Dublin band SPRINTS have announced the departure of guitarist Colm O’Reilly, who they say “has expressed a desire to retreat from public performance and full time touring to pursue his own passions and we fully support his decision.” The band have tour dates in Europe and the UK coming up, and say that “all live commitments will be honured and full of classic SPRINTS energy,” and that Karla Chubb, Sam McCann, and Jack Callan will be joined by guest guitarists for the shows. Read their statement in full below.
SPRINTS’ tour hits North America in September, including an NYC show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 28. See all of their upcoming dates below.
SPRINTS’ STATEMENTMENT ON COLM O’REILLY’S DEPARTURE
After five incredible years together we are heartbroken to announce that our dear friend and brother, Colm O’Reilly, will be leaving SPRINTS.
Life on the road can be tough — mentally, emotionally, and physically, and does not always allow us to pursue our ambitions and dreams in our personal lives. Colm has expressed a desire to retreat from public performance and full time touring to pursue his own passions and we fully support his decision.
Colm has and always will be an integral part of the SPRINTS family and we are excited to see how both our journeys unfold.
SPRINTS will continue with Karla, Jack and Sam and we will be joined by guest guitarists across our live dates. All live commitments will be honoured and full of classic SPRINTS energy. We are excited to enter this new chapter and continue to grow.
Thank you for all the support so far and please join us in wishing Colm all the best.
All our love,
Karla, Jack and Sam x
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SPRINTS: 2024 TOUR DATES
May 23rd | Derby, UK – Bearded Theory
May 25th | Leeds, UK – Live at Leeds in the Park
June 9th | Hilvarenbeek, NL – Best Kept Secret Festival
June 13th | Mallorca, ES – Mallorca Live
June 15th | Porto, PT – Mouco
June 22nd | Scheessel, DE – Hurricane Festival
June 23rd | Neuhausen Ob Eck, DE – Southside Festival
June 25th | Zagreb, HR – INmusic Festival
June 28th | Pilton, UK – Glastonbury Festival Events Ltd
July 5th | Werchter, BE – Rock Werchter
July 6th | Belfort, FR – Les Eurockéennes De Belfort
July 7th | Rotterdam, NL – Metropolis Festival
July 12th | Cardiff, UK – Cardiff Castle ^
July 13th | Halifax, UK – The Piece Hall Trust ^
July 14th | Glasgow, UK – TRNSMT Festival
July 27th | Sheffield, UK – Tramlines
August 3rd | Portlaw, IE – All Together Now Festival
August 8th | Schwetzingen, DE – Schlossgarten *
August 10th | Newquay, UK – Boardmasters Festival
August 15th | Porto, PT – Paredes De Coura Festival
August 27th | Dublin 7, IE – Collins Barracks #
August 28th | Belfast, UK – Custom House Square *
August 29th | Dublin, IE – Royal Dublin Society *
August 30th | Dorset, UK – End Of The Road Festival
September 1st | Darmstadt, DE – Golden Leaves Festival
September 1st | Eindhoven, NL – Hit The City
September 6th | Miranda de Ebro, ES – Ebrovision
September 25th | Boston MA, US – The Sinclair
September 27th | Philadelphia PA, US – The Foundry
September 28th | Brooklyn NY, US – Music Hall of Williamsburg
September 30th | Washington DC, US – The Atlantis
October 2nd | Carrboro NC, US – Cat’s Cradle Back Room
October 4th | Atlanta GA, US – Altar
October 5th | Nashville TN, US – The End
October 7th | Austin TX, US – Parish
October 10th | Denver CO, US – Globe Hall
October 13th | Salt Lake City UT, US – Urban Lounge
October 14th | Boise ID, US – Shrine Social Club
October 16th | Portland OR, US – Aladdin Theatre
October 17th | Seattle WA, US – Neumo’s
October 20th | Sacramento CA, US – Starlet Room
October 21st | San Francisco CA, US – The Chapel
October 24th | Los Angeles CA, US – Roxy Theatre
October 25th | San Diego CA, US – HOB Voodoo Room
October 26th | Santa Ana CA, US – Parish Room
November 12th | Bristol, UK – Marble Factory
November 13th | London, UK – Kentish Town Forum
November 23rd | Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
November 24th | Cologne, DE – Luxor
November 29th | Manchester, UK – New Century Hall
December 7th | Nijmegen, NL – Zeitgeist
December 9th | Berlin, DE – Lido
December 12th | Brussels, BE – Orangerie
December 13th | Lille, FR – L’Aéronef
December 14th | Luxembourg, LX – Rotondes
December 16th | Paris, FR – Trabendo
^ with IDLES
* with Pixies
# with Gossip