Unknown Mortal Orchestra announce UK tour including O2 Academy Brixton show: how to get tickets

Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the musical project of New Zealander Ruban Nielson, have announced a tour of the UK in 2023 to celebrate the release of a double album scheduled for release next year. UMO will be performing at the O2 Academy Brixton on May 31st 2022, with doors opening at 7pm.

This will mark the first time that Unknown Mortal Orchestra have toured the UK in four years, due to Covid-19 guidelines regarding travel, and the London performance is one of only five slated in the country, so get your tickets now to avoid missing out.

The announcement comes after the release of a new single from Nielson titled I Killed Captain Cook, an acoustic track is told from the perspective of the Hawaiian that killed Captain James Cook. The English explorer was largely responsible for the colonisation of Polynesia, who attempted to kidnap Hawaiian chief Kalaniʻōpuʻu, and eventually met his demise in Hawai’i as a result.

The tale was told to Nielson and his brother Kody (both of whom formed one of New Zealand’s finest groups, The Mint Chicks) by his mother Deedee Aipolani Nielson, a Kanaka Maoli from Hilo and Miss Aloha Hula 1973. The song is written for, and as a tribute to, her as she appears not only in the accompanying music video for the new single, but also in the single artwork for I Killed Captain Cook.

The new single follows Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s 2021 stand-alone singles That Life, which arrived with a video featuring a puppet created by renowned Daytime Emmy Award-nominated puppeteer and fabricator Laura Manns, and Weekend Run. That marked their first official single since their shapeshifting 2018 full-length Sex & Food.

How to get tickets to see Unknown Mortal Orchestra in London

Tickets to see Unknown Mortal Orchestra play at London’s O2 Academy Brixton are now on sale through Ticketmaster.

Full Unknown Mortal Orchestra UK tour dates for 2023

• May 30: De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
• May 31: O2 Academy Brixton, London
• June 15: Albert Hall, Manchester
• June 16: Stylus, Leeds
• June 17: SWG3 Galvanizers, Glasgow

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