Yesterday Summer Sonic Festival announced twenty new acts including CHVRCHES! The band will partake in the 20th anniversary of this festival with performances at Osaka Maishima Sonic Park on Saturday, August 17th and at Tokyo Zozo Marine Stadium on Sunday, August 18th. CHVRCHES previously played Summer Sonic Festival in 2013.

Ticket information is available through the festival’s website.

CHVRCHES have been added to the Paraíso Festival in Madrid, Spain this summer. This two-day festival takes place at the Campus of UCM on June 14-15, 2019 with CHVRCHES scheduled to perform on Friday, June 14th. Check out the lineup in the poster above.

Grab your tickets now though the festival’s website before prices increase on March 7th.

While in town for SXSW, Lauren Mayberry from CHVRCHES will be hosting Laneway Festival’s 7th annual SXSW party. Catch performances by Emerson Snowe, Carmouflage Rose, Lola Kirke, Charly Bliss, Laura Misch and Sports Team at Australia House located in Lucille Patio Lounge in Austin, Texas.

Admission policies for this event can be found on Facebook.

Last year Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty of CHVRCHES collaborated with KOM_I of Wednesday Campanella for a single called “Out Of My Head”. Just hours ago, they performed this live for the very first time at Zepp Bayside in Osaka, Japan. Check out the video below.

As reported earlier this week, CHVRCHES recorded a new orchestral arrangement of their hit single “Miracle” with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to kick off the new BBC Scotland TV channel. The video of this performance follows lead singer Lauren Mayberry while alternating between images of Scotland on the screens behind her and the performing orchestra with band-mates Iain Cook and Martin Doherty. Watch this beautiful rendition below.

CHVRCHES made a special stop last week (February 13th) during their winter 2019 UK and Ireland tour to record a new version of “Miracle” which will be the first thing featured on the launch of a new BBC Scotland TV channel this Sunday, February 24th.

Per BBC News, “The new channel will launch at 7 PM on Sunday with a specially-commissioned film featuring a musical collaboration between Scottish band CHVRCHES and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

CHVRCHES' singer Lauren Mayberry will be the first voice to be heard on the channel as the band perform their hit song Miracle in a new orchestral arrangement.”

Tune into the channel numbers listed below on Sunday to catch this special TV channel launch.

CHVRCHES will be headlining the Capital One House at Antone’s in Austin, Texas on Saturday, March 9th as part of SXSW’s interactive/film opening weekend. Priority access is free for SXSW badge holders followed by a general-admission line for the public based on capacity. Check out the event poster above for the full 4-day lineup at the Capital One House.

March 9th schedule:

Doors open at 8:00 PM.
8:00 – 9:00 PM - DJ Manny
9:00 – 10:00PM - Abraham Alexander
10:00 – 11:00PM - Jade Bird
11:00 – 12:00AM - CHVRCHES

Ahead of CHVRCHES’ homecoming show at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday, February 16th, lead singer Lauren Mayberry was already busy hours before showtime helping launch Connect Live for the Glasgow & Clyde Rape Crisis Centre.

Mayberry, a patron for the centre, previously helped spearhead a fundraiser for their 40th anniversary back in 2016. Now, almost two years later more women than ever are seeking support from the centre.

Glasgow Rape Crisis Centre manager Isabelle Kerr told the Herald Scotland, “In the last two years, the centre has fielded almost 30,000 calls, texts and emails from survivors of rape, domestic abuse and other forms of sexual trauma in and around Glasgow.”

Kerr and staff along with Mayberry launched the new project, Connect Live, which will be open daily from 11 AM – 2 PM and Monday through Thursday evenings from 5:30-7:30 PM. This service will allow anyone contacting Connect Live to speak to centre staff directly for live support.

Mayberry said, “I don’t view things like rape crisis as optional services. It’s not negotiable whether that is available to society, and it’s not just for women either.”

If you would like to help support this project please donate through Just Giving. Donations will help the centre adapt to changing technology and help train new volunteer staff.

The sixth annual Goldenvoice Presents April Concert Series will bring CHVRCHES to Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown, California on Thursday, April 18th. Catch the band perform at this unique spot described as a honky-tonk, barbeque restaurant and music venue near Joshua Tree National Park.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow, February 15th at 12 PM PST through AXS.

CHVRCHES will be playing Beale Street Music Festival this May! This three-day music festival at Tom Lee Park in Memphis, Tennessee will be held from May 3-5, 2019 with CHVRCHES scheduled to perform on Friday, May 3rd. Check out the full lineup in the poster above.

Tickets are available now through Eventbrite.