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Interpol announce new 2023 UK headline tour dates

The band will play five dates across the summer on the back of last year's 'The Other Side of Make-Believe' LP

Interpol have announced details of new UK headline shows for summer 2023 – find the full list of dates below and ticket details here .

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The New York indie icons, who released seventh album ‘The Other Side Of Make-Believe’ last summer, will return to the UK for five headline dates spread out across the summer.

On May 28, the tour will begin in Brighton, before dates in Leeds, Edinburgh and June over the next few days.

A month later, the tour will end on July 9 with a final gig at the O2 Academy in Liverpool.

Tickets for all shows go on general sale on Friday, March 17 at 9am GMT. You can buy yours here .

See Interpol’s 2023 UK headline tour dates below.

MAY 2023 28 – Brighton Dome 29 – Leeds O2 Academy 31 – Edinburgh The Queen’s Hall

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JUNE 2023 1 – Bristol O2 Academy

JULY 2023 9 – Liverpool O2 Academy

The tour dates come around Interpol’s headline appearance at the 2023 edition of Bearded Theory Festival , where they will share the stage with Primal Scream ,  Gary Numan ,  Echo And The Bunnymen and more.

The 2023 bash, which will take place at Catton Hall in Derbyshire between May 25-28, will also feature  Gogol Bordello ,  Yard Act ,  Viagra Boys ,  The Beths ,  The Mysterines , Flogging Molly, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs,  She Drew The Gun  and Snapped Ankles. Tickets are available  here .

Along with the release of ‘The Other Side Of Make-Believe’ , 2022 also saw Interpol mark the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Turn On The Bright Lights’ by sharing its companion project, ‘The Black EP’, on streaming platforms.

‘The Black EP’ features the studio version of the single ‘Say Hello To The Angels’, a demo of ‘NYC’ and four other songs from the ‘Turn On The Bright Lights’ era that were recorded live for a Radio France session in 2002, including the non-album bonus track ‘Specialist’.

In a four-star review of their new LP , NME  wrote: “Far from a total reinvention, but all adds up to a confident, rewarding and subtly adventurous new chapter for Interpol – or, as [frontman Paul] Banks sings himself on the peak of ‘Toni’, “ Still in shape, my methods refined “.

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Interpol announce UK dates for 2023

14 March 2023, 16:20

By Jenny Mensah

The New York indie rockers will embark on dates on this side of the pond. Find out where they're headed and how to buy tickets.

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Interpol have announced live dates for 2023.

The indie rockers will tour 2022's The Other Side of Make-Believe album, playing five dates on this side of the pond, which include shows in Brighton, Leeds and Edinburgh.

Tickets go on sale this Friday 17th March from 9am here. Pre-sale tickets go live on Wednesday 15th March at 9am.

We’ve added some headline shows in the UK and Germany in May and June! Pre-sale begins on Wednesday for Leeds, Bristol and Liverpool, and on Thursday for Brighton, Edinburgh and Munich. Tickets go on sale on Friday at 9am GMT / 10am CET. https://t.co/RXszzPVqKm pic.twitter.com/sY5DHxEURw — Interpol (@Interpol) March 13, 2023

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The band will also play an Irish date at Dublin's Trinity College on 30th June 2023 as part of of their European tour dates, with tickets on sale now.

See Interpol's 2023 UK Tour dates below:

• 28th May 2023: Brighton Dome
• 29th May 2023: Leeds O2 Academy
• 31st May 2023: Edinburgh The Queen’s HallJUNE 2023
• 1st June 2023: Bristol O2 AcademyJULY 2023
• 9th July 2023: Liverpool O2 Academy

Who is supporting Interpol on tour?

Support for Interpol comes from special guests Water From Your Eyes. Mega-fans of Interpol should be well aware of the Brooklyn electro-pop duo's fifth album as they've toured with the band before.

some could say we are obsessed with touring with @Interpol and they would be correct 💯 heading to the UK to reunite with our friends in Brighton, Leeds, Edinburgh, and Bristol 🫡 pic.twitter.com/VvvEv7Yugt — Water From Your Eyes (@waterfromyreyes) March 13, 2023

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Everything you need to know about the band’s concert on friday, june 30th.

Interpol: Frontman Paul Banks performing at a concert in Monterrey, Mexico, last month. Photograph: Medios y Media/Getty

It’s already been more than 20 years since Interpol released their iconic debut album, Turn On the Bright Lights – feeling old yet? The band are swinging by Ireland this week as part of a Europe and North America tour, and they’ve been busy on the festival circuit over the summer months.

The band reconvened in 2021 after remotely writing some songs during the pandemic, which later turned into material for The Other Side of Make-Believe , the group’s latest record. So what can we expect from their concert in Dublin this week?

When do they play?

The concert is on at Trinity College Dublin on Friday, June 30th.

What time should I arrive?

Gates open at 7pm. Times are subject to change and updates can be checked for here . Due to increased traffic and security measures, concertgoers are advised to be at the venue in sufficient time.

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Who is the support act?

South London band Honeyglaze will warm up the stage for the lads with their guitar-led indie rock tunes.

Stage times

• Honeyglaze: 7.55pm
• Interpol: 8.55pm
• Times are subject to change

How do I get there?

The concert organisers have instructed fans to walk, cycle or use public transport to get to the concert as there will be no parking facilities on site. They have advised ticket holders to plan for at least an extra 1½ hours travel time to and from the venue as traffic delays are inevitable. Stewards will be directing crowds and there is no entry via the Front Square or Nassau Street gates. The entry point is via Lincoln Place Gate.

By Dart: The Dart will run services to and from the gig via Pearse Street station. The last train northbound leaves at 12.03am, the last train southbound leaves at 12.16am. For more information see irishrail.ie .

By bus: Dublin Bus run services right up to Trinity College. The bus routes serving Nassau Street, just outside the venue, are: 11, 37, 38, 38A, 38D, 39A and 70.

Trinity College Dublin summer series map 2023

What will they play?

At a concert in Turin earlier in the week, the band played a mix of old and new songs for about 90 minutes. So we can expect their set list to look a little like this:

• If You Really Love Nothing
• Into the Night
• Take You on a Cruise
• Pioneer to the Falls
• Rest My Chemistry
• Public Pervert
• Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down
• Leif Erikson
• Not Even Jail

Are there any tickets left?

Yes. At the time of writing there are still some tickets available at ticketmaster.ie . Buy tickets from accredited sources only.

What’s the story with security?

This concert is strictly over-18s and ID will be required. Allow time for security checks on the way in. Bags larger than A4 size will not be permitted and all bags may be searched, this can be time-consuming so consider going bagless for easier entry. There will be no cloakroom or storage facilities. No umbrellas, alcohol, garden furniture, selfie sticks, flares, glasses or cans, among other items, will be allowed into the event.

Can I take photographs at the concert?

Yes, but only with a smartphone or small camera. Professional cameras with a detachable lens and any other recording equipment are banned.

What’s the weather forecast?

Met Éireann is forecasting a dull, overcast and muggy day with intermittent rain. Highest temperatures of 19 degrees. Perhaps a rain jacket wouldn’t go amiss.

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Conor Capplis is a journalist with the Irish Times Group

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INTERPOL ANNOUNCE UK HEADLINE TOUR DATES 2023

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Interpol have announced their return to the UK this year with five headline dates in Brighton, Leeds, Edinburgh, Bristol and Liverpool across May, June and July. The band will be joined by special guests Water From Your Eyes all on all dates except for Liverpool.

The band released their seventh critically acclaimed album ‘The Other Side of Make-Believe’ in July 2022. Imbued with pastoral longing and newfound grace, the record also explores the more sinister undercurrents of the present day. Daniel Kessler's serpentine guitar arrangements crest skywards in "Into The Night," Samuel Fogarino shatters his percussive precision into strange meters, while Paul Bank's vocals exudes a deep, yearning vulnerability. Produced by the legendary team of Flood and Moulder, Interpol's new album is a masterpiece of sadness, darkness, and introspection.

With a busy year ahead, Interpol will also perform upcoming live dates in Mexico this May, as well as huge summer festival appearances in the UK, Ireland and Europe.

Tickets for their UK tour go on general sale Friday 17th March at 9:00am and will be available from www.gigsandtours.com   / www.ticketmaster.co.uk  

UK TOUR DATES 2023

May 28 - Brighton Dome

May 29 - Leeds O2 Academy

May 31 - Edinburgh The Queen’s Hall

June 01 - Bristol O2 Academy

July 09 - Liverpool O2 Academy

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Eurojust hosted the second meeting of high-level experts on money laundering and asset recovery on 20 and 21 June. The meeting builds on the recommendations of the first ever Eurojust meeting on money laundering and asset recovery organised by Eurojust last year and brought together experts to advance a joint approach to fight money laundering and improve asset recovery.

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Brazilian to Become First Head of Interpol From Developing World

FILE PHOTO: Director of the Federal Police's International Cooperation department and Interpol Vice-President for the Americas, Valdecy Urquiza, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Brasilia, Brazil February 2, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

By Anthony Boadle

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Interpol's executive committee on Tuesday for the first time elected a police official from a developing nation to head the international police agency, Valdecy Urquiza from Brazil.

Urquiza, 43, who is currently Interpol's vice president for the Americas and head of international cooperation at the Brazilian federal police, will succeed Juergen Stock of Germany to lead Interpol from 2025 to 2030.

Urquiza, a graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, received eight votes against two for Britain's candidate Stephen Kavanagh and one for Mubita Nawa from Zambia.

His election must be ratified by Interpol's general assembly in November in Glasgow, the Brazilian government said in a statement. The assembly has always followed the committee's recommendations for secretary-general.

"This is recognition of Brazil's neutrality," Urquiza told reporters after his election at the agency's headquarters in Lyon, France. "Interpol has much to gain from diversity and the experience of other countries," he said.

Urquiza plans to strengthen Interpol as "an absolutely necessary platform for police work in the world" and avoid the agency being used for political ends, he told Reuters by phone.

Russia escaped suspension from Interpol after invading Ukraine in 2022 when critics accused Moscow of abusing the agency's tools, such as its "red notice" system, to get political opponents arrested abroad.

"Interpol has to remain a technical platform," Urquiza said, without naming any particular country.

Interpol is the world's largest police organization with 196 member countries.

In its 100 years, Interpol has been run by men from just five developed Western countries, four in Europe and the U.S.

"The organization runs the risk of losing credibility and legitimacy if it isolates itself. What we need for Interpol's success is plurality. We need all countries to feel included, for all regions to be served," Urquiza told Reuters in an interview in February.

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After disasters and unexpected deaths, Maria Maclennan examines necklaces, rings and other items to aid investigators and families looking for answers.

By Sandra Jordan

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In 2013, two years into her doctoral studies on forensic jewelry, Maria Maclennan found herself in a mortuary for the first time. It was in Namibia, and she was there to help identify the victims of a plane crash that had killed everyone on board.

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It was the first time she had put her theoretical skills into practice, examining pieces of jewelry found in the wreckage and using her knowledge of designs, materials and the industry to provide investigators with leads.

“Being a forensic jeweler is not really a job that actually exists,” Dr. Maclennan, 35, said during a recent interview at her office in Edinburgh. “In some ways, it’s something I’ve made up and am still making up as I go.”

Since then she has helped identify the victims of many catastrophes, including building collapses, natural disasters and a terrorist attack. And while the situations can be harrowing — sometimes, she said, the jewelry was all but fused to human remains — she has approached the job as a professional: “You’re wearing your forensic gloves and it’s all very methodical and detached and disembodied from the person, the human being.”

But there is a part of the process that she finds emotionally difficult. “It’s at the end, the returning, when you give the belongings back to the family, which really strikes me,” she said. “You look at the piece as a sort of a proxy or representation of the individual. Especially, I think, in the absence of the human body.”

She pointed at one of her own rings, a stainless-steel band made by her partner, an engineer, as a Christmas present. “Maybe it’s because I’m a jeweler,” she said, “but I look at a piece like this, recovered in an incident, and it’s not quiet. It’s not an object sitting silent. It’s like it’s screaming at me.”

A Durable Clue

Dr. Maclennan now is a member of a disaster victim identification team for Blake Emergency Services, based in Cheshire, England.

“Maria is the only one who does what she does,” said Carole Davenport, the anthropology and archaeology manager at Blake. “She’s at the forefront of a field that she invented. She took the skills she learnt as a jeweler and she applied this to the forensics world.

“Jewelry can be particular to areas, and there are certain unique things about jewelry that can help you almost read the life of a person. That’s what Maria does.”

For almost five years, Dr. Maclennan has also taught three-week-long programs on forensic jewelry at the Edinburgh College of Art, part of the University of Edinburgh, where she is a senior lecturer in jewelry and silver smithing. (She also just completed a Diploma in Diamonds and Diamond Grading from the Gemological Institute of America branch in London.)

Aditi Ranganathan, 22, a final-year student in textile design, attended two of the programs early in her studies. “I still talk about it to this day because I think it shows that as creatives we can exist in lots of different spaces,” she said. “A lot of people, when they think jeweler, they think, ‘Oh, wedding rings,’ but the fact Maria is able to use her craft to help people is something really cool.”

The primary tools of victim identification are DNA, fingerprints and dental records, Dr. Maclennan says. And while jewelry alone is not enough to make a scientific forensic identification, it does have a useful place as what she calls a “secondary identifier.”

“Jewelry is robust,” she said. “It can survive a lot of trauma, and sadly it can outlast the human body.”

In addition to obvious connections such as names or dates engraved on wedding rings, “there could be a physical clue or characteristic on the jewelry that tells us when it was made or purchased, or who it was made by or who it was purchased by,” she said. (In Britain, for example, some jewelry is stamped by a government assay office with icons called hallmarks, which indicate details such as the type of metal, the date and the maker’s mark.)

She also noted that jewelry sometimes could be a repository for DNA, pulling off her own chunky silver-ring set with a large citrine and showing it to a visitor. “If you look through the stone from the front, you can see all kinds of gunk on the back,” she said. “The jewelry industry is always telling us to clean our jewelry, but from a forensic perspective, if we don’t, it can be a very good vessel for DNA.”

Inspiration and Experience

Dr. Maclennan was born in Inverness and grew up on the Black Isle, a peninsula in the Scottish Highlands. As a child, she said, she loved rifling through her grandmother’s jewelry — “mainly big, elaborate pieces of costume jewelry,” she recalled.

She decided to become a jeweler, earning both a Bachelor of Design in jewelry and metal design and a Master of Design in design for services from the University of Dundee.

Her move into forensics began in 2010, during her postgraduate studies, when the university’s Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification was working with Interpol and other partners on a database to track missing persons and identify bodies. She answered an appeal to art students to participate and found herself working alongside forensic scientists for a couple of months, an experience that she said inspired her master’s project on forensic jewelry as well as her doctoral studies.

In the early stages of her career, Dr. Maclennan recalled, some law enforcement officers were skeptical of her skills, unsettled by her striking eye makeup and myriad tattoos. “Having a young female from an art design background was unusual,” she said.

But by now, she added, she has worked with more than 10 enforcement organizations across Britain, including Police Scotland, the British Transport Police and the College of Policing.

She has also worked internationally. In August 2023, for example, she spent a week in Brazil training federal officers who investigate gem trafficking and the illegal mining of precious stones in the Amazon.

“Maria is amazing,” said Fernanda Ronchi, 33, a geologist who is a forensics expert with the Federal Police of Brazil, specializing in gold, gems and jewelry. “I did a workshop — something we didn’t have in Brazil — on how jewelry can help solve missing-persons cases. They have families, friends, and they need respect. She knows so, so much and she is so dedicated.”

During the last couple of years, Dr. Maclennan also has collaborated with Kelly Ross, 57, who spent 24 years with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and is now a consultant specializing in money laundering, fraud and financial crime.

They are developing a course to train jewelers in forensic techniques — something they hope would eventually be offered online, Dr. Maclennan said — and are working on some forensic jewelry techniques to help the police crack cold cases.

“What’s so fantastic about Maria’s work is not only the pioneering part in the further development of best practice in her craft, but also the way she shares it with the world,” Mr. Ross said. “She doesn’t keep it for herself, she publicly gives it away. It’s so rare!”

Familiar Items

For a long time, Dr. Maclennan said, she considered how to apply her skills to help identify some of the thousands of migrants who died each year while trying to enter the European Union illegally.

In 2020, she consulted Jan Bikker, a friend who, as a forensic anthropologist, worked with the relatives of migrants who went missing in Greece. He introduced her to Dr. Pavlos Pavlidis, the chief forensic pathologist at the University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, in Greece.

For two decades Dr. Pavlidis has performed autopsies on migrants — about 500 of whom have been recovered since 2000 from the Evros River, which forms much of the border between Greece and Turkey and is known for its dangerous currents. Others have been found in various locations throughout the region after dying from hypothermia or starvation or as victims of wildfires .

They are buried in migrant cemeteries, but Dr. Pavlidis has been storing their belongings in his mortuary. Dr. Maclennan decided to create a database of those possessions, a project she called Identifying the Displaced, so families seeking missing relatives could search for familiar items.

Funded by four small grants — “a few thousand pounds here, a few thousand there,” Dr. Maclennan said — she initially arranged for the translation and recording of police files and analyzed what she described as “hundreds of thousands of autopsy photos” before beginning to examine the belongings.

Though most of the work so far has focused on the database, they have “identified a number of prospective leads, and Jan has followed up with family,” she said. As of early June, it listed about 500 objects, including Islamic tawiz amulets, Christian crosses, a signet ring with an image of the Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara, eyeglasses and cellphones.

“At the moment this is limited to one small mortuary in Greece,” Dr. Maclennan said. But her dream is to secure enough funding to extend the project throughout the country and later to Italy.

“I hate the word closure, but people’s families need to know what’s happened,” she said. “And everyone has a right to an identity and to be laid to rest.”

Read by Sandra Jordan

Audio produced by Patricia Sulbarán .

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