Danny & The Champions Of The World perform at Future Yard on Sunday 23rd March 2025.
Bringing with them an expansive rock and soul sound, akin to the likes of The War on Drugs dipped in Bluegrass and delivered in the titular’s Danny raspy, yearning vocals, they join us in spring in support of their brand new album, ‘You Are Not A Stranger Here‘ (out now).
Their seventh studio release and first since 2017’s ‘Brilliant Light,’ ‘You Are Not A Stranger Here’ is the sound of a band exploring new and surprising musical terrain.
The old contradiction that in creating something intensely personal, you can share something inspiringly universal, is at the heart of a remarkable new album by Danny & the Champions of the World. ‘You Are Not A Stranger Here’ is a formidable body of work that dates back to 2007. It’s full of brilliantly cohesive performances that come together to reach a new creative peak, founded on the most reflective and deep-seated lyrics to date by frontman Danny George Wilson.
It’s an intricate and beguiling tapestry of highly-crafted sounds by a band at the top of their game and a songwriter on an honest and unpretentious quest for some truth. If that sounds potentially dark and doom-laden, the results are anything but, on a record that’s deeply relatable, infectious and moving.