Irish superstar DERMOT KENNEDY announces his long awaited second album, titled ‘SONDER’, out September 23rd via Island Records / Interscope / Universal Music Canada. Alongside the announcement of ‘Sonder’ comes the brand new track and accompanying video for ‘DREAMER’.
The announcement of ‘Sonder’ has been highly anticipated by fans and critics alike since the global success of his million-selling, number 1 debut album ‘Without Fear’. The title ‘Sonder’, the encapsulating phrase for “the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own”, instantly resonated with Dermot and transformed into the perfect way to tie up a feeling in a record.
Speaking on the thinking behind the title, Dermot explained “The meaning behind ‘Sonder’ has resonated with me so much for years. I exist in an industry where we’re encouraged to constantly only think about ourselves and I find that exhausting and uninspiring. I want to learn about you. Let us share all of our triumphs, all of our troubles. Let this music belong to all of us, to find our own stories and our own solace within it.”
Accompanying the announcement is album track and video ‘Dreamer’, a softer, piano-lead cut from the upcoming record that’s set to be a live favourite, its tenderness and singalong potential guaranteed to have fans enthralled from start to finish.
The track comes after the lead single from the album 'Something to Someone’ dropped last month to wide critical acclaim and has already topped over 20m streams across platforms. Across May and June Dermot performed nine huge sold out shows at outdoor venues across Ireland, selling over 110,000 tickets in total. The run finished last week with three huge shows in Belfast, Dublin and Cork and from now until the end of August Dermot support Shawn Mendes on the first leg of his 2022 North American ‘Wonder The World Tour’.
On September 2nd Dermot will headline Ireland’s Electric Picnic Festival for his biggest festival headline performance to date, in front of over 70,000 people. The set will top off a fantastic summer of huge shows across Ireland, cementing him as one the most successful Irish artists of recent years and a true superstar both at home and overseas.
Dermot, who was nominated for the ‘Best International Male’ BRIT Award in 2020, has now amassed nearly 4 billion streams across platforms and has the best-selling debut album in Ireland of this millennium. Without Fear, Dermot’s impassioned debut album has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide to date, making him a platinum-selling artist in over 12 countries. Notably, his singles, 'Outnumbered’, ‘Power Over Me’ and ‘Giants’ and his collaboration with Meduza on single 'Paradise’ have all now been certified Platinum, with ‘Paradise’ alone streaming over 500 million times.
Upcoming 2022 headline UK and Ireland tour dates
JUL 07
CANADA LIFE CENTRE
Winnipeg
JUL 09
XCEL ENERGY CENTER
St Paul
JUL 10
CHI HEALTH CENTER OMAHA
Omaha
JUL 12
FISERV FORUM
Milwaukee
JUL 13
GLC LIVE AT 20 MONROE
Grand Rapids
JUL 15
ALLSTATE ARENA
Rosemont
JUL 16
ENTERPRISE CENTER
St Louis
JUL 17
PALACE THEATRE
Columbus
JUL 19
ROCKET MORTGAGE FIELDHOUSE
Cleveland
JUL 20
PPG PAINTS ARENA
Pittsburgh
JUL 22
SPECTRUM CENTER
Charlotte
JUL 23
PNC ARENA
Raleigh
JUL 26
WELLS FARGO CENTER
Philadelphia
JUL 27
CAPITAL ONE ARENA
Washington
JUL 29
MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Uncasville, ct
JUL 30
MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Uncasville
JUL 31
SCOTIABANK ARENA
Toronto
AUG 02
SCOTIABANK ARENA
Toronto
AUG 05
TD GARDEN
Boston
AUG 06
TD GARDEN
Boston
SEPT 02
ELECTRIC PICNIC FESTIVAL
Co. Laois, IRE
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