Inselaffe Tour

* UK
* Europe

Post-Party, The Florentinas, No Windows, Alice Lily, Coco and The Lost, Zwidy, Loupe, JAKOMO

## Tour Chronology

The **Inselaffe Tour** was Lovejoy's first European tour, spanning from March 14 to April 14, 2023. It was announced on October 21, 2022, and consisted of sixteen shows.

The tour originally had seven shows, however on November 4, 2022, the band announced they would be performing at six more venues in the UK before touring the rest of Europe.

After the UK shows were announced, on November 7, 2022, the band added another show in the European leg of the tour in Gdańsk, Poland. This would be the first show of the mainland Europe leg of the tour..

On December 12, 2022, a show in Dublin, Ireland was added to the tour. The show sold out in one minute so three days later another show in Belfast, Ireland was also added to the tour.

The first lot of tour support acts were announced on January 31, 2023, and included Swim School, James Marriott, and Good Kid. On February 16, 2023, the rest of the support acts were announced and included Bears in Trees and HONEYMOAN.

## Setlist

(Taken from the Dublin show)

1. "You'll Understand When You're Older"
2. "Model Buses"
3. "Consequences"
4. "Taunt"
5. "Cause for Concern"
6. "Sex Sells"
7. "It's All Futile! It's All Pointless!"
8. "One Day"
9. "The Fall"

**Encore:**
1. "Perfume"
2. "Concrete"
3. "Call Me What You Like"

Notably removed from the setlist was "Tomorrow" (a scrapped *Are You Alright?* track, although this was used as an intro during the USA shows of the December Tour), "Oh Yeah, You Gonna Cry?", and "It's Golden Hour Somewhere", an unreleased track off the band's upcoming EP *Wake Up & It's Over*.

## Gallery

Original tour poster for the Inselaffe Tour (uploaded October 21, 2022)Updated tour poster for the Inselaffe Tour (uploaded October 27, 2022)Tour poster for the UK half of the Inselaffe Tour (uploaded November 4, 2022)Tour poster for the Inselaffe Tour with a new date added (uploaded November 7, 2022)Updated tour poster for the UK half of the Inselaffe Tour (uploaded November 10, 2022)Concert poster for the Dublin showConcert poster for the Belfast showImage from the band's twitter showing some of the tour's support acts (uploaded January 31, 2023)Image from the band's twitter showing all of the tour's support acts (uploaded February 16, 2023)
## Trivia

* Inselaffe, German for "island monkey", is a derogatory word coined in the 1990s to refer to British people, however, it is more commonly used in a light-hearted way, as such is the case here.
* The tour poster was designed by Claire (@phrawgcraft).
* Due to demand, a total of seven additional shows were announced. Each previously-announced mainland Europe show, except Antwerp, received a venue upgrade to meet demand.
* On November 10, 2022 the London show on March 28, 2023 was upgraded from the Electric Ballroom to Electric Brixton with a higher-capacity, following high demand.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lovejoy Gigs & Tours [@livejoy] via Twitter (October 21, 2022): "🐒🦧🦍 Lovejoy are swinging over to Europe! Shit’s about to go bananas! 🍌 ON SALE Mon 24th Oct @ 10am (BST) https://lovejoy.ffm.to/eutour\_april23 [Image]"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lovejoy Gigs & Tours [@livejoy] via Twitter (November 4, 2022): "NEW DATES FOR EU TOUR! because the UK is in Europe, right? 😬 https://lovejoy.ffm.to/ukmar23signup Sign up to our mailing list before Tues 8th Nov @ 11:59pm (GMT) for EXCLUSIVE pre-sale ticket access. Pre-sale Weds 9th Nov @ 10am (GMT) General Sale Fri 11th Nov @ 11am (GMT) [Image]"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lovejoy Gigs & Tours [@livejoy] via Twitter (November 7, 2022): "NEW SHOW ADDED! They are now starting the mainland leg of the Inselaffe Tour in Gdańsk! ON SALE Tues 8th Nov @ 1pm (CET) https://lovejoy.ffm.to/gdansk\_april23 [Image]"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lovejoy Gigs & Tours [@livejoy] via Twitter (December 12, 2022): "NEW DATE ADDED to Inselaffe Tour 2023! DUBLIN /Olympia Theatre /14th March \*this is an all ages show\* ON SALE Weds 14th @ 10am (GMT) https://lovejoy.ffm.to/dublinshow [Show poster]"
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lovejoy Gigs & Tours [@livejoy] via Twitter (December 15, 2022): "OK, Dublin SOLD OUT in one minute, we better add another show! Belfast /Telegraph Building /15th March \*this is an 18+ show\* ON SALE Fri 16th @ 10am (GMT) https://lovejoy.ffm.to/belfastshow [Show poster]"
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lovejoy Gigs & Tours [@livejoy] via Twitter (January 31, 2023): "First support announcement for Inselaffe Tour ‘23 [Image]"
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lovejoy Gigs & Tours [@livejoy] via Twitter (February 16, 2023): "ALL SUPPORTS ANNOUNCED for Lovejoy Inselaffe Tour ‘23! [Image]"
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lovejoy Gigs & Tours [@livejoy] via Twitter (October 27, 2022): "🙊 Lovejoy Inselaffe European Tour 2023 has gone BANANAS! All shows are increased capacity. NEW TICKETS ON SALE Friday 28th October @ 10am (BST) https://lovejoy.ffm.to/eutour\_april23 All previously purchased tickets will be honoured at the upgraded venues 🍌 [Image]"
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lovejoy Gigs & Tours [@livejoy] via Twitter (November 10, 2022): "🚨 REMINDER! 🚨 General Sale Tickets for UK dates go LIVE tomorrow morning @ 10am (GMT) Please note: The venue for London has now changed to Electric Brixton https://lovejoy.ffm.to/ukmar23 [Image]"
10. ↑ Claire [@phrawgcraft] via Twitter (October 21, 2022): "THE SECRET'S OUT! worked on a little lovejoy announcement poster :) thank you for letting me help out @lovejoy"

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