Watch the video for ‘Plus & Minus’ HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoIvjtJGLgc

The new album’s foundations were set in 2019, but progress was halted by Covid as well as the subsequent need to twice reschedule his huge WHITE LADDER anniversary tour. Revisiting those songs was a reminder of the classic songcraft and electronic undercurrent that made them so memorable, yet David was also compelled to ambitiously broaden his palette, working with producer Ben de Vries to create dazzlingly rich orchestral strings, horns and woodwind arrangements to correspond with the scale of the themes. A change of location was also a factor, with much of the album recorded in a makeshift studio in Norfolk.

David adds, “A lot has happened to me. There’s been change on so many levels, all the ups and downs and dramas and tragedies and joys that the slow movement through life brings. This record has been a reckoning with stuff that’s been building up like static for years. But I say this with joy and a smile on my face. I know what I’ve done is as good as anything I could possibly do.”

The physical release of DEAR LIFE includes two additional tracks, ‘The Messenger’ and ‘More Than Anything’, available exclusively on Vinyl/CD format.

Talia Rae will be the special guest support across all UK and EU dates, with Sierra Spirit joining as the special guest for all U.S. dates.

Past & Present UK and Ireland Tour Dates:

March 13th  - Portsmouth, UK - Guildhall
March 14th  - Brighton, UK - Brighton Dome / SOLD-OUT
March 16th  - Swansea, UK - Swansea Arena / SOLD-OUT
March 17th  - Bath, UK - The Forum / SOLD-OUT
March 18th  - Oxford, UK - New Theatre / SOLD-OUT
March 20th  - Newcastle, UK - O2 City Hall
March 21st   - Stockton, UK - Globe Theatre / SOLD-OUT
March 22nd  - Glasgow, UK -SEC Armadillo / SOLD-OUT
March 24th  - Nottingham, UK - Royal Concert Hall / SOLD-OUT
March 25th  - Manchester, UK - O2 Apollo / SOLD-OUT
March 27th  - Sheffield, UK - City Hall
March 28th  - Llandudno, UK - Venue Cymru / SOLD-OUT
March 29th  - Leicester, UK- De Montfort Hall / SOLD-OUT
March 31st  - Liverpool, UK - Philharmonic Hall / SOLD-OUT

April 1st     - Birmingham, UK - Symphony Hall
April 3rd     - London, UK - Royal Albert Hall / SOLD-OUT
April 5th     - Dublin, Ireland - 3 Arena / SOLD-OUT

May 1st       - Limerick, Ireland - Live At The Castle / SOLD-OUT
May 2nd      - Dublin, Ireland - 3Arena
May 4th       - Cheltenham, UK - Cheltenham Jazz Festival
May 6th       - Glasgow, UK - SEC Armadillo
May 8th       - Wolverhampton, UK - Civic Hall
May 9th       - London, UK - Palladium / SOLD-OUT
May 10th     - London, UK - Palladium

Aug 27th     - Killarney, Ireland - Gleneagle INEC Arena / SOLD-OUT
Aug 28th     - Killarney, Ireland - Gleneagle INEC Arena
Aug 30th     - Belfast, UK - Custom House Square

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