Idles shares new video for “Pop Pop Pop”

After their current critically adored album “Tangk” became their second to go straight to #1 on the UK Official Albums Chart, Idles now share its latest single “Pop Pop Pop“. It emerges as the band prepares for the first of two legs of North American shows during their extensive 2024 world tour.

Widely acclaimed as one of the highlights of “Tangk”, “Pop Pop Pop” is arguably the moment that deviates furthest from what you’d expect from Idles. The sonic ambience is darker, a grittier hip-hop-tinged groove which lurches with grim menace. Yet the immediacy of its beat and Joe Talbot’s conversely upbeat lyricism with the terms “freudenfreude” and “joy on joy” balancing the sinister with the sweet.

Joe Talbot commented, “It’s a song about the beauty of having a kid and understanding how lucky you are to have a kid. And there’s a sense of a cycle when you have a child, when you’ve lost a parent and a child. I have a very huge sense of gratitude and weight behind being a parent because of what I’ve lost. I’m not saying I’m a better parent, or more connected because of that. But for me, I’m more connected than I would have been, I think, because of what I’ve lost. I’ve learned a sense of just joy from seeing her joy. And I think that’s amazing. And powerful. And I’m very grateful.”

Already deep into their 2024 tour, Idles return to the road next month with a major North American tour before they headline Glastonbury’s Other Stage in June. Their autumn UK and Ireland tour is mostly sold-out months in advance and has been boosted with confirmation of special guests across various shows in the shape of Angelica Garcia, Battles, Chalk, Genesis Owusu, Lambrini Girls, Sprints and Willie J Healey. The band have also announced shows in New Zealand, Australia and Japan early in 2025.

MAY
2nd – Vancouver, PNE Forum
3rd – Vancouver, PNE Forum (SOLD OUT)
4th – Portland, Roseland Theatre (SOLD OUT)
5th – Portland, Roseland Theatre (SOLD OUT)
7th – Seattle, Paramount Theatre (SOLD OUT)
8th – Seattle, Paramount Theatre (SOLD OUT)
10th – Oakland, Fox Theater
11th – San Francisco, The Warfield (SOLD OUT)
13th – Hollywood, Palladium (SOLD OUT)
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15th – Las Vegas, Brooklyn Bowl
17th – Salt Lake City, The Union
18th – Denver, The Mission Ballroom
19th – Boulder, Boulder Theatre (SOLD OUT)
21st – Austin, Moody Amphitheater
22nd – Houston, The Lawn at White Oak
23rd – Dallas, South Side Ballroom

JUNE
10th – Fort Lauderdale, Revolution Live
11th – Orlando, House of Blues (SOLD OUT)
13th – New Orleans, The Fillmore
15th – Manchester, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
23rd – Padova, Sherwood Festival
26th – 30th – Glastonbury
29th – Turin, Flowers Festival

JULY
12th – Cardiff, Castle
13th – Halifax, The Piece Hall (SOLD OUT)
20th – Margate, Margate Summer Series
21st – Cornwall, The Wyldes

SEPTEMBER
14th – Asheville, Rabbit Rabbit
15th – Atlanta, Tabernacle (SOLD OUT)
18th – Chicago, Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
20th – Toronto, Coca-Cola Coliseum
21st – Montreal, MTELUS (SOLD OUT)
22nd – Montreal, MTELUS (SOLD OUT)
24th – Boston, Roadrunner
27th – New York, Forest Hills Stadium

OCTOBER
1st – Guadalajara, Guanamor Teatro Estudio
2nd – Monterrey, Showcenter Complex
4th – Mexico City, Pepsi Centre

NOVEMBER
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25th – Nottingham, Rock City (SOLD OUT)
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30th – London, Alexandra Palace

DECEMBER
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3rd – Birmingham, O2 Academy (SOLD OUT)
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6th – Manchester, O2 Apollo (SOLD OUT)
7th – Manchester, O2 Apollo (SOLD OUT)
8th – Manchester, O2 Apollo