John Cale Releases “Davies and Wales”

John Cale Releases new video “Davies and Wales.” The legendary artist's new single is available today via Domino Records
John Cale Releases new video for “Davies and Wales"

John Cale releases the video for “Davies and Wales,” directed by the Emmy-nominated Jethro Waters, who also directed the “STORY OF BLOOD” video from “MERCY.” “There is such a melange of feelings packed into this song – his youth in Wales, his time in NYC and California – and I wanted to try and translate that time travel in a joyful, purposeful way.” Cale will return to the UK & Europe for a tour in March 2025.

Earlier this summer, John Cale released POPtical Illusion, his second album in just over a year. POPtical Illusion, is the follow-up 2023 to his LP MERCY, but was the work of someone not ignoring the rage or the reasons for it and, instead, trying to turn toward the future – exactly as Cale, of course, always has.

He has a sage insistence that change is yet possible. “If you’ve done things you’d wished you’ve never done,” he sings during the irrepressible “Davies and Wales,” a buoyant bit of New Wave-meets-Brian Wilson joy, “think of the things you’re going to do tonight.”

John Cale 2024 Live Dates

Mon. Mar. 3 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
Tue. Mar. 4 – Brussels, BE @ Cirque Royal
Thu. Mar. 6 – Karlsruhe, DE @ Tollhaus
Fri. Mar. 7 – Munich, DE @ Alte Kongresshalle
Sun. Mar. 9 – Stuttgart, DE @ Theaterhaus
Mon. Mar. 10 – Esch-sur-Alzette, LU @ Rockhal
Wed. Mar. 12 – Nurnberg, DE @ Markgrafenhalle
Thu. Mar. 13 – Leipzig, DE @ Haus Auensee
Fri. Mar. 14 – Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
Sun. Mar. 16 – Hamburg, DE @ Laeiszhalle
Mon. Mar. 17 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
Tue. Mar. 18 – Cologne, DE @ Carlswerk Victoria
Thur. Mar 20 – Nottingham, UK @ Playhouse
Fri. Mar 21 – London, UK @ Royal Festival Hall
Sun. Mar. 23 22 – Birmingham, UK @ Town Hall
Mon. Mar. 24 – Glasgow, UK @ Pavilion
Tue. Mar. 25 – Newcastle, UK @ New Tyne Theatre
Thu. Mar. 27 – Bexhill on Sea, UK @ De La Warr Pavilion
Sat. Mar. 29 – Cardiff, UK @ Wales New Theatre
Sun. Mar. 30 – Liverpool, UK @ Philharmonic Hall
Mon. Mar. 31 – Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street

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