CHVRCHES bring a new album back to The Sylvee in February

The Glasgow trio return to Madison on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2027, their first visit since 2022 and one of the earliest stops on the tour for 'All the King's Men,' their first album in about five years.

The last time CHVRCHES played Madison, on June 13, 2022, they were touring their fourth album, *Screen Violence*. Then the band went quiet. They're coming back to the same room on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2027, when the Glasgow trio return to The Sylvee with a new record and, by most early accounts, a new sound.

The show starts at 8 p.m. at The Sylvee, which holds about 2,500. The date was announced Oct. 21 as part of a North American run that opens in Philadelphia on Feb. 13 and ends in Los Angeles on March 14. Madison sits between Milwaukee on Feb. 26 and Boise on March 2. Artist presales started Oct. 27, and general on-sale opened Friday, Oct. 30, at 10 a.m. local time, so tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster.

The reason for the tour is *All the King's Men*, due Jan. 22, 2027 on Futures Music Group. It's the band's first album in about five years. After the *Screen Violence* cycle ended, CHVRCHES took a break in 2023, and its members went their own ways for a while: Lauren Mayberry put out solo music, and Martin Doherty started a new project, the Leaving.

CHVRCHES are coming back to the room they played last time, with a record that sounds nothing like it.

They've come back sounding different. Coverage of the announcement describes *All the King's Men* as sharper and more guitar-driven than the synth-pop CHVRCHES built their name on, and pointed about British identity and the country's darker social realities. The recording was different too. Instead of working remotely, as they did on the last album, the band met in Glasgow for a series of intensive three-week sessions. The 11-track record includes "Evil," "Adore You," "Conman" and "Faith in Flying." The lead single, "Roses," came out in September.

By February, Madison fans will have had the album for about five weeks, enough time to learn the new songs before hearing them loud. Because the Sylvee date comes early on the tour, it's also a chance to see how the guitar-heavy material sits next to the older synth-pop songs while the band is still working that out on stage. The band warmed up for all this with two sold-out charity shows this month, in Glasgow on Oct. 26 and in London on Oct. 29.

CHVRCHES and The Sylvee already have a history. Their last Madison show was in this room, during the tour that turned out to be their last for a while. Coming back to the same stage means the comparison is built in: same room, different record, a band that's had time away.

Late February in Madison is cold enough that anything on a Saturday night feels like an event. A room of 2,500 singing along to a band that nearly went away for good should do the job. Tickets are on sale through the link on this page. Plan to get them before the album comes out in January and more people start paying attention.

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