Sep 27, 2024

NUBYA GARCIA ANNOUNCES ODYSSEY EUROPE & UK TOUR DATES

Composer, bandleader and saxophonist Nubya Garcia has announced a forthcoming tour of Europe and the UK.

Garcia's Odyssey tour spans eight countries, includes her biggest headline solo shows so far, and runs throughout February and March 2025. Garcia will be joined onstage by her band, which features Lyle Barton on keys, Daniel Casimir on double bass and Sam Jones on drums. The full dates - which culminate in a hometown show at London's KOKO - are listed below. A limited presale opens Thursday (26 September) and tickets are on general sale from Friday (27 September).

Today’s news closely follows Garcia’s widely-praised new album, Odyssey, which was released last week. Odyssey is, as the title suggests, an ambitious and epic journey of a record and follows the Londoner’s Mercury-nominated 2020 debut, Source. The project finds Garcia orchestrating strings for the first time and the bigger, bolder result is a widescreen soundscape that traverses jazz, classical, R&B and dub.

Odyssey is currently being celebrated at a unique exhibition and series of immersive listening experiences in central London. Running until Saturday (28 September), the free exhibition - KEF & Nubya Garcia present: The Making Of Odyssey - is the realisation of Garcia’s long-held vision that Odyssey would involve collective experiences and communal listening events.

Odyssey UK & Europe 2025 tour dates:
9 Feb - Porto, Portugal - Casa da Música
11 Feb - Madrid, Spain - Teatro Lara
12 Feb - Barcelona, Spain - Apolo 2
14 Feb - Bordeaux, France - Le Rocher de Palmer
15 Feb - Paris, France - La Cigale
16 Feb - Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
18 Feb - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Paradiso
20 Feb - Hamburg, German - Uebel & Gefährlich
21 Feb - Berlin, Germany - Metropol
22 Feb - Dortmund, Germany - Konzerthaus Dortmund

24 Feb - Frankfurt, Germany - ZOOM
25 Feb - Zurich, Switzerland - Kaufleuten
26 Feb - Freiburg, Germany - Jazzhaus
1 Mar - Manchester, UK - Aviva Studios
3 Mar - Glasgow, UK - Òran Mór
5 Mar - Brighton, UK - Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts

13 Mar - London, UK - KOKO

Praise for Odyssey:
“Odyssey traverses jazz, R&B and orchestral sounds” - Elle
“Odyssey is all about growth and discipline. It feels more melancholy and spiritual, tugging at the heartstrings with big beats and orchestral compositions” - Financial Times “an inspiring sonic leap forward” - Jazzwise
"Odyssey takes the listener on a genuinely epic and exciting journey” - The Line of Best Fit
“Odyssey delves deeper into her craft as a songwriter and bandleader, pioneering a hard-to-define sound.... It will take some beating” - MOJO
“brilliant” - Music Week
"a magnificent large canvas project... Sublime work” - Record Collector
"majestic, thrilling” - Rolling Stone UK
“a dazzling set that even outstrips 2020’s Source, with the bearing of a modern classic" - Uncut
"Big piano chords, surging strings and a crushing backbeat all combine to create a perfect spotlight for Garcia's solos" - The Wire