Visionary Nigerian rock act Mdou Moctar are back with new music. The band confirmed that their next album, titled Funeral for Justice, will arrive on May 3rd via Matador Records. They’ve previewed the title track today alongside the news — stream it below.
In “Funeral For Justice,” the group turns up the volume — while the quartet’s breakout project, Afrique Victim, emphasized their preference for heavy guitar solos, this track kicks off an even louder era. Feedback-laden solos weave around the sharp, pointed lyrics, which the band members describe as “passionately political.”
Funeral for Justice was recorded shortly before Niger’s democratically elected government was deposed in a military coup. “With Funeral for Justice, I really wanted this to shine with the political message because of everything that’s going on,” the group’s frontman and namesake said in a statement. “As the band got tighter and heavier live, it made sense to capture this urgency and this aggression – it wasn’t a forced thing, it was very natural.”
This summer, Mdou Moctar will be hitting the festival circuit, making appearances at Coachella Music Festival in California and Bonnaroo in Tennessee. They’ve also mapped out a full US tour, which features stops in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and more. After wrapping in Philadelphia, they’ll head to London to kick off festival dates and gigs throughout the UK and Europe, which run until September.
A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for the newly announced tour dates is set for Thursday, February 29th (use access code ENERGY), with a public on-sale following on Friday, March 1st via Ticketmaster.
Once tickets are on sale, fans can look for deals or get tickets to sold-out shows via StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
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Funeral for Justice Tracklist:
01. Funeral For Justice
02. Imouhar
03. Takoba
04. Sousoume
05. Imagerhan
06. Tchinta
07. Djallo #1
08. Oh France
09. Modern Slaves
Mdou Moctar 2024 Tour Dates:
04/14 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music and Arts Festival
04/21 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music and Arts Festival
06/05 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Anchor Rock Club
06/06 – Harrisburg, PA @ The Abbey Bar at ABC
06/07 – Richmond, VA @ Cheers Brown’s Island
06/08 – Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom
06/09 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
06/11 – Charleston, SC @ Pour House
06/12 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
06/13 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
06/14 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
06/15 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Hi-Fi
06/18 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
06/19 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Bag
06/20 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
06/21 – Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall
06/22 – Greenfield, MA @ Green River Music Festival
06/23 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
06/26 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
06/27 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
06/28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
07/03 – London, UK @ Electric Brixton
07/07 – Beuningen, NL @ Down the Rabbit Hole
08/19 – Berlin, DE @ Festaal Kreuzberg
08/20 – Leipzig, DE @ UT Kreuzberg
08/21 – Munich, DE @ Ampere
08/22 – Milan, IT @ Magnolia Summer Stage
08/25 – Paris, FR @ Petit Bain
08/26 – Antwerp, BE @ OLT Revierenhof
08/27 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
08/30 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
08/31 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Psych Fest
09/01 – Birmingham, UK @ Moseley Folk Festival
09/02 – Glasgow, UK @ Saint Luke’s
09/03 – Newcastle, UK @ Boiler Shop
09/04 – Leeds, UK @ The Brudenell Social Club
