Yard Act Unveils "New Beginnings," Expands Tour Dates Alongside Riot Fest

Yard Act have shared the second single from their upcoming album You’re Gonna Need a Little Music . “New Beginnings” has a bit of a ’90s Britpop feel. “‘New Beginnings’ is a bit of light to counteract the dark we led with,” says frontman James Smith. “Sometimes we’ve already shed our old skin without even realising it’s happening. Celebrate the new, because you can’t go back.” You can watch the video below.

You’re Gonna Need a Little Music is out July 15 and Yard Act will be on tour starting August 5 in San Diego and on East Coast dates they’ll be joined by The Armed , including NYC’s Warsaw on August 13 . They’re also playing Riot Fest and have just added a few Midwest headline shows around that, playing Minneapolis and then Detroit and Toronto with The Armed. All dates are listed below.

YARD ACT TOUR DATES:

Thu. July 2 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter

Wed. July 15 – Edinburgh, UK @ Belle Anglais (in association with Assai Records)*

Thu. July 16 – LIverpool, UK @ Baltic (in association with Jacaranda Records)*

Sat. July 18 – London, UK @ Rough Trade East*

Tue. July 21 – Nottingham, UK @ Rough Trade*

Wed. July 22 – Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade*

Fri. July 24 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk (in association with Resident Records)*

Wed. Aug. 5 – San Diego, CA @ Belly Up Tavern

Thu. Aug. 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom

Sat. Aug. 8 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands

Sun. Aug. 9 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall

Mon. Aug. 10 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre

Tue. Aug. 11 – Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl

Thu. Aug. 13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw ^

Fri. Aug. 14 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat ^

Sat. Aug. 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts ^

Sun. Aug. 16 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair ^

Thu. Sept. 17 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line

Fri. Sept. 18 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest

Sun. Sept. 20 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick ^

Tue. Sept. 22 – Toronto, ON @The Opera House ^

Thu. Oct. 1 – Paris, FR @ La Cigale

Fri. Oct. 2 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique

Sat. Oct. 3 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg

Mon. Oct. 5 – Cologne, DE @ Gloria-Theater

Wed. Oct. 7 – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefährlich

Thu. Oct. 8 – Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller Music Hall

Fri. Oct. 9 – Stockholm, SE @ Kägelbanan

Sat. Oct. 10 – Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA

Mon. Oct. 12 – Warsaw, PL @ NIEBO

Tue. Oct. 13 – Prague, CZ @ MeetFactory

Wed. Oct. 14 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg

Fri. Oct. 16 – Lausanne, CH @ Les Docks

Sat. Oct. 17 – Milan, IT @ Magazzini Generali

Sun. Oct. 18 – Toulouse, FR @ La Cabane

Tue. Oct. 20 – Barcelona, ES @ Sala Apolo

Wed. Oct. 21 – Madrid, ES @ Teatro Eslava

Fri. Oct. 23 – Lisbon, PT @ Cineteatro Capitólio

Fri. Nov. 6 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy Leeds

Sat. Nov. 7 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy

Tue. Nov. 10 – Newcastle, UK @ NX

Wed, Nov. 11 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom

Thu. Nov 12 – Sheffield, UK @ Octagon Centre

Fri. Nov. 13 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Victoria Warehouse

Sun. Nov. 15 – Wolverhampton, UK @ Wulfrun Hall

Mon. Nov. 16 – Leicester, UK @ O2 Academy

Tue. Nov. 17 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City

Wed. Nov. 18 – Cambridge, UK @ Junction 1

Fri. Nov. 20 – Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy

Sat. Nov. 21 – Bristol, UK @ Bristol Beacon

Mon. Nov. 23 – Plymouth, UK @ Plymouth Pavillions

Tue. Nov. 24 – Southampton, UK @ O2 Guildhall

Thu. Nov. 26 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton

* = in-store

^ = * with The Armed

_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/yard-act-share-new-beginnings-from-upcoming-album-add-tour-dates-around-riot-fest/)._