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Clover County brings ‘Bootgaze’ to Britain: Rising star’s UK & Ireland tour starts soon

There’s something quietly compelling about Clover County—a sense that her music has been lived in long before it ever reached an audience. Now, that lived-in storytelling is heading across the Atlantic for the very first time. The Georgia-born singer-songwriter will make her UK and Ireland debut this May, co-headlining a run of intimate dates with Jack Van Cleaf before stepping onto one of the most prestigious stages in the world at the Highways Festival at Royal Albert Hall.

For an artist still early in her career, it’s a bold introduction—and one that feels perfectly aligned with the understated confidence of her debut album ‘Finer Things.' Released last year, the record plays like a scrapbook of memory and emotion: love letters, old photographs, fleeting relationships and the kind of small details that linger long after the moment has passed. It’s country at its core, but filtered through an indie, almost hazy lens—a sound Clover herself has affectionately dubbed “bootgaze.”

That blend of styles is what makes her such a fascinating new voice. Drawing inspiration from icons like Dolly Parton and Shania Twain while leaning into the textures of modern indie artists, Clover County has carved out a space that feels both nostalgic and refreshingly current. Songs like ‘Virginia Slim' capture that duality perfectly—fuzzy guitars and fiddle lines underpinning a painfully honest reflection on love, timing, and emotional self-preservation.

Her upcoming tour offers UK audiences their first real chance to step into that world. Starting in Glasgow and winding through Leeds, Dublin, Bristol and Manchester, these shows promise an up-close experience of an artist whose music thrives on intimacy. The run culminates in London, where she’ll trade small rooms for the grandeur of the Royal Albert Hall—proof of just how quickly her star is rising.

UK & Ireland Tour Dates

  • May 6 – Glasgow, King Tut’s
  • May 7 – Leeds, The Lending Room
  • May 9 – Dublin, The Grand Social
  • May 10 – Bristol, Louisiana
  • May 12 – Manchester, The Deaf Institute (The Lodge)
  • May 16 – London, Royal Albert Hall (Highways Festival)

What makes this tour especially exciting isn’t just the venues or the milestones—it’s the sense of discovery. Clover County arrives not as a finished product, but as an artist in motion, bringing with her songs that chart the journey from naïve beginnings to something more knowing and complex. If ‘Finer Things' is her story so far, these shows feel like the next chapter being written in real time.

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