Photo by Maurice Nunez
Enigmatic world music collective HEILUNG brought their ritual to a sold out audience of 10,000 at the historic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, CO on October 5! Coming off the heels of this monumental event, the band is announcing their rescheduled tour dates for Europe and the UK, which will take place in 2022 and 2023. The correct and re-scheduled dates can be found below. Ticket sales are now live HERE and are expected to run low very fast. We therefore recommend purchasing them ASAP!
HEILUNG will be supporting their 2019 release, ‘Futha,’ which debuted at #3 on the Billboard Heatseeker charts and #4 on the Billboard World Music Charts, placing on a total of seven Billboard charts within the first week of its release.
Last year, HEILUNG shared their first ever music video for the Independent Music Award-winning song “Norupo,” which is taken from 2019’s critically-acclaimed release, ‘Futha!’ The video was shot at the Neolithic standing stones at Les Menhirs de Monteneuf in France. You can watch the stunning video at THIS LOCATION.
“Norupo” is composed around the ancient runic poem with the name ”The Norwegian Rune Poem”. The poem was preserved in a 17th-century copy of a now lost 13th-century manuscript and gives a complete description of all sixteen runes of the younger Futhark.
During 2020’s Game Awards, HEILUNG announced that they will be working with U.K.-based gaming company Ninja Theory on the soundtrack for their upcoming game, ‘Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II.’ The announcement trailer for the new game features HEILUNG‘s song ‘In Maidjan,’ which is taken from their debut album, ‘Ofnir.’ Watch the trailer HERE.
In addition, they secured another video game collaboration with MY.GAMES and Booming Tech for the new season of the ‘Conqueror’s Blade’ video game, ‘VII: “Wolves of Ragnarok.” The trailer for the game, featuring the track “Galgaldr,” can be found HERE.
With lyrics recorded in Old Norse and inspired by Völuspá – a prophecy of Ragnarok from the Poetic Edda – HEILUNG’s atmospheric sound will immerse players in a dark new era for ‘Conqueror’s Blade.’ HEILUNG will also see their name being eternalized in one of the new combat map locations, which is now officially called ‘Heilung Fjord,’ and serves as a place for healing. More info on the game can be found HERE.
The band’s music was featured in a trailer for the final season of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ series. It can be viewed HERE.
HEILUNG’s music was also previously featured in season 10 of the television show ‘Vikings’. Episode 10 of Season 6 features multiple fragments of the tracks ‘Fylgija Ear’, ‘Hamrer Hippyer’ and ‘Alfadhirhaiti’. A snippet of the music use in one of the ‘Rus Army’ scenes can be found HERE.
HEILUNG 2021:
12/03/21: – Tilburg (NL) @ 013
HEILUNG 2022
03/27/22: Madrid (ES) @ Vistalegre Arena
03/30/22: Metz (FR) @ Cite Musicale Bam
04/01/22: Rouen (FR) @ Le 106
04/11/22: Minsk (BY) @ Prime Hall
04/13/22: St Petersburg (RU) @ Aurora Concert Hall
04/15/22: Moscow (RU) @ Glav Club
04/17/22: Ekaterinburg (RU) @ Tele Club
06/02/22: Gdansk (PL) @ Mystic Fest
06/10/22: Nickelsdorf (AT) @ Novarock
06/17/22: Dessel (BE) @ Graspop
06/23/22: Clisson (FR) @ Hellfest
07/01/22: Helsinki (FI) @ Tuska festival
10/26/22: Copenhagen (DK) @ Forum Black Box
10/28/22: Stockholm (SE) @ Annexet
10/30/22: Helsinki (FI) @ Black Box *Upgraded venue*
11/04/22: Prague (CZ) @ Forum Karlin
11/06/22: Leipzig (DE) @ Haus Auensee
11/08/22: Zurich (CH) Halle @ 662
11/11/22: Brussels (BE) @ Cirque Royal
11/13/22: Berlin (DE) @ Tempodrom
11/16/22: Bochum (DE) @ Ruhrcongress
11/18/22: Paris (FR) @ L’Olympia
12/02/22: Budapest (HU) @ Barba Negra
12/05/22: Ljubljana (Sl) @ Hala Tivoli
12/07/22: Frankfurt (DE) @ Jahrhundert Halle
12/14/22: Stuttgart (DE) @ Liederhalle Hegelsaal
12/18/22: München (DE) @ Zenith
HEILUNG UK/IR 2023:
01/24/23: London (UK) @ O2 Academy Brixton
01/17/23: Manchester (UK) @ Bridgewater Hall
01/19/23: Dublin (IR) @ National Stadium
01/22/23: Glasgow (UK) @ Barrowland
Speaking about ‘Futha,’ BILLBOARD wrote, “Tracks like ‘Norupo,’ which is led by female vocals, is beautiful and melodic, and the choir and tribal percussive background of ‘Othan’ is trance-like.” You can read the full feature, which includes an interview with HEILUNG‘s Kai Uwe Faust, HERE.
