LCD Soundsystem have announced their 2024 NYC ‘Winter Function’ residency, set to kick off at the end of the year.
James Murphy and co. took to Instagram to share a post confirming the dates for their annual NYC holiday residencies. The ‘All My Friends’ hitmakers will be taking over Queens’ Knockdown Center for three weekends spanning November and December.
The first week will see LCD Soundsystem perform on November 21, 22, 23 and 24. They will return after Thanksgiving break on December 5, 6, 7, 8. Their final dates will take place on December 12, 13, 14 and 15. Opening support will come from special surprise guest bands every night.
A ticket pre-sale will be available for American Express cardholders and will commence on Tuesday (September 24) at 10am EST until Wednesday (25) at 10am EST. A fan pre-sale will also be available on that Wednesday at the same time for those who register here.
General ticket sales will be available from Thursday (September 26) at 10am EST. Visit here to buy tickets.
The announcement of the band’s NYC winter residencies comes after they shared that they would be taking over Los Angeles with two residencies at the Shrine expo and Hollywood Palladium in November.
They have previously performed residences in London, Philadelphia, Boston and California’s Bay Area. Back in 2022, Murphy shared a lengthy Facebook post explaining the band’s decision to take on residencies rather than massive shows.
“You see, we tend, historically, to take big chunks of time off between tours and LPs. and then, after the break, I begin to feel like I want to make a record, or we want to play some shows. But then I start to think ‘Oh man. If I make an album, then we need to rehearse for months to get ready to tour, and you need to book a tour so far in advance, and who knows when the record will be ready?’ this happened with ‘American Dream‘,” Murphy wrote.
“We booked the shows, thinking I’d be done or nearly done with the record, and then I wasn’t, and there we are on this full tour with me trying to work on the record in the gaps, which weren’t that many,” he added.
“We really wanted to stop living like that, so we talked about just playing some shows in New York, since most of us live here, and not making it too big of a deal. Like, just playing because we like it, and because we like one another. Just be a New York band for a bit. Maybe we’ll do something like that every year. Just stay in shape, if that makes sense, and just make records along the way.
“Maybe just singles for a while, so there isn’t some ‘album panic’ etc. We don’t know. We DO know that it was great to play those shows, and we’re looking forward to the rest of the shows we’re playing this year,” he continued. “It’s not overwhelming, so i can work on new music and we can all be human beings. maybe we’ll just play other places next year, moving around to cities we like to play, where we’re wanted, etc.”
The band’s last release was the 2022 single ‘New Body Rumba‘ which appeared on the soundtrack for Noah Baumbach’s film, White Noise.
The track marked the band’s first original material since the 2017 comeback album ‘American Dream’, which itself arrived after a seven-year hiatus following 2010’s ‘This Is Happening’.
Elsewhere, LCD Soundsystem performed at this year’s edition of Glastonbury. In a five-star review, NME shared: “The packed-out Pyramid field hold each other tight and reach for the sky as LCD’s 10 song masterclass naturally ends with ‘All My Friends’. This song and this moment are the manifestation of Glastonbury at its best, the memories in the making and the good times still to come.”
In other news, Murphy recently paid tribute to his late business partner and friend during LCD Soundsystem‘s All Points East headlining set.
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