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Ethel Cain has revealed “Nettles,” the first single from her forthcoming album, Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You. Scroll down to hear the song now.
Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You was first announced earlier this year and will be releaed on August 8. It is the prequel to Cain’s 2022 debut album Preacher’s Daughter and was written about her first love, Willoughby Tucker. In January Cain released Perverts, a 9-track project with a 90-minute runtime.
Speaking about “Nettles” in press materials, Cain said: “This song and the last track on the record were both written the same week, the very first week I moved into the house in Alabama where I finished Preacher’s Daughter. In similar fashion to Preacher’s Daughter (specifically “A House in Nebraska” and “Strangers”), I wrote what essentially became the beginning and end of the story without realizing it. What were originally just little vignettes of emotion I was feeling at the time ultimately became the tentpoles for a larger narrative. ‘Nettles’ became a dream of losing the one you love, asking them to reassure you that it won’t come true and to dream, instead, of all the time you’ll have together as you grow old side by side. Every once in a blue moon, it feels good to slough off the macabre and to simply let love be.”
Cain will embark on a mammoth tour of North America and Europe following the release of Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You. The run of live shows is due to begin in Seattle on August 12 and will conclude three months later in Lisbon, Portugal on November 9. Find her full tour schedule below.
Ethel Cain 2025 tour dates
August 12 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
August 13 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
August 15 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
August 16 – Portland, OR – Edgefield
August 18 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Berkeley
August 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Auditorium
August 22 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
August 24 – Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory
August 25 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall
August 26 – Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
August 28 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
August 29 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
August 30 – Asheville, NC – Asheville Yards
September 4 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
September 5 – Washington, D.C. – The Anthem
September 6 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
September 9 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
September 10 – Brooklyn, NY – Kings Theatre
September 12 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
September 13 – Buffalo, NY – Outer Harbor Live at Terminal B
September 15 – Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
September 16 – Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
September 17 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Cathedral Theatre
September 19 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
September 20 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed (Fairgrounds)
October 2 – Manchester, England – O2 Apollo
October 4 – Glasgow, Scotland – O2 Academy Glasgow
October 9 – London, England – Eventim Apollo
October 14 – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
October 15 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg
October 16 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg
October 18 – Paris, France – L’Olympia
October 21 – Cologne, Germany – Carlswerk Victoria
October 23 – Berlin, Germany – Huxley’s Neue Welt
October 24 – Hamburg, Germany – Docks
October 25 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
October 27 – Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
October 28 – Stockholm, Sweden – Fållan
October 31 – Warsaw, Poland – Stodola
November 1 – Prague, Czech Republic – Roxy
November 2 – Vienna, Austria – Gasometer
November 4 – Zurich, Switzerland – X-tra
November 5 – Milan, Italy – Alcatraz
November 7 – Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz
November 8 – Madrid, Spain – Teatro Eslava
November 9 – Lisbon, Portugal – LAV Warehouse
