Hayden Announces North American Tour Dates In Support Of Upcoming Release Us Alone Shares New Album Track “Rainy Saturday”

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Arts & Crafts to release internationally-celebrated Toronto artist’s seventh full-length album on February 5. Listen to Hayden's new song Rainy Saturday on the Paste Magazine site HERE.

Four years is a long time to be away, so to help celebrate his exit from hibernation, Hayden will be embarking on a tour of small, very unique venues around Ontario in February before heading out on a North American tour in March. As part of Hayden’s Ontario dates he will perform a series of intimate shows in three Toronto neighbourhood venues, chosen by Hayden for reasons only he knows. All tour dates and ticket purchase links are listed below.

Since his emergence from Toronto’s burgeoning alternative scene with 1995’s now iconic Everything I Long For, Hayden has intrigued, both for his highly introspective personality and musical independence - performing most instruments on his records and almost always engineering, mixing, and producing as well as self-releasing on his own label, Hardwood Records.

Those skills and tendencies are again showcased on Us Alone, a sonically rich, beautifully textured return to form. Lyrically, Hayden also continues his strength in crafting stories that will range from the highly autobiographical (“Almost Everything”) to strangely unsettling (“Just Give Me A Name”), and goes as far as leaving specific direction of what to do with his body when he dies (“Instructions”).

Us Alone is a subtle, emotional and sonically warm journey written and performed by one of Canada's most consistent artists. A welcome addition to a brilliant career.

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Hayden Us Alone Tour Dates:
2/6: Kingston, ON @ The Grad Club | Tickets
2/7: Guelph, ON @ Cooperators Hall | Tickets
2/8: Dundas, ON @ The Dundas Valley Montessori School | Tickets
2/9: Creemore, ON @ Avening Community Centre | Tickets
2/13: New York City, NY @ Mercury Lounge*
2/20: Toronto, ON @ The Dakota Tavern | Tickets
2/21: Toronto, ON @ The Cameron House | Tickets
2/22: Toronto, ON @ Rivoli* | Tickets
3/7 Wakefield, QC @ Blacksheep Inn* | Tickets
3/8: Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa*
3/15-17: Austin, TX @ SXSW
3/20: Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern*
3/21: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge*
3/23: Vancouver, BC @ The Rio Theatre* | Tickets
3/24: Nelson, BC @ The Royal on Baker* | Tickets
3/26: Edmonton, AB @ The Royal Alberta Museum* | Tickets
3/27: Calgary, AB @ Festival Hall* | Tickets
3/28: Saskatoon, SK @ The Bassment* | Tickets
3/30: Winnipeg, MB @ West End Cultural Centre* | Tickets

*with Special Guest Lou Canon

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