The Cult’s Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy are set to celebrate 40 years of musical creation together with a one-off tour celebrating their post-punk origins. Death Cult the pairs first iteration will play 12 shows including dates in Dublin and Belfast.

Best known for 80s hits such as ‘She Sells Sanctuary’ and ‘Rain’, Ian Astbury first released music as The Southern Death Cult, before forming Death Cult with Billy Duffy in 1983, finally settling on the name The Cult in 1984.

These special Death Cult shows will centre around their eponymous EPs, as well as dipping into all 3 phases of the group from Southern Death Cult, to Death Cult, and The Cult’s first two albums: Dreamtime (1984) and Love (1985).

Death Cult Ireland and UK dates:

November 6 Belfast, UK Telegraph

November 7 Dublin, IE 3Olympia

November 9  Sheffield, UK  Foundry

November 10  Liverpool, UK  Guild of Students

November 12  Glasgow, UK  Barrowland

November 13  Nottingham, UK  Rock City

November 14  Birmingham, UK  O2 Institute

November 16  Bournemouth, UK  O2 Academy

November 17  Norwich, UK  UEA

November 18  Manchester, UK  Albert Hall

November 20  London, UK  Brixton Electric

November 21  London, UK  Brixton Electric

Death Cult  at 3Olympia Theatre on 7^th November 2023. Tickets from €61.95 including booking fees on sale Friday 18^th August at 10AM.