Kingfishr Share New Single “Next To Me” Ahead of Debut Album Halcyon

The chart-topping, arena-filling Kingfishr are firmly established as Ireland’s biggest breaking artist of 2025. Already stars in their homeland, they’re quickly going global too. They’ve joined the lineage of bands whose Irish roots have helped them connect with an ever-growing North American audience, as demonstrated by their recent sold-out debut headline tour - and with another now confirmed. They’re quickly scaling up in the UK, with their two biggest London shows so far scheduled for the autumn. And they’re also progressing across mainland Europe, too. The August 22nd release of Halcyon will cement their rise, which they now preview with the new single “Next To Me”.

With “Next To Me”, Kingfishr have crafted a love song with a timelessness that feels as if it has always existed. Beating with an Irish heart and a broader contemporary folk-pop sound, its lyrics are sincere and unambiguous, with words of devotion. But as with the best of love songs, there’s an undercurrent of uncertainty: Will doing my best be enough to keep this love alive? Eddie Keogh’s vocal also comes from a different place to what we’ve come to expect, his gritty tone now complemented by the pure, soulful feeling that he expresses.

Eddie says, “It’s a love song, we’ve never really done a love song. It’s very, very hard to do something that’s been done a million times in a legitimate way, but we’ve given it our best. We’re all now in relationships so we have a little bit of experience on the topic.”

Completed by bandmates Eoghan "McGoo" McGrath and Eoin "Fitz" Fitzgibbon, KIngfishr have maximized anticipation for the release of their debut album Halcyon. They’ve become a huge live draw, able to connect with everyone in the room at arenas while also bringing the party to late-night pub jam sessions and impromptu public sing-alongs. But that life-affirming energy also translates to the intimacy of listening on headphones, too, with 130 million+ streams to date. Every track that has previewed Halcyon has been impactful, from the multi-Platinum Irish #1 smash “Killeagh” through to “Diamonds & Roses”, “Man On The Moon” and “Gloria”.

Halycon is available to pre-order HERE. Kingfishr’s official store offers two limited-edition formats, which add a signed postcard: a stone-colored vinyl and a CD.

Kingfishr’s already extensive global touring for the rest of the year has been boosted with the confirmation of both a new North American headline tour as well as a run of dates as guests to Dylan Gossett - their first Stateside shows since selling out their debut headline tour there earlier this year. All roads then lead to their two-night stand at Dublin’s 3Arena, where they will play to a total of 26,000 fans. Their tour dates are listed below. Please see HERE for remaining tickets.

July

10th - Madrid, Mad Cool Festival
16th - Cork, The Marquee (SOLD OUT)
19th - Nottingham, Splendour Festival
20th - Galway, Heineken Big Top (SOLD OUT)
24th - Cork, The Marquee (SOLD OUT)
25th - Oxfordshire, Truck Festival
26th - Southwold, Latitude Festival

August

7th - Belfast, Custom House SQ (SOLD OUT)
11th - Budapest, Sziget
13th - St. Polten, Frequency
15th - Bidinghuizen, Lowlands
16th - Hamburg, MS Dockville
17th - Hasselt, Pukkelpop
22nd - Limerick, Live At The Docks (SOLD OUT)
31st - Stradbelly, Electric Picnic

September

11th - Birmingham, AL, Avondale Brewing Company (with Dylan Gossett)
14th - Atlanta, GA, Tabernacle (with Dylan Gossett)
15th - Nashville, TN, Exit / IN (HEADLINE SHOW)
17th - Columbia, SC, Township Auditorium (with Dylan Gossett)
18th - Charlotte, NC, The Fillmore Charlotte (with Dylan Gossett)
20th - Raleigh, NC, The Ritz (with Dylan Gossett)
22nd - Pittsburgh, PA, Stage AE (with Dylan Gossett)
24th - Washington, DC, 9:30 Club (HEADLINE SHOW)
25th - Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Paramount (with Dylan Gossett)
26th - Boston, MA, MGM Music Hall At Fenway (with Dylan Gossett)
27th - Philadelphia, PA, The Fillmore Philadelphia (with Dylan Gossett)
29th - Montreal, QC, La Ministere (HEADLINE SHOW)
30th - Toronto, ON, The Opera House (HEADLINE SHOW)

October

2nd - Chicago, IL, Park West
3rd - Minneapolis, MN, Cedar Cultural Center
5th - Boulder, CO, Fox Theatre
6th - Salt Lake City, UT, Kilby Court
8th - Seattle, WA, Neumos
9th - Vancouver, BC, Hollywood Theatre
10th - Portland, OR, The Old Church
12th - San Francisco, CA, Great American Music Hall
13th - Los Angeles, CA, Troubadour

November

4th - Brussels, La Madeleine
5th  – Paris, Petit Bain
7th - Barcelona, Sala Wolf
8th - Madrid, Sala Villanos
10th - Milan, Magnolia
11th - Zurich, Bogen F
13th - Munich, Backstage
14th - Berlin, Gretchen"
15th - Groningen, Oosterpoort (SOLD OUT)
17th - Amsterdam, Paradiso (SOLD OUT)
18th - Tilburg, 013
19th - Cologne, Gloria
24th - Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom
25th - Newcastle, University
26th - Manchester, Albert Hall
28th - Nottingham, Rock City
29th - Leeds, Beckett Students’ Union
30th - Birmingham, O2 Institute

December

2nd - Bristol, O2 Academy
3rd - London, O2 Forum Kentish Town (SOLD OUT)
4th - London, O2 Forum Kentish Town (ADDED DATE)
18th - Dublin, 3Arena (ADDED DATE)
19th - Dublin, 3Arena (SOLD OUT)

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