“With HOPECORE, Redcar seeds physical abandon into the beat. For the first time, he plunges into dancefloor reverie across the length of an LP. It leads him to some of the most impassioned vocal performances he’s ever put to disc” - Pitchfork
Rahim Redcar (FKA Christine and the Queens) announces that four dates of his upcoming HOPECORE tour will be streamed live via Instagram, starting with the opening show at Fabric, London, tomorrow.
The tour will see the live premiere of the artist’s new album HOPECORE, released last month to critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork - “He’s never sounded so assured or delighted in his hunger as he does here” - and a 4* review in The Times - “come for the pop, stay for the complexity”.
The artist invites his fans to join the live experience through a series of live streams respectively taking place in London, Barcelona, Paris and New York. The shows will be streamed via Rahim Redcar’s Instagram.
The full list of tour dates are below; a small number of tickets are still available here: https://tix.to/HopecoreTour.
- Friday 1 November - Fabric, London + livestream
- Saturday 2 November - Skatecafe, Amsterdam
- Thursday 7 November - Orangerie @ Botanique, Brussels
- Friday 8 November - Nitsa @ Apolo, Barcelona + livestream
- Saturday 9 November - Homobloc festival, Manchester
- Tuesday 12 November - Rex Club, Paris - SOLD OUT + livestream
- Sunday 17 November - Berlin, Saule Room @ Berghain
- Thursday 21 November - Elsewhere, Brooklyn, NY + livestream
- Thursday 28 November - D! Club, Lausanne, Switzerland
Entirely written, produced, and mixed by Rahim, HOPECORE rings in a new era for the artist, following the 20-track epic opera PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE (2023) and Redcar les adorables étoiles (2022).
Rahim Redcar - HOPECORE - tracklist:
1. FORGIVE 8888888
2. ELEVATE
3. INS8DE OF ME
4. DEEP HOLES
5. RED BIRDMAN EMERGENCY
6. OPERA - I UNDERSTAND
7. MANUELA DANSE
The artist recently performed to 10 million viewers as part of the Paris 2024 Paralympics Opening Ceremony where he performed a spectacular rendition of Édith Piaf’s “Non, je ne regrette rien” and a riveting rendition of Patrick Hernandez’s “Born to Be Alive”. He also performed a rendition of “Supernature” with Cerrone at the final Paris 2024 ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe on Saturday 14 September.