Earlier today the Montreal International Jazz Festival announced that CHVRCHES have stepped in to replace First Aid Kit on July 6th at MTELUS. This annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at venues across the city will run from June 27th to July 6, 2019.

Tickets for CHVRCHES will go on sale this Friday, May 31st at 10 AM EDT through the festival’s website.

CHVRCHES have been announced as one of the headliners for Hopscotch Music Festival. The tenth anniversary of this three-day music festival takes place from September 5-7, 2019 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, Martin Doherty and Jonny Scott of CHVRCHES will close out the night at the Red Hat Amphitheater on Saturday, September 7th. Check out the rest of the lineup in the poster above.

Three-day wristbands go on sale this Thursday, May 23rd at 10 AM EDT through the festival’s website.

CHVRCHES, Billie Eilish, Stevie Nicks, Kimbra, Nancy Wilson, Linda Perry, Chelsea Wolfe, Indigo Girls, Tegan and Sara, Dolly Parton, Kelly Clarkson and many other artists from the music industry have joined together to donate signed memorabilia, used gear, concert experiences and more in support of the Girls Rock Reverb Gives Auction. Proceeds will benefit ten nonprofits that empower female, transgender, and gender non-conforming youth through music.

The week-long auction begins today, May 21st and runs through May 28th via Reverb.

CHVRCHES will make their return to the Philippines for a show at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Manila on Tuesday, August 13th presented by Ovation Productions. The band’s last appearance in the Philippines was at GoodVybes Fest in February 2016 during their Every Open Eye tour.

Tickets go on sale this Thursday, May 23rd at 10 AM local time through TicketNet.

*Update - This show has been cancelled. Read the statement from CHVRCHES here.

CHVRCHES dropped a cool remix of Lauv’s “Drugs & The Internet” earlier today. Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty added some nice beats and instrumentational layers to an already widely popular song by Lauv. Give it a listen on your favorite music streaming service or hit the play button below.

Last night CHVRCHES returned to Chicago with another high-energy show in support of their third album Love Is Dead. Returning to the Aragon Ballroom four months after playing 101.1 WKQX’s The Nights We Stole Christmas, CHVRCHES were now in town for their first headlining show at the same venue playing to a packed and excited crowd.

Los Angeles based rock band Cherry Glazerr opened the night with a fun filled set of guitar and drum driven songs. They’re currently touring in support of their third studio album Stuffed & Ready.

As the venue filled to near-capacity the stage was set to a low-lit blue light and smoke. The crowd was on their feet and ready with anticipation when the bass dropped and the lights began to flash. Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, Martin Doherty and Jonny Scott were welcomed with a thunderous applause and returned that same energy from the first to last note.

Opening with “Get Out” followed by Mayberry’s line, “We are a band called CHVRCHES. Thank you very much for coming out to see us”. Throughout the setlist the crowd were treated to a mix of fan favorites from all three albums The Bones of What You Believe, Every Open Eye and Love Is Dead. After a thirteen-song main setlist the band returned for an encore featuring “The Mother We Share” and closing with “Never Say Die”.

Along with their fantastic performance came their usual funny banter and stories. Reminiscing about their last time in town with a stop in Uptown Arcade in which Lauren’s joystick on The Simpson’s game was broken so her character got pelted and how that could be a metaphor so she did not return yesterday in fear that it might be too much for her to take this time. Discussion about the C-word and how its meaning can be so much worse when used in America conversation versus its uses in British vocabulary. Speaking of vocabulary, Mayberry brought up that she has not seen the cultural phenomenon that is Game of Thrones except for a recent episode and gave us the word “swedge”, a Scottish term for sword play.

The band always seem to enjoy playing in Chicago and tonight seemed no different. Even with all of the recent online distractions from Chris Brown fans since the recent statement regarding his involvement with recent collaborator Marshmello, the band seemed quite upbeat and happy to be on stage.

CHVRCHES are always a fun band to see live and it’s an honor to cover them in our hometown with a short review and photo album. Thank you again CHVRCHES and special thanks to their manager Campbell for the chat yesterday along with all of your help, as well as Lauren at Glassnote Records.

Photos captured by Josh Terzino and edited by Kari Terzino of Music Defined for Lauren Mayberry Fans.

Setlist

Get Out
Bury It
We Sink
Graffiti
Graves
Miracle
Science/Visions
Under The Tide
Deliverance
Forever
Recover
Leave A Trace
Clearest Blue

Encore

The Mother We Share
Never Say Die