Electronic music creator and producer Jon Hopkins has confirmed the schedule for his new Polarity tour that will take in 16 dates across the UK and Europe in the spring next year.

Hopkins, who started out as the keyboard player for Imogen Heap before going on to work with stars including Brian Eno, Coldplay and David Holmes, has also released details of what fans can expect from the upcoming live shows, and a teaser trailer for the tour. 

“The Polarity tour will bring together the two disparate elements of harsh and fragile in my music, in some of the most incredible concert halls in Europe,” Hopkins said in a post on his official Facebook page. 

“In the 18 years I've been releasing music, about half the stuff I've done has been beatless and meditative, but so far on this tour I've been focusing on the upbeat ravey side. For the Polarity shows I will have a grand piano on stage and be joined by my long-term collaborator / legendary guitarist Leo Abrahams, violinist and arranger Emma Smith and cellist Laura Moody. 

“This will be the first time I've had the opportunity to explore both the techno side and the meditative side of my music on a full tour.”

Hopkins was nominated for the Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Score for his soundtrack to the 2010 movie Monsters, while his third studio album, Insides, was a top 20 hit in the Dance / Electronic charts in the USA.

Tickets for the Polarity tour go on sale at 10 am on Friday 13th September. 

March 4 –Usher Hall, Edinburgh
March 5 – Sage Gateshead, Gateshead
March 6 – Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin
March 13 – Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
March 14 – The Forum, Bath
March 15 – Dome, Brighton
March 18 – Royal Albert Hall, London
March 20 – Salle Pleyel, Paris
March 25 – DR Koncerthuset, Koncertsalen, Copenhagen
March 26 – Gota Lejon, Stockholm
March 27 – Sentrum Scene, Oslo
March 29 – Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki
March 31 – Laeiszhalle, Hamburg
April 1 – Cirque Royal, Brussels
April 2 – Philharmonie, Berlin
April 4 – Rewire, The Hague

Watch the Polarity tour trailer here

For tickets, visit Jon Hopkins’ official website here

This will be the first time I've had the opportunity to explore both the techno side and the meditative side of my music on a full tour.

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