Nadine Shah has announced a new UK tour including a show at London's Heaven in December. The announcement follows her stunning third album Holiday Destination being shortlisted for the 2018 Hyundai Mercury Prize as well as picking up the AIM Awards 'Independent Album of the Year' last week.

Holiday Destination - a triumphant unification of a political message with an infectiously driving groove - was released last August via 1965 Records to critical acclaim including a #7 'Album of the Year' from BBC 6 Music and #5 from The Quietus as well mentions from Loud and Quiet, The Line of Best Fit and Drowned In Sound with widely praised performances at End of the Road Festival, Citadel Festival, Islington Assembly Hall and The Roundhouse.

Tour dates:

02 Dec - Manchester @ Gorilla 


03 Dec - Bristol @ SWX 


04 Dec - London @ Heaven 


05 Dec - Brighton @ Concorde 2

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Praise for Holiday Destination:

“A bold, heartfelt beast that wears its politics and defiance firmly on its sleeve” 
8/10 Loud & Quiet ‘Album of the Week’

“Better upon every listen” 
8/10 The Line of Best Fit ‘Album of the Week’

“Nadine Shah has released the most accomplished, accessible, and important protest album of the year” 
8.5/10 The 405

“Hypnotic, righteous and utterly compelling, Nadine Shah's third album is an extraordinary exploration of the health of our country and our world” 
The Quietus, Lead Review

“Few current artists make music with such a simmering edge” 
4/5 The Guardian

“A richly impressive album” 
4/5 The Financial Times

“Shah has made an album about big subjects that is just too musically rich – and joyful – to come across as hectoring or worthy” 
4/5 The Times 

“A beautifully realised disturbance of any remaining peace” 
4/5 Mojo 

“Smart and bitter laments on excellent third” 
8/10 Uncut

“An album of such beautiful horror” 
8/10 Drowned In Sound

“Pointed songs that act as a bellwether for very present societal tensions” 
4/5 The Mirror

“A literate and courageous work, Holiday Destination faces down a fucked-up world with guile and with guts” 
4/5 The Skinny

“A rallying cry to fight for something better than what we currently have” 
4/5 DIY

“This is one holiday destination you really should explore” 
4/5 Record Collector

“So tragically and perfectly fitting for 2017” 
London In Stereo

“Bold, smart, uncompromising” 
Clash

“Political, powerful and maddeningly good” 
NME, ‘Best New Tracks’

“One of UK music’s most underrated voices” 
Time Out

“Welcome back Nadine Shah. You’ve been missed” 
God Is In The TV, ‘Track of the Day’