Rhiannon Giddens has announced a European autumn tour running from September through December, with a run of dates across the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the UK, and Ireland, followed by a Reflektor residency at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, November 25 to 29, where Giddens will both perform and curate several events at the hall. The tour closes with 3 nights in London, Edinburgh, and Gateshead in early December.
The tour supports ‘What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow,’ Giddens’ 2025 Grammy-nominated album recorded with former Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Justin Robinson. Produced by Giddens and Joseph “joebass” DeJarnette, the album features Giddens on banjo and Robinson on fiddle across 18 North Carolina tunes, many learned from their late mentor Joe Thompson and one from the late Etta Baker. The pair recorded outdoors at Thompson’s and Baker’s North Carolina homes, accompanied by 2 simultaneously emerging broods of cicadas that had not appeared together since 1803. That recording exists nowhere else.
Rhiannon Giddens European Tour:
Sep 22 /// De Oosterpoort /// Groningen, Netherlands
Sep 23 /// De Roma /// Antwerp, Belgium
Sep 24 /// TivoliVredenburg /// Utrecht, Netherlands
Sep 26 /// Alhambra /// Paris, France
Sep 27 /// Philharmonie /// Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Sep 29 /// Albert Hall /// Manchester, UK
Sep 30 /// Vicar Street /// Dublin, Ireland
Oct 3 /// Ulster Hall /// Belfast, UK
Nov 25-29 /// Elbphilharmonie /// Hamburg, Germany
Dec 6 /// KOKO /// London, UK
Dec 7 /// Assembly Rooms /// Edinburgh, UK
Dec 8 /// The Glasshouse /// Gateshead, UK