Everything But the Girl’s First Live Shows in 25 Years Announced

British dance duo All the things However the Woman will carry out its first stay reveals in 25 years in London this April.

The duo, made up of husband-and-wife musicians Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, will carry out at east London’s 300-capacity MOTH Membership on April 6 and seven. The information was first shared to the pair’s mailing record on Thursday (March 13), and tickets bought out immediately.

All the things However the Woman’s official web site has confirmed that the pair will carry out as “as a part-acoustic part-electronic duo accompanied by Rex Horan on double bass.” They shared extra particulars on their web site, promising, “No membership bangers, no large enviornment, only a chilled folk-tronic vibe,” and mentioned that they are going to carry out songs from the EBTG catalogue, in addition to Thorn and Watt’s solo materials. The present will likely be billed as Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn, the web site confirms.

The pop duo launched its most up-to-date album, Fuse, in 2023, and credited the LP with getting them enthusiastic about enjoying stay once more. “We beloved making Fuse collectively in 2022, and we wished to do one thing else,” Watt wrote on the pair’s web site. “And that slowly was a dialog about enjoying stay once more.”

“Once we pictured how, we realized we simply wished to play a couple of songs – together with some we’d by no means executed earlier than – in a small membership,” added Tracey. “Entrance room, family and friends vibe. If the reveals go nicely we intend to do extra.”

The pair final carried out stay in 2000 on the Montreux Jazz Pageant in Switzerland.

All the things However the Woman shaped in 1982 in Hull, Yorkshire, and has launched 11 studio albums. The group was on hiatus for twenty-four years between 1999’s Temperamental and 2023’s comeback album Fuse; the pair married in 2009.

They’ve had 12 prime 40 singles within the U.Okay., and achieved two prime 5 albums on the Official Albums Chart. Following a remix by Todd Terry in 1995, their single “Lacking” was a worldwide hit and spent 55 weeks on the Billboard Sizzling 100, peaking at No. 2. “Lacking” additionally hit No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Airplay Charts, and No. 2 on the Billboard Dance Singles Gross sales. EBTG’s follow-up single “Incorrect” (1996) additionally landed on the Sizzling 100, topping out at No. 68.