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Beirut Blues The Wanton Bishops, the vision of Beirut native Nader Mansour, will bring their latest album “Under the Sun”, a homage to Beirut and exploration of its identity, to Europe with an extensive headline tour which starts this week in Haarlem. The Wanton Bishops are joined by the rock quartet Dubinski, which fuses elements of Franz Ferdinand, Parquet Courts, The Clash, Maximo Park, and even Paul Simon. Full dates...

The Wanton Bishops, the vision of Beirut native Nader Mansour, will bring their latest album “Under the Sun” to Europe, a homage to Beirut and exploration of its identity, with an extensive headline tour which starts next week in Haarlem. The Wanton Bishops are joined by the rock quartet Dubinski, which fuses elements of Franz Ferdinand, Parquet Courts, The Clash, Maximo Park, and even Paul Simon.

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Today The Wanton Bishops, the vision of Beirut native Nader Mansour, will bring their latest album “Under the Sun” to Europe, a homage to Beirut and exploration of its identity, with an extensive headline tour set for January 2025. Tickets are now available for pre-sale (pre-sale code UNDERTHESUN). Official sale starts on Thursday October 17th

Tickets will be available starting with artist presales beginning Wednesday, October 16
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Today Lebanon’s The Wanton Bishops release their anticipated second album ‘Under The Sun’, a homage to Beirut and exploration of its identity. Listen to ‘Under The Sun’ HERE.

To mark the release, The Wanton Bishops have released a video for ‘We Are One’ - a call for unity in the current political climate. Vocalist Nader Mansour comments on the track “As hard and unrealistic as it...

Today, Lebanon’s The Wanton Bishops share new single "Beirut", a homage to the Middle Eastern city. The track is a concoction of searing rhythmic Blues-Rock guitars, serving as a bed for the lead synths reminiscent of the old belly dancing licks used by the heroes of the genre - the likes of Ihsan El Munzer and Baligh Hamdi. "Beirut" is the third single from upcoming album "Under The...

Today, (8th September) Lebanon’s The Wanton Bishops share new single, a kaleidoscopic noisecape with infectious Blues-Rock riffs and Middle Eastern motifs. It’s the second single from upcoming album ‘Under The Sun’ due for release on 17th November via Gnu Roam, distributed via Kartel Music Group. Listen to ‘Don’t You Touch The Radio’ here. Watch the visualiser here.

“Thematically, the track challenges the clichés historically expected...

Today Beirut Blues-Rock artist The Wanton Bishops release new single ‘Do What You’re Told’, a commanding and psychedelic concoction channelling a dystopian atmosphere. Listen to ‘Do What You’re Told’ here. Watch the visualiser here.

“‘Do What You’re Told’ is a journey into political mass manipulation, hypnotic technology, and heavy consumerism compensating for a true and meaningful sense of belonging and connection. The whole song is a...