ABOUT POLARI
I probably first heard the word Polari about fifteen years ago when I was a newly out homosexual, I knew it was some kind of ‘lost gay language’ but I didn't take too much interest in gay history back then, looking to the past felt difficult. ‘Polari’ was a gay relic that I put alongside hanky codes, secret handshakes and Edna Everage. Ten years later I would play Ritchie in It's A Sin and get to grapple with my gay identity in a way that totally transformed my life. I loved learning about queer history so much, it gave me a new way to understand myself. Now after more than a decade of releasing music as Years & Years, I'm about to release my first album under my own name. I asked myself… what is an Olly Alexander album? If I wanted to distil the purest essence of whatever it is inside of me, I needed to try something new.
LIVE DATES
22 Nov 2024 | bp pulse LIVE | Birmingham, GB | TICKETS |
19 Mar 2025 | den Atelier | Luxembourg | pre-sale access |
20 Mar 2025 | Zoom | Frankfurt | pre-sale access |
21 Mar 2025 | Live Music Hall | Cologne | pre-sale access |
23 Mar 2025 | La Cigale | Paris | pre-sale access |
24 Mar 2025 | Cirque Royal | Brussels | pre-sale access |
26 Mar 2025 | Metropol | Berlin | pre-sale access |
27 Mar 2025 | Palladium | Warsaw | pre-sale access |
29 Mar 2025 | Komplex 457 | Zurich | pre-sale access |
30 Mar 2025 | TivoliVredenburg | Utrecht | pre-sale access |
01 Apr 2025 | 3Olympia Theatre | Dublin | pre-sale access |
02 Apr 2025 | Town Hall | Birmingham | pre-sale access |
03 Apr 2025 | Barrowland Ballroom | Glasgow | pre-sale access |
04 Apr 2025 | Factory International | Manchester | pre-sale access |
06 Apr 2025 | Beacon | Bristol | pre-sale access |
07 Apr 2025 | Palladium | London | pre-sale access |