Neon Dreams has added a second show at the Halifax Convention Centre on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. The first show, on Friday, Nov. 13, sold out.
Fresh from winning its first Juno Award for breakthrough group of the year, Halifax duo Neon Dreams is breaking out of isolation to stage one of the first concert tours to take place within the Atlantic bubble in November.
Band members Frank Kadillac and Adrian Morris will hit the stage at the Halifax Convention Centre on Nov. 12 and Nov. 13, as they release the new album The Happiness of Tomorrow. Then they hit the road to become one of the few touring Canadian bands in the final months of 2020, performing at Moncton’s Capitol Theatre on Nov. 15 and the Fredericton Playhouse on Nov. 16, followed by a string of seven shows across Newfoundland, from St. John’s to Stephenville, Nov. 19 to 28.
"We’re very fortunate to live in a part of the world that has minimal cases of COVID-19 and we are able to tour safely,” said Neon Dreams drummer Adrian Morris in the show announcement.
“Connecting with people through live music is an essential part of the human experience. We are grateful to have this opportunity as it's a huge step towards getting back to normalcy. We’re excited to get on stage and perform to a live audience again.”
Although much of The Happiness of Tomorrow was written before the pandemic, the title track was written during quarantine, and the experience of living through the era of COVID-19 was felt during production and can be felt throughout many of the songs, like the single Sick of Feeling Useless, which has made its way onto U.S. alternative radio charts and entered the Top 10 at U.S. college radio.
The current single is Don’t Go Hating Me Now, which describes a relationship with someone who’s coping with addiction and losing control of their life. “When we were writing, it felt like we were opening up with each other about it,” says Morris of writing the song with Kadillac.
“Sometimes it can be difficult to admit you’re struggling to someone you care about, but honestly, they’re the people that are there to help you when you need it. Those people are the last you should push away.”
Tickets for the Maritimes shows with guest artist New Brunswick’s Levi Rowan, are available at www.sonicconcerts.com/neon-dreams. Each tour stop will have its own COVID-19 protocols, which can be viewed on the band’s schedule page at www.neondreams.ca/tour.
