Could summer get any better?! Prepare your ears AND your playlists for all of the new music Lorde is delivering on her third studio album Solar Power, dropping on August 20.
In a surprise move, the Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum artist dropped the title track on June 11. Since its release ten days ago, the song has been trending worldwide at #1 on social media, has gained 30 million streams in its first five days of being released, and was #1 on Spotify’s Global and US Song Debut.
“Solar Power,” which was appropriately released during only solar eclipse of the year, came alongside the announcement of her highly-anticipated third studio album of the same name. This 12-track album co-produced with Jack Antonoff is a super summery album, being written for the sole purpose of celebrating the “flirtatious summer energy that takes hold of us all, come June,” the singer said in an email that she released to fans.
Of the album Lorde says in a statement, “The album is a celebration of the natural world, an attempt at immortalizing the deep, transcendent feelings I have when I’m outdoors. In times of heartache, grief, deep love, or confusion, I look to the natural world for answers. I’ve learned to breathe out, and tune in. This is what came through.”
Solar Power is a big deal for Lorde fans, as the New Zealand native has not an album out since Melodrama in 2017.
In addition to revealing the project’s release date, Lorde announced a world tour for 2022. The 40+ show tour, promoted by AEG Presents in the US and Canada, is her first North American tour since 2018 and kicks off in Nashville on April 3 at the Opry House before concluding at the Santa Barbara Bowl on May 7. Tickets go on sale to the general public starting Friday, June 25, 2021, at 10 am local. Fans can sign up for Lorde’s email list for first access to presale tickets and for more info on tour dates HERE.
Check out a full list of tour dates below and let us know if you’re excited for Lorde’s return by either leaving a reaction at the bottom of the post or by sending us a tweet at @celebsecrets.
Don’t forget to presave Solar Power here.
LORDE TOUR DATES:
| Date | City | Venue |
| February 26 | Christchurch, NZ | Electric Avenue Festival |
| February 27 | Upper Moutere, NZ | Neudorf Vineyards |
| March 1 | Wellington, NZ | Days Bay |
| March 2 | Havelock North, NZ | Black Barn Vineyards |
| March 4 | New Plymouth, NZ | Bowl of Brooklands |
| March 5 | Auckland, NZ | Outerfields |
| March 10 | Brisbane, AU | Riverstage |
| March 12 | Melbourne, AU | SMMB |
| March 15 | Sydney, AU | Aware Super Theatre |
| March 19 | Perth, AU | Belvoir Amphitheater |
| April 3 | Nashville, TN | Opry House |
| April 5 | Detroit, MI | Masonic Temple Theatre |
| April 7 | Montreal, QC | Salle Willfrid Pelletier |
| April 8 | Toronto, ON | Meridian Hall |
| April 12 | Boston, MA | Boch Center – Wang Theatre |
| April 15 | Uncasville, CT | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| April 16 | Washington, DC | The Anthem |
| April 18 | New York, NY | Radio City Music Hall |
| April 20 | Philadelphia, PA | The Met |
| April 22 | Chicago, IL | The Chicago Theatre |
| April 25 | Minneapolis, MN | The Armory |
| April 27 | Denver, CO | Mission Ballroom |
| April 30 | Seattle, WA | WaMu Theatre |
| May 1 | Portland, OR | Theater of the Clouds |
| May 3 | San Francisco, CA | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium |
| May 5 | Los Angeles, CA | Shrine Auditorium |
| May 7 | Santa Barbara, CA | Santa Barbara Bowl |
| May 25 | Leeds, UK | O2 Academy |
| May 26 | Edinburgh, UK | Usher Hall |
| May 28 | Manchester, UK | O2 Victoria Warehouse |
| May 30 | Birmingham, UK | O2 Academy |
| June 1 | London, UK | Roundhouse |
| June 2 | London, UK | Roundhouse |
| June 7 | Paris, FR | Casino de Paris |
| June 8 | Amsterdam, NL | AFAS Live |
| June 10 | Barcelona, ES | Primavera Sound |
| June 13 | Zurich, CH | Halle 622 |
| June 14 | Munich, DE | Zenith |
| June 16 | Rome, IT | Cavea – Auditorium Parco della Musica |
| June 17 | Villafranca di Verona, IT | Castello di Villafranca |
| June 18 | Sibenik, HR | Saint Mihovil Fortress |
| June 21 | Cologne, DE | Open Air am Tanzbrunnen |
| June 23 | Berlin, DE | Verti Music Hall |
