Pinelopi Gerasimou
Westerman has returned with new song "Idol; RE-run," his first new music in two years. "Idol; RE-run" was co-produced by James Krivchenia of Big Thief and comes alongside news of a 2023 North America tour.
Speaking about the new song, Westerman says: "The lyrics to the song were written around the same time as the storming of the Capitol. The compulsion towards the pedestal is strong. The need to scapegoat and revere without logic. Our populists actively celebrate their being people who don’t know anything other or better than anyone else, yet these spectres with their failings conduct our anger and resentment as if they were gods. They are nothing more than the shadow of something else, the face fronting a need to be loved or revered present in everyone. And there will always be another face to front."
Westerman's North American tour begins in San Diego on May 6 with a stop at the Music Hall of Williamsburg and Lodge Room in Los Angeles on June 3rd. Prior to the 2023 dates he will also play live in Europe and the U.K. In 2020, Westerman released his debut album Your Hero Is Not Dead.
Westerman live:
October 12 - Faenza, Italy - Clandestino Faenza
October 13 - Milan, Italy - Germi-Luuogo di Contaminazione
October 15 - Budapest, Hungary - Isolation Budapest
October 24 - Birmingham, UK - Hare & Hounds
October 25 - Manchester, UK - Yes
October 26 - Glasgow, UK - Broadcast
October 28 - London, UK - Union Chapel
May 6 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
May 7 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
May 9 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
May 10 - Seattle, WA - Madame Lou's
May 14 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
May 16 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
May 17 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
May 19 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
May 20 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz PDB
May 21 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
May 23 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
May 24 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
May 26 - Washington, DC - Songbyrd
May 27 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle - Back Room
May 28 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
May 30 - Austin, TX - Antone's Nightclub
May 31 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
June 2 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
June 3 - Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room
