The Prodigy have introduced particulars of a 2023 UK tour, in addition to telling NME concerning the band’s plans to “proceed to ignite, uplift and destroy”. Take a look at dates under, together with our interview Liam Howlett.
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The band suffered the lack of frontman Keith Flint when he took his personal life again in 2019, aged 49. Final 12 months, the surviving members of the band hit the street for their first stay tour since Flint’s loss of life – incorporating a tribute to the icon throughout ‘Firestarter‘ of their high-octane set.
“We actually felt the gang had been there to assist us and provides us the power again and we’re eternally grateful for that,” Howlett informed NME. “It was extremely emotional and really particular. Flinty won’t ever depart us; he’s embedded deep within the soul of this band and his power shall be felt within the music and thru us onstage. That’s what i do know and really feel.”
In a five-star assessment of their gig in Liverpool, NME wrote: “Uniting a misfit crowd of ravers and metalheads alike to have a good time life and legacy, their flame is burning brighter than ever. Not solely are The Prodigy again, they’re right here to reclaim their throne.”
Now, off the again of a future of comeback reveals and worldwide competition headline dates, the rave rock legends have introduced the ‘Military Of The Ants’ tour – a run of winter UK reveals in Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Brighton, Cardiff and Birmingham and London, the place they’ll be supported by Tender Play (previously referred to as Slaves).
As we stay up for what’s subsequent, The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett answered some questions for NME about honouring Flint, their new stage present, their legacy, and what to anticipate from new materials.
Hi there Liam. How have you ever discovered the latest reveals and the viewers’s response?
Howlett: “It was higher than we ever hoped it could be. It took a number of heartfelt discussions between me and Maxim to get to the purpose of getting again on stage. Typically we wished to, then we didn’t – however in the end we felt it was fukin’ necessary to us, nonetheless onerous and emotional it was gonna be, it needed to be for the correct purpose. We wished to honour our brother Keef however do it in the correct manner. The entire tour was epic for us. It was so emotionally charged, uplifting, sonically violent… Every thing we love.
“I wanna personally say thanks to all people that got here to these reveals. I spoke to those who got here from Australia simply to see us, everywhere in the fukin’ place. I respect you all for the love and assist. You made it nice.
“As for the longer term, The Prodigy is larger than simply the band: it stands for one thing, the folks know this, we all know this …. much more after enjoying stay once more. I’m energised by that and we’re again within the studio writing new tunes. The prodigy will proceed to ignite, uplift and destroy simply as we all the time did.”
What are you able to inform us concerning the sound and power of the brand new materials, and when can we count on to listen to it?
“I believe I lastly realised that I can’t write new completed Prodigy music until we’re doing gigs and [are] on the market submerged in it. The very best time to write down for me is after I come off stage – that’s when the clearest imaginative and prescient is. The sweat and peoples faces are recent in my thoughts, the sensation is current – know what i imply ?
“So yeah, I’ve been within the studio writing a great deal of beats and items however now we’re again on tour it’s simpler to really feel what’s the strongest shit and smash that into new tunes. I all the time write Prodigy music with a powerful imaginative and prescient of us playin’ it stay onstage .. nothing else comes into it.
“Keef all the time used to say, ‘Within the studio the music is 2D, however when it hits the stage it turns into 3D. Playin’ it stay brings it to fuckin’ life ’ – and he was proper.”
What are you planning for this subsequent tour to shake issues up?
“No matter we do, we’ll all the time ensure that we absolutely characterize what we’ve got all the time been about: integrity, respect and to deliver most ruckus… That’s what this band exists for.”
Why did you select Tender Play as assist?
“As a result of they’re fucking nice – merely that.”
You latterly celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of ‘The Fats Of the Land’. What do you keep in mind concerning the temper within the camp once you had been writing and making that album?
“We had been touring lots so we had been all the time busy, bizniz as ordinary, simply writing the album.
‘Firestarter’ did come out some time earlier than the album, however I had already written most of it. We had been simply getting on with what we had been doing and staying focussed.”
Did you sense that you just had been making a game-changing file?
“I knew ‘Firestarter’ was one thing that folks hadn’t heard earlier than for positive, additionally ‘Breathe’. We had been simply on fireplace actually and correctly on the assault.”
How would you describe the character or spirit of the file?
“Atomic.”
How did it really feel to be so at odds with Britpop, however embraced by the likes of Oasis and the music media at giant?
“It fuelled us, we thrived off it. We all the time beloved to be the underdogs as a result of we knew we may destroy any band onstage – however a lot the identical as Oasis had been all the time ‘The Folks’s Band’, so had been we too on our facet of the fence. That’s what we all the time knew.”
Full dates for the UK ‘Military Of The Ants’ tour are under, with tickets on sale from 9.30am on Friday June 16 and accessible right here.
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Thursday 16 – Glasgow OVO Hydro
Friday 17 – Manchester AO Enviornment
Saturday 18 – Leeds First Direct Enviornment
Monday 20 – Brighton Centre
Tuesday 21 – Cardiff Motorpoint Enviornment
Thursday 23 – Birmingham Utilita Enviornment
Friday 24 – London Alexandra Palace