James Blake announces new album and reveals 2023 world tour dates

Two years after the release of his last solo LP, Friends That Break Your Heart, James Blake is delivering his sixth studio album later this year. The 11-track Playing Robots Into Heaven will be available everywhere on September 8 via Republic Records, but until then, the singer-songwriter-producer has shared the lead single from the record, "Big Hammer." Watch the official music video below.

Ten days after the release of the new album, Blake will be going on a 14-date international headline tour, starting at Milan's Fabrique and going to several cities across Europe before heading to North America. The tour ends in October at Los Angeles' Hollywood Forever Cemetary.

1. Asking To Break
2. Loading
3. Tell Me
4. Fall Back
5. He’s Been Wonderful
6. Big Hammer
7. I Want You To Know
8. Night Sky
9. Fire The Editor
10. If You Can Hear Me
11. Playing Robots Into Heaven

September 18 - Milan, IT - Fabrique
September 21 - Brussels, BE - Forest National Club
September 22 - Paris, FR - L'Olympia
September 24 - Berlin - DE - UFO im Velodrom
September 26 - Tilburg, NL - 013
September 28 - London, UK - Alexandra Palace
October 3 - Atlanta, GA - Coca Cola Roxy
October 5 - Queens, NY - Knockdown Center
October 9 - Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall at Fenway
October 10 - Montreal, CA - L’Olympia
October 12 - Toronto, CA - Rebel
October 14 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
October 16 - San Francisco, CA - The Masonic Theater
October 19 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Forever Cemetery