[Cover photo credit to Freddie Stisted]
British Alt-Rock band bôa has returned with second single, “Beautiful & Broken,” via Nettwerk. Since the resurfacing of the band’s 1998 single “Duvet” on TikTok, the band have become active again.
To celebrate the release of “Beautiful & Broken,” bôa has announced a new U.K./Ireland leg of their tour this Fall, following their already sold-out North American stretch, which includes Los Angeles’ The Fonda and Brooklyn’s Warsaw.
Recorded with Producer Chris Zane (Jack Antonoff, Passion Pit, St. Lucia), “Beautiful & Broken” “details the liberation of finding peace in your flaws.”
Lead singer and songwriter Jasmine Rodgers (daughter of Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers) says:
Some of the lyric-writing has come from a place of me being mixed race and a female in a world where I didn’t feel particularly comfortable. I’m still always reviewing and assessing that. It’s about a really dark time in my brain, talking to the darkness just before you go to sleep when you can’t sleep and are trying to find comfort.
The band’s extended hiatus began in the mid-2000s. Vocalist-guitarist Jasmine Rodgers studied zoology, alongside releasing solo music. Bassist Alex Caird threw himself into art, painting and teaching music. And drummer Lee Sullivan embedded himself in family life, while writing and Producing music. However, they kept in touch, and their time apart has led to a new chapter of music.
TOUR DATES 2024:
NORTH AMERICA
*w/Rocket
^w/Sea Lemon
September 11 – Voodoo Room – San Diego* – SOLD OUT
September 13 – The Fonda – Los Angeles* – SOLD OUT
September 14 – August Hall – San Francisco* – SOLD OUT
September 17 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland^ – SOLD OUT
September 18 – Neumos – Seattle^ – SOLD OUT
September 20 – Thalia Hall – Chicago* – SOLD OUT
September 23 – Horseshow Tavern – Toronto* – SOLD OUT
September 25 – Warsaw – New York City* – SOLD OUT
September 26 – Warsaw – New York City* SECOND DATE ADDED
September 27 – The Sinclair – Boston* – SOLD OUT
September 28 – The Foundry – Philadelphia* – SOLD OUT
September 29 – The Atlantis – Washington D.C.* – SOLD OUT
U.K./IRELAND TOUR DATES
October 17 – Thekla – Bristol
October 18 – 02 Institude 3 – London
October 19 – The Bodega – Nottingham
October 20 – King Tut’s – Glasgow
October 22 – Band On The Wall – Manchester
October 23 – Brudnell Social Club – Leeds
October 25 – Whelan’s – Dublin
October 27 – CHALK – Brighton
October 29 – HERE at Outernet – London
