GLASS ANIMALS ANNOUNCE SPECIAL ‘DREAMLAND: REAL LIFE EDITION’ OUT ON AUGUST 5TH

GLASS ANIMALS CELEBRATE THE ALBUM THAT BROUGHT US GLOBAL SMASH HIT “HEAT WAVES” WITH SPECIAL DREAMLAND: REAL LIFE EDITION OUT ON AUGUST 5TH

BREAK RECORDS WITH GLOBAL SMASH “HEAT WAVES” AS THE LONGEST-LEADING #1 SONG ON BILLBOARD HOT 100 BY A BRITISH GROUP IN 25 YEARS, SINCE SPICE GIRLS’ “WANNABE”

TOP 10 LONGEST EVER REIGN FOR SONGS BY BRITISH GROUPS, ALONGSIDE THE BEATLES AND WINGS

WON TOP ROCK ARTIST & “PEPSIⓇ MIC DROP MOMENT” FOR “LONGEST RUN TO #1 ON BILLBOARD HOT 100” AT 2022 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

ANNOUNCE SPECIAL CELEBRATION DREAMLAND.IRL SHOW AT BROOKLYN MIRAGE ON AUGUST 8TH

“Back in 2020, we had this delicately constructed, intricate plan to launch Dreamland with a bunch of special shows, signings and real-life events. Then… we got spanked by the pandemic, and we had to tear our plan in half. I was pretty damn sad for a bit, but eventually the support from everyone on the web was so great that it pulled me out of my mind-hole, and I realised we could make a new plan… One based on the magnificent wonder that is the internet. We did that and it was absolutely wicked, but I still feel like we missed out on the IRL stuff. So, we thought we’d just have another go of it. This is our chance to do some of the things that were in our original plan, for the fans who have been there with us every step of the way.” – Dave Bayley

On the two year anniversary of critically acclaimed third album Dreamland, record breaking, BRIT and GRAMMY Award-nominated, Billboard Award-winning, global sensations Glass Animals announce their special Dreamland: Real Life Edition, for fans who have been on this incredible journey with the British band who took the world by storm this year, released on August 5th. Remaining on the Global Weekly Spotify Chart for 75 weeks straight, Dreamland is the album that brought us the global smash hit “Heat Waves”, leading to a 5 billion global streaming band with over 38M monthly listeners. Glass Animals returned to the UK for their first Glastonbury in five years last weekend, playing to thousands of fans on the Other Stage, confirming their place as “one of the biggest British bands in the world” (NME) and honouring the Dreamland they have lived in, ever since its release during the pandemic summer of 2020. Available in all formats with a limited edition glow in the dark vinyl featuring new colorway artwork alongside a deluxe tracklist CD and cassette, the Dreamland: Real Life Edition includes collaborations with Arlo Parks, Denzel Curry, Albert Hammond Jr., Bree Runway and Diplo.

**PRE-ORDER DREAMLAND: REAL LIFE EDITION HERE**

Selling over 262K tickets in the USA last year, Glass Animals played their most iconic venue yet at the beginning of June, with two sold-out nights at Colorado’s Red Rocks, where artists including Led Zeppelin and The Beatles have performed. Also storming the stage at Governors Ball in New York, this is the start of a huge festival season with performances at Lollapalooza, Splendour in the Grass, Lowlands, Reading & Leeds and more. To celebrate Dreamland: Real Life Edition, the band will play a special Dreamland.IRL show at New York’s Brooklyn Mirage on August 8th. Tickets available now and see below for all tour dates.

Glass Animals was formed in Oxford in 2010 by childhood friends Dave Bayley, Joe Seaward, Ed Irwin-Singer and Drew MacFarlane. Now the biggest band in the world, Glass Animals’ rise to global #1 with “Heat Waves” has been a story of deep connection during unprecedented times, nostalgia and support for a band described as “underdogs”. Dreamland saw Glass Animals “craft a new geography of their own…and our musical landscape is plenty richer for it” (DIY) and allowed fans to escape into a virtual world through building community on OpenSource, the band’s file sharing site. “Heat Waves” started life with Dave dragging a boom box down his empty East London street in the summer of 2020 during peak lockdown, asking fans to be involved with the video creation by filming from their windows.

WATCH “HEAT WAVES” OFFICIAL VIDEO

Fast forward to 2022, and “Heat Waves’” rise has been a story that “could be the script for a feel good British indie film” (The Times). With a historic climb to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, taking 59 weeks and breaking every record, the band remained in the top spot for 5 weeks in a row, #1 on the Billboard Global 200 Chart for 6 weeks in a row, and #1 on the Billboard Radio Songs Chart and Billboard Global Excl. US Chart for 5 weeks. Not to mention, “Heat Waves” was the longest-leading #1 song on Billboard Hot 100 by a British Group in over 25 years, breaking Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” record in 1997, and the longest-leading #1 song on Billboard Global 200. The song has also tied for the 6th-longest #1 run by British Groups in Hot 100’s history, alongside The Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love” & “Get Back” and Wings’ “Silly Love Songs.” Recently, frontman Dave Bayley hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Songwriters Chart—a career first, and “Heat Waves” is the first #1 on the chart written by one writer since Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” in 2018 and first #1 written, produced and performed by one artist since Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” in 2014.

Now one of the UK’s most sought after production and writing talents, Dave Bayley recently teamed up with Florence + The Machine to co-write and co-produce several songs on her new #1 album, Dance Fever, including her lead single “My Love” and tracks “Dream Girl Evil,” “Prayer Factory,” “Heaven Is Here,” “Daffodil,” “Restraint” and “Morning Elvis,” with Dave’s production described as “Nick Cave at the Club”. In addition, Glass Animals released a remix of their latest single “I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)” with The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr.

Formats available: limited edition glow in the dark vinyl, deluxe cd, deluxe cassette

Dreamland: Real Life Edition CD & Cassette Tracklisting

Dreamland
Tangerine
((Home Movie: 1994))
Hot Sugar
((Home Movie: BTX))
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Tokyo Drifting (with Denzel Curry)
Melon and the Coconut
Your Love (Déjà Vu)
Waterfalls Coming Out Your Mouth
It’s All So Incredibly Loud
((Home Movie: Rockets))
Domestic Bliss
Heat Waves
((Home Movie: Shoes On))
Helium
Heat Waves (Stripped Back)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (Stripped Back)
Your Love (Déjà Vu) (Stripped Back)
I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance) (with Albert Hammond Jr.)
Tangerine (with Arlo Parks)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (with Bree Runway)
Heat Waves (Shakur Ahmad Remix)
Tokyo Drifting (with Denzel Curry) (Oliver Malcom Remix)
Heat Waves (Diplo Remix)

Dreamland: Real Life Edition Glow In The Dark Vinyl Tracklisting

Dreamland
Tangerine
((Home Movie: 1994))
Hot Sugar
((Home Movie: BTX))
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Tokyo Drifting (with Denzel Curry)
Melon and the Coconut
Your Love (Déjà Vu)
Waterfalls Coming Out Your Mouth
It’s All So Incredibly Loud
((Home Movie: Rockets))
Domestic Bliss
Heat Waves
((Home Movie: Shoes On))
Helium

Global Tour Dates

June 30: Open’er Festival
July 02: Lollapalooza (Stockholm, Sweden)
July 06: Mad Cool Festival (Madrid, Spain)
July 07: NOS Alive (Lisbon, Portugal)
July 14: Perth, Australia^
July 16: Sydney, Australia^
July 17: Sydney, Australia^
July 19: Melbourne, Australia^
July 20: Melbourne, Australia^
July 22: Adelaide, Australia^
July 23: Splendour in the Grass Festival (Byron Bay, Australia)
28 July: Nashville, TN^
July 29: Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL)
July 30: Mo Pop Festival (Detroit MI)
July 31: Osheaga Festival (Montreal, QC)
August 02: Toronto, ON^
August 03: Cincinnati, OH^
August 05: Hinterland Festival (St. Charles, IA)
August 08: Dreamland.irl Re-Launch Show at Brooklyn Mirage (Brooklyn, NY)^
August 18: FM4 Frequency Festival (St. Polten, Austria)
August 20: Lowlands Festival (Netherlands)
August 21: Pukkelpop Festival (Belgium)
August 23: Zurich Open Air Festival
August 26: Reading Festival, UK
August 27: Leeds Festival, UK
September 02: Electric Picnic Festival (Ireland)
September 04: Superbloom Festival (Munich, Germany)
September 05: Berlin, Germany^
September 07: Paris, France^
September 09: Andalucia Big Festival (Malaga, Spain)
September 10: Mad Cool Sunset (Madrid, Spain)
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