Soft Play, formerly known as Slaves, has announced a UK headline tour in support of their fourth studio album “Heavy Jelly”. The tour will kick off in Brighton on October 15 and cover other cities such as Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Norwich and more throughout the month. The tour will conclude on Halloween with a gig at the O2 Academy Brixton in London.
The tickets will go on general sale on June 21, where fans will be able to access a pre-sale at the same time on June 19 by pre-ordering “Heavy Jelly” from the band’s website before 3 pm BST on June 18. Support for the Soft Play tour will come from Panic Shack. The tour follows the summer festival appearances at Download, Glastonbury, Tramlines, Truck, Y Not, Boardmasters, Yungblud’s BludFest, and Victorious.
Soft Play has already previewed “Heavy Jelly” with the singles “Punk’s Dead”, “Mirror Muscles”, “Act Violently”, and “Everything And Nothing”. Earlier this year, the group spoke to NME about their name change. Isaac Holman revealed that the decision to retire the Slaves moniker was partly inspired by a conversation they had with Bob Vylan due to the perceived racial insensitivity of the name. Laurie Vincent added, “If he felt uncomfortable about liking us, there must be others who feel the same way.”
Fans of Soft Play who already pre-ordered the album from their store will be sent a pre-sale code for the tickets’ purchase. Soft Play’s tour will mark their transition to a new band after retiring their previous band name Slaves. They will now venture into a new and perhaps more sensitive phase of their career with their latest album set to be released in July. They will be touring in selected cities in the UK, giving the audience a chance to have a glimpse of their evolved music style
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