The British rock band Enter Shikari have announced they will go on hiatus at the end of 2027, a decision that may result in the band\u2019s \u201cextinction\u201d.<\/p>\n
The St Albans band, who formed in 1999 as Hybryd, are due to tour the UK in November, Europe and the US next year, and said they hoped to play some of their favourite places \u201cone last time\u201d.<\/p>\n
A statement from band reads: \u201cAs of December 31, 2027, Enter Shikari will fall dormant as a recording and performing entity. This dormancy may eventually end with an eruption back into activity, or may end with extinction, we have no idea which.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs everyone keeps reminding us, 2027 will be 20 years since the release of our debut album. We\u2019ve been playing music together since we were 15, and friends longer still, but there\u2019s no doubt this is a huge milestone.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the past two decades, we\u2019ve run amok in a cultural landscape that elevates easily-pigeonholed art, so being an Enter Shikari hasn\u2019t always been easy, professionally or personally, with obvious negative impact on one\u2019s mental health when tasked with coming up with the goods.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we do this because we love it, and we are lucky enough to have built an audience who understand that the less-trodden path is sometimes the more interesting journey. However, it gets to the point where the often difficult terrain of that path starts to frazzle and drain the humble traveller.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are far from being the same kids who recorded that debut album, and as much as we love what we do, and still love being in each other\u2019s company, as humans our priorities and capacities have changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The band said their lead singer, Rou Reynolds, had suffered \u201crecent illness\u201d but they had already had \u201cdifficult conversations\u201d about their future before that.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo then see a friend in trouble made those conversations more pertinent,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cWhile we don\u2019t think we\u2019re splitting up, we do not have a diary that extends beyond 2027 \u2026 Maybe we\u2019ll be like Fugazi and just get together to rehearse for fun, without feeling the need to make anyone else listen to it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll we really know is after two decades of being a professional band, not having plans three years in advance is liberating.\u201d<\/p>\n
The band also said they were working on new music, which fans \u201cshould get to hear sooner rather than later, along with another thing we\u2019ve just finished filming\u201d.<\/p>\n
Enter Shikari added that they would not be announcing a \u201cfarewell world tour\u201d.<\/p>\n
The statement concludes: \u201cIt\u2019s not the sort of statement we thought we\u2019d be making if you\u2019d asked us a year ago, but we felt it was time to let you know our headspace.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really hope we\u2019ll be seeing you over the next 14 months or so, somehow. But if not, all that remains to be said is thank-you for your support, your sweat, your passion, your energy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since forming in 1999, the band have released six UK top 10 albums, including a No 1 with A Kiss for the Whole World in 2023.<\/p>\n
They have also scored a handful of hit singles including Anything Can Happen in the Next Half, Juggernauts and Sssnakepit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The British rock band Enter Shikari have announced they will go on hiatus at the end of 2027,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46],"class_list":["post-633714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}