The highly anticipated synth-pop duo – HURTS is bringing their DESIRE WORLD TOUR to Shanghai at BANDAI NAMCO, on 31st January 2018.

Having established themselves as one of the most popular and successful pop acts throughout Europe - scoring top ten albums and numerous hit singles in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Finland, the Netherlands and the UK – Hurts also recently announced their biggest tour, which includes numerous countries and regions around the world.

 

About Hurts

Hurts are an English synthpop duo formed in 2009, consisting of synthesist Adam Anderson and singer Theo Hutchcraft.

While the first two Hurts albums in particular were bathed in a dense, gothic atmosphere, the third album Surrender saw the band branch out into new and distinctive territories. This theme continues throughout their new album, Desire, with songs like “Chaperone”, “People Like Us” and the infectious second single “Ready To Go” showing a more focused band than ever before.

Following their triumphant career start in 2010 with their debut album Happiness and breakthrough single “Wonderful Life,” Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson then released two more albums - Exile (2013) and Surrender (2015) - which spawned many international hit singles (including “Some Kind of Heaven” and “Nothing Will Be Bigger Than Us”) and airplay hits, while their concerts were hailed as the most innovative live events in recent years.

Earlier this year, Hurts released their first single from the new album, Beautiful Ones. The track, which the band described as a “celebration of individuality”, arrived alongside a startling video, written by and starring the bands singer Theo Hutchcraft. The second single, “Ready To Go” was released in September. Theo said, " ‘Ready To Go’ is a song about living life to the fullest. The video, in contrast, deals with grief and the difficulty a lot of men face when dealing with their emotions. Something which is particularly problematic in the North of England, where we shot the video. Hopefully both the song and the video carry a positive message about celebrating life.”

Don’t miss the chance to catch their first-ever performance in Shanghai!

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