the olllam Announce 2024 UK & Ireland Tour Renowned Irish-American Super group reconvenes for 2025.

 

the olllam, the critically acclaimed, genre-defying Irish-American fusion group, has announced an exciting 12-date UK and Ireland tour for early 2024. Known for their trailblazing blend of traditional Irish instruments with long, cyclical melodies, fusing jazz, and psych-post-rock, the olllam continues to push musical boundaries. This tour again features Scotland’s whistle ace Ross Ainslie up front with Irish piper John McSherry, while bass supremo Joe Dart (Vulfpeck, Fearless Flyers), Detroit drummer Michael Shimmin and keyboard player Joe Hettinga all return, joining Limerick guitarist Seán O’Meara. The 2025 tour follows sell out shows at Barrowlands during Celtic Connections and at London’s JazzCafe in 2024. It comes on the heels of the band’s recent collaboration with Grammy-winning electronic artist Zedd on his latest album Telos, adding to the group’s ever-expanding sonic palette.

 

The tour will begin on January 30 in Sheffield at the Leadmill, and will travel across major cities suchas Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, London, and Dublin, before wrapping upon February14 in Cork at Cyprus Avenue. Fans can expect electrifying performances, featuring new material aswell as classics from their discography.