Dermot Kennedy

Nominated for the “Best International Male” BRIT Award in 2020, Dermot has now amassed nearly 4 billion streams across platforms and has the best-selling debut album in Ireland of this millennium, making him a platinum-selling artist in over 12 countries. His unique ability to unify and heal through his music has been apparent since the inception of his organic and meteoric rise.  His poetic, compelling music has resonated with music lovers across the globe, with notables including Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and Shawn Mendes all calling themselves fans.

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(October 24, 2022) – Today, Platinum-selling singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy officially announces his upcoming The Sonder Tour – a North American run taking place this Spring. Produced by Live Nation, the 28-date tour run will kick off in Vancouver making stops at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City and additional stops in Dallas, Nashville, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston before wrapping up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in mid-June.

Tickets for the Sonder 2023 Tour go on sale to the general public Friday, October 28th at 10am local time on Ticketmaster.com.

The tour comes in celebration of the acclaimed artist’s new album, Sonder, to be released November 4^th on Island Records/Interscope. Pre-order ‘Sonder’ here.  Sonder, which means “the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own,” resonated deeply with Dermot and is an exciting new musical chapter for him.  Highlights from the album include the beautiful piano ballad “Innocence and Sadness”recorded fully live in one take, the infectious “Kiss Me,”  the lead single ‘Something to Someone’which has topped over 20 million streams, and “Dreamer,” which he recently performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert watch it HERE. The Sonder 2023 Tour will bring some of Kennedy’s first live performances of songs from the new album to North American fans for the first time.