Hayden Thorpe: Performing the Songs of Wild Beasts

A solo concert by Hayden Thorpe, revisiting the songs of the band Wild Beasts at Hare & Hounds in Birmingham. It is a pop, rock and indie evening built around one songbook.

Hayden Thorpe is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has been active since 2002. Thorpe made the band Wild Beasts'songs with them and released a first solo album, Diviner, in 2019 on Domino Records. The third solo album, Ness, followed at the end of 2024.

This show brings the Wild Beasts repertoire to the stage with Thorpe performing alone, voice and instrument, close to the way the songs were written. It is the first time in several years that Thorpe has played these songs live. The dates are also linked to the twentieth anniversary of the band's first single, "Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants".

Hare & Hounds hosts concerts and shows in Birmingham. The choice of rooms for this tour reflects the band's history: Brewery Arts in Kendal, where Thorpe grew up, Hoxton Hall, the setting of a breakthrough show for the album Two Dancers, and Brudenell Social Club, where the musicians came of age. The evening suits listeners with a personal connection to the Wild Beasts catalogue.