DIIV share hook-laden single ‘Dare Me’ and announce massive 2027 world tour

DIIV have shared their new single ‘Dare Me’ and announced an extensive 2027 world tour, including six shows in the UK and Ireland – check out the dates and listen below. READ MORE: DIIV – ‘ZIRP!’ review: pop meets politics on their most adventurous record yet The Los Angeles shoegaze band released the track as the final preview of their fifth studio album ‘ZIRP!’, which was released today (October 30) via Fantasy Recordings. Order your copy here. ‘Dare Me’ follows the previous singles ‘Trillions’, ‘Kid’ and ‘The Fountain’, and sees the band channelling their trademark hazy guitar tones into what frontman Zachary Cole Smith has described as a song about the hope of building a new world amid societal collapse. It is accompanied by a music video directed by Louie Kovatch, which you can check out here: The band have also announced a sprawling 2027 world tour, which will begin at Sydney’s Laneway Festival on February 12 before visiting New Zealand and Japan. An extensive North American run will follow in April and May, including concerts in Chicago, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and San Diego. DIIV will then head to Europe, performing at festivals including Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Best Kept Secret in the Netherlands, before concluding the tour with six UK and Ireland dates in June. These include shows at Manchester’s Albert Hall on June 25, Glasgow’s QMU on June 26 and London’s Troxy on June 30, alongside performances in Brighton, Dublin and Bristol. Tickets for the UK shows went on general sale at 10am today (October 30) – find tickets here.Recommended The full list of DIIV’s announced 2027 world tour dates is: FEBRUARY 2027 12 – Sydney, Australia – Laneway Festival 13 – Brisbane, Australia – Laneway Festival 19 – Melbourne, Australia – Laneway Festival 21 – Auckland, New Zealand – Laneway Festival 24 – Tokyo, Japan – Kanda Square Hall 25 – Tokyo, Japan – Kanda Square Hall APRIL 2027 7 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater 8 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre 9 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall 12 – Detroit, MI – El Club 13 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall 15 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair 16 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza 17 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer 20 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring 21 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle 22 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel 23 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse 25 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall 26 – Dallas, TX – AM/FM Backyard 27 – Austin, TX – Mohawk 30 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre MAY 2027 2 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore 7 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory 8 – Santa Barbara, CA – SOhO Restaurant & Music Club 9 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre 10 – Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s 12 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall 13 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox 15 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall 17 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre 20 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren 21 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory at North Park 31 – Lille, France – L’Aéronef JUNE 2027 1 – Paris, France – L’Olympia 2 – Rennes, France – Antipode 3 – Lyon, France – Transbordeur 3-5 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound 13 – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands – Best Kept Secret 14 – Hamburg, Germany – Gruenspan 16 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega 17 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys Neue Welt 18 – Prague, Czech Republic – Roxy 19 – Vienna, Austria – Flex 20 – Munich, Germany – Nachtwerk 21 – Cologne, Germany – Kantine 22 – Zurich, Switzerland – Rote Fabrik 24 – Brighton, UK – Chalk 25 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall 26 – Glasgow, UK – QMU 27 – Dublin, Ireland – Opium 29 – Bristol, UK – The Prospect Building 30 – London, UK – Troxy View this post on Instagram The tour comes in support of ‘ZIRP!’, which was produced by A. G. Cook, known for his work with Charli XCX and Caroline Polachek. In NME‘s four-star review of ‘ZIRP!’, Joe Goggins wrote: “It’s thrilling to hear DIIV put their money where their mouth is like this; to watch as they make their biggest ever sonic shift at the same time as writing their most avowedly political record.” “Crucially, ‘ZIRP!’ is not a nihilistic album; scratch far enough beneath the surface and you’ll find Smith offering up solutions to our late-capitalist hellscape, ones rooted in community and togetherness, perhaps inspired by the experience of rebuilding his neighbourhood in Altadena after losing his home in last year’s Los Angeles wildfires. Out of that catastrophe, he and his bandmates seem to have found renewed purpose; ‘ZIRP!’ is ambitious, unflinching and, ultimately, optimistic.”