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Adrian Sherwood

As founder of the legendary On-U Sound label, he formed and produced a stable of artists such as African Head Charge, New Age Steppers, Dub Syndicate, Creation Rebel and Tackhead, and also produced or remixed everyone from The Slits to Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode to The Fall and Blur to Einstürzende Neubauten. In addition to recent work with indie artists such as Spoon and Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, who both separately hand-picked Sherwood to reconstruct recent studio albums, he has also enjoyed recent success producing late career renaissances on his own On-U label - Rainford by Lee “Scratch” Perry hit number 1 on the Billboard Reggae chart, whilst Midnight Rocker by Horace Andy was crowned The Guardian’s #1 Global album of the year.

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On-U Sound label boss and producer extraordinaire, Adrian Sherwood will be taking his most extensive tour to date on the road in Spring 2026, showcasing tracks from his new album, ‘The Collapse of Everything’. As well as playing to a host of European cities, this will be the first time Adrian has ever toured as a solo artist in North America. This extensive series of live dub sessions starts next February 2026 in Milan and ends in Barcelona with his homecoming London show in between at the main theatre at the Barbican Centre. Excitingly, after this he will play a number of debut shows across North America in March to April, kicking off at Big Ears festival before dropping into major cities such as LA, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Montreal and more. Adrian’s new ‘Live Dub’ show which will premiere at Maggazzini Generali, Milan on the 5th of February sees him onstage with a full mixing desk and his signature studio effects creating live, realtime dub mixes directly from the original multitracks. It’s a complete On-U production presenting music from his new solo album, The Collapse of Everything as well as tracks from recent albums such as his collaborations with Lee “Scratch” Perry and Horace Andy, as well as recent work with Sonic Boom x Panda Bear and Spoon, and other On-U classics. This hypnotic, cinematic live set will be accompanied by psychedelic visuals giving a pictorial history of On-U Sound as interpreted by longtime collaborator, Peter Harris. Peter has provided his unique brand of subversive artwork to the last two Lee “Scratch” Perry, African Headcharge and Creation Rebel On-U album covers as well as The Collapse Of Everything. Sherwood’s first solo album in 13 years and only the fourth in his long career, The Collapse Of Everything was released in August to great acclaim. More reflective than earlier records in his discography, the album plays out like a Jamaican spaghetti Western with its widescreen vistas and mood shifts, incorporating everything from dust-caked desert blues to heaviest dubs decorated in seemingly infinite detail. An expansive palette from delicate piano motifs to heavily processed sound effects move in and out of a wide-panned stereo field, at times coalescing into an almost hallucinogenic state. Mojo called it “Sherwood’s most thrillingly exploratory solo album so far.”

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Feb
Adrian Sherwood
Berlin
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