posted an article featuring the full video of the interview here.

The Waterboys will begin their 2023 European tour with three dates in Portugal:

Wed 8 March, Coliseu dos Recreios, LISBON. Tickets here.

Fri 10 March, Coliseu do Porto, PORTO. Tickets here.

Sat 11th March, Casino Estoril, ESTORIL. Tickets here.

Mike reveals how In My Dreams was inspired by Simon Dine's instrumental and Mike's dream journals.

Mike describes the collaborative process between himself and members of his band that resulted in the track Hollywood Blues from new album All Souls Hill.

A bonus disc and download of demos, containing additional Yeats poems set to song is available - individually or with the main album - from our online store when you order the reissue of AN APPOINTMENT WITH MR YEATS. CD and digital release date is Fri 17 June.

Mike writes: "The demos for the Mr Yeats stage show and album were recorded between 2005 and 2009 in Findhorn and Dublin, and I've always wanted to release them. They have their own magical sound and in many cases were recorded as I was writing the music, so they are super fresh with the imprint of the original inspiration. The demos also include a number of tracks that didn't make it to the finished show or album, but which form a greater picture of Yeats' poetry and its adaptability to music. The previously unheard poems include A Coat, The Mask, Paistin Finn, The Pilgrim, Freddie Stevenson's beautiful demo of Tread Softly (For You Tread On My Dreams), and Steve Wickham's delightful rendering of Come Gather Round Me, Parnellites. There are 23 in all."

Pre-order AN APPOINTMENT WITH MR YEATS from The Waterboys Official Store here and scroll down for bundle options.

The third of Mike's All Souls Hill video clips is his description of that most unsavoury topic THE LIAR

Photo by Savannah Lauren Photography.

Mike and Brother Paul are bringing their two-man acoustic show to Liberty Hall, DUBLIN, Ireland on Tueday 28 June. Tickets, priced €44.05, go on sale Mon 30 May at 9am local time here.

An Appointment with Mr Yeats, the terrific Waterboys album of WB Yeats poems-become-songs first released in 2011, has been remixed and remastered with 6 previously unreleased bonus tracks. A bonus disc and download of demos, containing numerous additional poems, is available in some bundles. Says Mike: "I remixed the Yeats album during ther 2020 lockdown, using all the skills I picked up while making the last several Waterboys records. Then it was mastered by my colleague Don Jackson. I'm thrilled with how it's come out. Not distractingly different, but fuller and richer, more powerful."

Pre order here.

The Waterboys will return to Sentrum Scene in OSLO, NORWAY on Mon 17 April. Tickets go on sale Fri 27 May at 10am local time here.

The second of Mike's video clips is his commentary on HERE WE GO AGAIN

While in New York this last week Mike and Brother Paul recorded a segment for Steve Earle's Hardcore Troubadour show on Sirius XM's Outlaw Country Radio which will air tomorrow (Sat 21 May) at 9pm ET. Mike and Brother Paul played two songs from the new album ALL SOULS HILL and had a chat with Steve. Find it here.

Today we publish the first in a series of short video clips. Each clip contains commentary from Mike on one track from the new album ALL SOULS HILL.

Whether you've already got the album and are curious to glean additional insights into the songs, or whether you haven't got the album yet and want a taster of the songs and what they're about, we hope you'll enjoy these.

Today's video clip is for the title track ALL SOULS HILL:

Playback is now available from Mike's recent interview with Jackie Brambles on Bauer's Greatest Hits Network for UK residents. Hear it, from 1 hour and 5 min, here.

The Waterboys will play the following shows in GERMANY in March 2023:

Fri 17 March - BOCHUM at RuhrCongress

Sat 18 March - HAMBURG at Friedrich-Ebert-Halle

Sun 19 March - BERLIN at C-Club

Tues 21 March - LEIPZIG at Haus Leipzig

Fri 24 March - STUTTGART at Liederhalle

Sat 25 March - MÜNCHEN at TonHalle

Tickets are on sale now here.

As part of this week's 'one-a-day' series on Patreon Mike has posted a fantastic 1985 BBC radio version of Behold The Sea/This Is the Sea. In the post Mike writes:

"I spent a lot of time over the past six months working on the box set and book about the recording of This Is The Sea, to come out, we think, sometime in late 2023 or the first half of 2024. The box gathers studio and live recordings, songwriting demos and radio broadcasts, and includes a huge amount of music that hasn't been released before. Among the items is this version of This Is the Sea, with alternate lyric and retitled Behold The Sea, from a BBC radio session recorded in November 1985.

This was the last recording to feature the old line-up of The Waterboys and will be the final track on the box...or almost. This is a slightly alternative version in which I asked mixing engineer Mick Glossop to mute my vocal for the second chorus because the preceding line is "heard nothing but silence silently saying to me..." - and I had the brainwave that the vocal should then indeed be silent. It was worth a shot though in the end the mix for radio included the vocal. That's the version that will close the box, but here, and here only, is the muted version."

The subscription price on The Waterboys Patreon page has been dropped. The new rate for all members is £5 / $7.50 per month, with all old posts accessible to new subscribers including over 170 tracks, many videos, writings & photos.

You can join at https://www.patreon.com/waterboys.

Mike's friend and occasional songwriting partner Freddie Stevenson will play support when The Waterboys perform at Glasgow Kelvingrove Park on Friday August 5.

For a chance to win one of three vinyl test pressings signed by Mike Scott, order ALL SOULS HILL from our official store here.

If you have already bought the album (on any format) from the store, you will be automatically entered into the competition.

We've dropped the subscription price on The Waterboys Patreon page. The new rate for all members is £5 / $7.50 per month, with all old posts accessible to new subscribers = over 170 tracks, many videos, writings & photos. And there is lots of fun coming up, beginning next week when we'll be starting a one-a-day upload of a dozen or so unreleased vintage tracks.

Join us at https://www.patreon.com/waterboys.

Original Waterboys member, sax and mandolin man Anthony "Anto" Thistlethwaite will return this summer for a selection of festivals. He will join the band for these dates:

Sat July 9 - Cornbury Festival, England. Tickets here.

Fri July 15 - Groot Verlof Festival, Leuven, Belgium. This is a free event.

Sat July 23 - Doonhame Festival, Dumfries, Scotland. Tickets here.

Sun July 24 - Forest Festival, Emo, nr Portlaoise, Ireland. Tickets here.

Fri Aug 12 - Revival Festival, Listowel, Co Kerry, Ireland. Tickets here.

Mike has done mashups of four tracks from ALL SOULS HILL: The Liar, Blackberry Girl, Once Were Brothers and In My Dreams.

These will be released on iTunes/Spotify/Tidal over the course of the summer but are available NOW from the Official Waterboys Store as part of an exclusive download edition of ALL SOULS HILL featuring the mashups for a special limited price of just £4.99 (or £3.99 if you have already purchased a copy of the album from the Official Store).

You can get the exclusive download containing the four mashup tracks here.

For access please follow the instructions below:

From your accounts page, go to ‘Your Downloads’.

Once on the ‘Your Downloads’ page scroll down to the product called ‘Waterboys All Souls Hill Digital Download + Exclusive Mashups’.

To the right in the same row is a button that says ‘Download All’.

When you hover over the button it is highlighted – CLICK the button that says ‘Download All’.

You should then see in your downloads folder a ZIP file that contains the MP3s.

The new album ALL SOULS HILL is out today on worldwide streaming & download services, with additional formats coming available over the course of the summer.

You can order ALL SOULS HILL here.

The Waterboys will perform at Teatro del Generalife in GRANADA, SPAIN on "Somebody Might Wave Back" day, Saturday September 17. Tickets, priced 45€ / 50€ / 60€, are on sale now here.

The Waterboys will headline FOREST FEST, Portlaoise, Co Laois, Ireland, 50 miles west of Dublin, on Sunday 24th July. Other acts performing on the night are Hothouse Flowers and Paddy Casey. Further info and tickets here.

The new Waterboys album ALL SOULS HILL will be released on worldwide streaming & download services next Friday, 6th May. You can pre-save the album now on various streaming platforms here.

Mike is one of the contributors to Uncut magazine's tribute to The Rolling Stones landmark album Exile On Main Street in its June 2022 issue, where you can read him waxing lyrical about the track Stop Breaking Down.

The Waterboys will rock the Het Groot Verlof Festival in LEUVEN, BELGIUM on Fri 15 July. And this is a free entry event! More information here.

Mike and Brother Paul will play an acoustic show at The Stables in MILTON KEYNES, ENGLAND on Mon 20 June to celebrate the release of the new album ALL SOULS HILL. Tickets are in sale now here.

Mike Scott and Brother Paul will play an acoustic show on Sun 15 May at The Queen in WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, USA. Tickets go in sale Fri 15 April at 10am local time here.

Also we've just heard Mike and Brother Paul will play a few acoustic shows in the UK, the first of which has been confirmed for Thurs 16 June in STROUD, ENGLAND at The Sub Rooms. Tickets are available here.