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We are sorry to announce that the promoters have moved this concert to the O2 Academy due to the great demand for tickets.

Tickets bought from Arnolfini box office are still valid at the O2 Academy. Refunds are available for tickets purchased through Arnolfini.

In the live environment, SWANS perform with a depth of orchestration and a physical passion the likes of which has rarely been matched, creating a sonic experience that you hear with your entire body.

With Special Guests XIU XIU

From Michael Gira: The Seer took 30 years to make. It’s the culmination of every previous Swans album as well as any other music I’ve ever made, been involved in or imagined. But it’s unfinished, like the songs themselves. It’s one frame in a reel. The frames blur, blend and will eventually fade. The songs began on an acoustic guitar, then were fleshed out with (invaluable) help from my friends, then were further tortured and seduced in the studio, and now they await further cannibalism and force-feeding as we prepare to perform some of them live, at which point they’ll mutate further, endlessly, or perhaps be discarded for a while. Despite what you might have heard or presumed, my goal is to spread light and joy through the world. My friends in Swans are all stellar men. Without them I’m a fluffy kitten, an infant. Our goal is the same: ecstasy!

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