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SWANS - THE BEGGAR - 16th studio album out July 23
23 March 2023

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SWANS have announced details of their sixteenth studio album, The Beggar, due for release on Mute / Young God Records (N America) on 23 June 2023. In addition, Swans have announced further dates for a tour across the UK, Europe and North America – full details below. The Beggar will be released on double vinyl in a brown chipboard sleeve with a download card for accessing an additional 44 minutes of music (also included on the album's CD version), as a double CD in a brown chipboard digi-pack, as well as digitally. >

Listen to the first track from the album, ‘Paradise is Mine:






The Beggar was recorded and mixed at Candy Bomber Studio, Berlin, engineered by Ingo Krauss and mastered by Doug Henderson at Micro-Moose, Berlin. The album was written and produced by Michael Gira and features contributions from recent and former Swans, members of Angels of Light, as well as Guest Swan Ben Frost.




“After numerous pandemic-induced cancellations of tours for the previous Swans album leaving meaning, and an apparent bottomless pit of waiting, waiting, waiting, and the strange disorientation that came with this sudden but interminable forced isolation I decided it was time to write songs for a new Swans album and forget about everything else. They came relatively easily, always informed by the suspicion that these could be my last. When I finally was able to travel, songs in hand, to Berlin to work with my friends recording this record, the feeling was akin to the moment in The Wizard of Oz when the film changes from Black and White to Color. Now I’m feeling quite optimistic. My favourite color is pink. I hope you enjoy the album.” – Michael Gira




SWANS LIVE DATES - 2023




20 May – Leipzig DE, UT Connewitz – SOLD OUT

21 May – Poznan PL, CK Zamek – SOLD OUT

23 May – Katowice PL, Kino Teatr Rialto – SOLD OUT

25 May – Zilina SK, New Synagogue

26 May – Ljubljana SL, Kino Siska

27 May – Innsbruck, AT, Heart of Noise Festival, Treibhaus

29 May – Bologna IT, Teatro Duse

31 May – Lyon FR, Transbordeur

2 June – Barcelona ES, Primavera Sound Festival



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4 June – Lisbon PT, Culturgest – SOLD OUT

5 June – Lisbon PT, Culturgest


6 June – Faro PT, Teatro Das Figuras


9 June – Madrid ES, Primavera Sound Festival


11 June – Athens GR, Vraxon Theatre


13 June – Thessaloniki GR, Moni Lazariston


15 June – Antwerp BE, Bourlaschouwburg


16 June – Utrecht NL, Hertz Theatre – SOLD OUT


11 Aug – Brighton UK, St George’s


12 Aug – Manchester UK, Albert Hall


15 Aug – Newcastle UK, Boiler Shop


16 Aug – Glasgow UK, St Luke’s


18 Aug – Bristol UK, Arc Tangent Festival


19 Aug – Leeds UK, Belgrave Music Hall


21 Aug – Dublin IE, The Academy


23 Aug – Norwich UK, Waterfront


24 Aug – London UK, Troxy


26 Aug – La Tour-De-Peilz CH, Nox Orae Festival


2 Sep – Dallas TX, Granada Theater


3 Sep – Austin TX, Paramount Theatre


7 Sep – Phoenix AZ, Crescent Ballroom


8 Sep – Los Angeles CA, Lodge Room


9 Sep – Los Angeles CA, Lodge Room


12 Sep – San Francisco CA, Great American Music Hall


13 Sep – San Francisco CA, Great American Music Hall


15 Sep – Portland OR, Revolution Hall


16 Sep – Seattle WA, The Crocodile Showroom


19 Sep – Omaha NE, Waiting Room Showroom


20 Sep – Minneapolis MN, Fine Line Music Cafe


21 Sep – Chicago IL, Cabaret Metro


23 Sep – Detroit MI, Magic Bag


24 Sep – Cleveland OH, Beachland Ballroom


26 Sep – Toronto ON, Phoenix Concert Theater


27 Sep – Montreal QC, Theatre National


29 Sep – Brooklyn NY, Music Hall of Williamsburg


30 Sep – Brooklyn NY, Music Hall of Williamsburg
  author: CHRISTOPHER NOSNIBOR 23 March 2023