The Kelsey Lu So Help Me God tour is confirmed for autumn, with dates rolling across North America, the UK and Europe in support of her first album in seven years. The run kicks off in Philadelphia on 30 September and reaches Manchester and London in November, before continuing through mainland Europe into late November.
The album lands on 12 June through Dirty Hit, according to Clash Magazine. That label home is worth clocking: Dirty Hit has form for giving left-field artists space to do genuinely strange things, and So Help Me God sounds like it will need that room.
What to Expect from So Help Me God
Co-produced by Lu alongside Jack Antonoff and Yves Rothman, the record features an eyebrow-raising guest list: Kim Gordon, Sampha, Kamasi Washington, and Lady Jess all appear. That combination alone suggests an album that refuses to sit still in any one genre lane. Clash Magazine also reports that the album was mixed by Oli Jacobs, a detail that speaks to how carefully the final sound has been constructed.
The announcement arrived alongside a music video for new single ‘Cutting Off the Head of a Ghost.’ But there is already more visual material in circulation. The FADER reported that the video for ‘Running To Pain’ was directed by Savanah Leaf and stars Garance Marillier, known for her role in Titane. That is a serious creative pairing, and sets a visual ambition for the project that matches the sprawling collaborator list.
It is worth remembering that Lu’s last album, Blood, came out in 2019, a record that got quiet, serious attention from people who care about where experimental music and songwriting intersect. Seven years is a long gap. The expectations around So Help Me God are correspondingly loaded.
The Kelsey Lu So Help Me God Tour Dates in Full
The North American leg runs through October, taking in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, and a stretch of West Coast cities including San Francisco and Los Angeles. The European leg opens in Paris at the Foundation Cartier on 3 and 4 November, then moves through Amsterdam, Utrecht, and across to the UK.
UK fans get two dates. Manchester’s New Century Locker on 9 November is followed by London’s KOKO on 10 November. Both are venues that suit an artist working at this scale: intimate enough to feel like an event, large enough to hold a room that has been waiting seven years for new material.
After London the tour continues through Brussels, Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, and closes in Bern on 20 November. The full itinerary:
30 September: Philadelphia, PA, The Foundry
3 October: Brooklyn, NY, Pioneer Works
4 October: Boston, MA, Brighton Music Hall
6 October: Washington, DC, Union Stage
8 October: Chicago, IL, Outset
10 October: Vancouver, BC, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
12 October: Seattle, WA, Neumos
13 October: Portland, OR, Wonder Ballroom
15 October: San Francisco, CA, Great American Music Hall
16 October: Los Angeles, CA, El Rey Theatre
3 November: Paris, France, Foundation Cartier
4 November: Paris, France, Foundation Cartier
6 November: Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tolhuistuin
7 November: Utrecht, Netherlands, Le Guess Who
9 November: Manchester, England, New Century Locker
10 November: London, England, KOKO
11 November: Brussels, Belgium, Botanique (Museum)
13 November: Cologne, Germany, CBE
15 November: Hamburg, Germany, Bahnhof Pauli
16 November: Berlin, Germany, Saalchen
17 November: Warsaw, Poland, Oczki
18 November: Prague, Czech Republic, Meet Factory
20 November: Bern, Switzerland, Full Of Lava
Tickets are available via Ticketmaster and StubHub. So Help Me God is out 12 June on Dirty Hit, and the Kelsey Lu So Help Me God tour represents her first full run of live dates in the UK and Europe behind new material since Blood.
