LAKE TAHOE, Nev. – The Glass Animals with Orla Gartland are heading to the South Shore on Sunday, August 17 at 7 p.m. Tickets go on sale March 20, general public sales on March 21.
The GRAMMY® and BRIT-nominated, Diamond-selling British band Glass Animals released their highly anticipated fourth studio album last summer. Formed in Oxford in 2010, the four-piece is led by singer, songwriter, and producer Dave Bayley and features his childhood friends Joe Seaward [drums], Edmund Irwin-Singer [bass, keys], and Drew MacFarlane [guitar, keys]. Introduced by new singles “Creatures in Heaven” and “A Tear In Space (Airlock),” the birth of I Love You So F***ing Much began with an existential crisis that Bayley found himself on the precipice of last summer, following the band’s massive global success thanks to their critically acclaimed third studio album Dreamland [2020] and breakout single “Heat Waves.”
Released during the pandemic, intense periods of isolation was a through-line to Dreamland, which elevated Glass Animals to mythical status. “Heat Waves” broke records across the planet, becoming the first song by a British band since the Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” in 1995 to claim #1 for five consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and the first song to reach #1 with a single writer and producer (Dave Bayley) since Pharrell Williams’ “Happy.” “The never-ending song,” Dave jokes, having achieved GRAMMY and BRIT nominations, been crowned Triple j’s Hottest 100 winner, claimed over 44 billion global streams to date, and the title of the first British band to achieve #1 on the Spotify Global Chart.
Orla is a bold, brash, and increasingly self-assured, Dublin-born, London-based artist and producer. She has ushered in a new chapter with her second album Everybody Needs A Hero; a testament to her artistic growth, burgeoning confidence, and fastidious sense of independence that has received praise from The New York Times (in their ‘Best Albums of 2024’ list), Billboard, and many more.