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May 16, 2025 By Mark Redfern Photography by Molly Daniel

Nilüfer Yanya has announced some new North American tour dates. They include some headline dates, as well as a run of shows opening for Alex G. Check them all out below.

Yanya’s latest album, My Method Actor, was #2 on our Top 100 Albums of 2024 list and landed Yanya on the cover of Issue 73 (buy the issue directly from us here).

In April she shared the new single “Cold Heart.”

My Method Actor features “Like I Say (I runaway),” a new song Yanya shared in April 2024 via a music video in which she is a runaway bride. Yanya’s sister, Molly Daniel, directed the video. “Like I Say (I runaway)” was #1 on our Songs of the Week list. When the album was announced, Yanya shared its almost title track “Method Actor.” It was also #1 on our Songs of the Week list. Then she shared its third single, “Call It Love,” which also landed on Songs of the Week. The album’s fourth single, “Mutations,” also landed on Songs of the Week. Then she shared its fifth single, “Made of Memory.” The album’s sixth and final pre-release single, “Just a Western,” also placed on our Songs of the Week.

My Method Actor was Yanya’s third album and followed her 2022 album, PAINLESS, and her 2019 debut album, Miss Universe, (both released on ATO).

Yanya worked on the album with her regular creative partner, Wilma Archer, in isolation. “This is the most intense album, in that respect,” Yanya said in a previous press release. “Because it’s only been us two. We didn’t let anyone else into the bubble.”

When writing this album, Yanya was grappling with hitting her late 20s and dealing with the pressures of being an established musician. “For me, writing is definitely problem solving—in the way they say that dreaming is like problem solving,” she said. “You’re like, ‘Oh, that sounds good. That looks good. That makes sense.’ But you don’t really know why. You’re kind of using that part of your creative brain that doesn’t have to make sense.”

Read our in-depth interview with Yanya about PAINLESS here.

Read our rave review of the album here.

Yanya was also one of the artists on the cover of our 20th Anniversary print issue.

Nilüfer Yanya 2025 North American Tour Dates:

Headline Shows:

7 Sep/ Richmond VA - The Broadberry
9 Sep / Amherst MA - The Drake
19 Sep/ Omaha NE - The Waiting Room Lounge
22 Sep/ Sacramento CA - Harlow’s

Supporting Alex G:

Thu 09/11/25 - Boston, MA - Roadrunner
Sat 09/13/25 - Cleveland, OH - The Agora
Sun 09/14/25 - Toronto, ON - HISTORY
Wed 09/17/25 - Chicago, IL - The Salt Shed
Thu 09/18/25 - St Paul, MN - Palace Theatre
Sat 09/20/25 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom
Tue 09/23/25 - Oakland, CA - The Fox Theater
Fri 09/26/25 - Los Angeles, CA - The Greek Theatre
Sun 09/28/25 - Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Financial Theatre
Tue 09/30/25 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
Fri 10/03/25 - Atlanta, GA - The Eastern
Sat 10/04/25 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
Mon 10/06/25 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz
Tue 10/07/25 - Washington, DC - The Anthem
Wed 10/08/25 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
Fri 10/11/25 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore

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