Rehearsals have been continuing for Editors' imminent tour dates, which officially begin on the 18th of June in Roubaix. A date, we should note, which has already sold out. The question at the forefront of my thinking, and probably yours too, is how the new songs will sound live. We've already had some solo and two-person acoustic versions of The Hills We Died Upon and Call It In respectively, that have been shared online from Tom's recent tour. As we know, however, that's not how they will sound when six people are playing them. For instance, the studio take of You Are Fading is wildly different when compared to its live renditions, and that was when it was being handled by a quartet back in the day. More personnel means a louder more beautiful noise.
As for other new compositions to look forward to, we have a clip featuring a brand new one called Life is a Joke in Candlelight which you can watch here. The video is short but had the potential to reveal a lot more than it actually did. The band were filmed in their rehearsal space and if you look you can see a whiteboard in the room with them. Traditionally, they have the proposed set list on that board. It's how we were able to discern some of the the song selection for the EBM tour back in May of 2022, as this post details. Unfortunately I think they got wise to our obsessive sleuth tactics and the new video gives us nothing, and believe me I've looked!
There will be an interesting overlap of duties, with Tom appearing as an Editor in June before he returns as a solo player for Werchter at the beginning of next month. Then after the 11th of July, at No Borders Festival, the chapter titled "Tom's Solo Adventures" will be closed. Not forever, not necessarily, but certainly for the time being. I wonder if the set lists currently being formulated will include any solo-interludes, or if it will be meticulously compartmentalised to keep both eras separated?
In other news, Elliott took a trip to Berlin and there was also evidence of him possibly working on a soundtrack of some description. All while watching an old Richard Gere movie.
Before I go, take note of this man's name for reference later on:-
Antony Szmierek
He may be a friend of the band, he may be a contributor on the new record or he could be a future support act. It's also possible that it's a combination of one or more of those options. We shall see...
Editors Instagram - May 2026
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