Black Country, New Road - 'Live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall' 

Tickets for all dates are on sale now linktr.ee/bcnrlive For all upcoming shows we will be performing a brand new set of music. We will not be performing any music from For the first time or Ants From Up There. We look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible Warm wishes, BC,NR 8th July Pohoda Trenčín, SK 15th July Dour Dour, BE 16th July Positivus Riga, LV 23rd July Visions London, UK 31st July Fuji Rock Nigata, Japan 6th Aug Beseda du Bigbitu Tasov, CZ 11th Aug Way out West Gothenburg, SE 13th Aug Haldern Pop Rees-Haldern, DE 15th Aug Wintherthurer Musikfestwocken Wintherthurer, CH 18th Aug Route Du Rock St Malo, FR 20th Aug Green Man Wales, UK 21st Aug Pakorman Istanbul, TUR* 26th Aug Todays Festival Turin, IT 28th Aug Connect Edinburgh, UK 2nd Sept Into The Great Wide Open Holland, NL 5th Sept Bowery Ballroom (matinee) New York, NY - SOLD OUT 5th Sept Bowery Ballroom New York, NY - SOLD OUT 6th Sept Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD** 7th Sept The National Richmond, VA** 8th Sept Hopscotch Festival Downtown Raleigh, NC 9th Sept Orange Peel Asheville, NC** 10th Sept Georgia Theatre Athens, GA** 11th Sept Saturn Birmingham, AL** 14th Sept Houston, TX* White Oak Music Hall** 16th Sept Mohawk Austin, TX** 20th Sept Club Congress - Outside Tuscon, AZ** 22nd Sept Glass House Pomona, CA** 23rd Sept Music Box San Diego, CA** 24th Sept The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA** 27th Sept Warfield San Francisco, CA** 28th Sept Harlow's Sacramento, CA** 29th Sept Cargo Reno, NV** 11th Nov Sonic City Kortrijk, BE * with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ** with black midi

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING ISSAC

The way Issac acts throughout the end of basketball shoes just fits so perfectly with the song. That vunerablity and agression and sadness and it all mushed into one genuinely one of the best acts out there. It's like theatre in a song

tracklist📝 0:07 mark’s theme🎷 2:29 instrumental🎵 7:52 athens france🇫🇷 14:42 science fair🔬 21:14 sunglasses😎 30:15 track x🎼❌ 35:06 opus 🎹🎻 43:40 bread song🍞 50:03 basketball shoes🏀👟 you’re welcome

Top 1 moments in music history.

No one can tell that I'm crying with these sunglasses

I love how he changes the lyrics from " all ive been forms the drone, we sing the rest" to " in dreams my face is still on your chest"

59:20 how did Charlie manage to get into the crowd and sing while playing drums at the same time. Impressive.

13:20 the tapping guitar line here is HEAVENLY

Will forever be gutted to not have seen BCNR live. AFUT and especially The Place Where He Inserted The Blade changed the world, and my life with it. Will hold this performance and the record very dearly close to my heart. Hope Isaac feels better soon. The world needs a band like this.

Opus and basketball shoes are easily two of the best album closers of all time

i’ve been watching bootleg after bootleg, finally we have it

It seems a lot of people here think this is a live version of AFUT. I think it’s just what they included in the deluxe vinyl box set of AFUT, which is basically all of For the First Time live, and then two extra songs from AFUT live.

timestamps! 0:05 - Mark’s Theme 2:25 - Instrumental 7:53 - Athens, France 14:40 - Science Fair 21:15 - Sunglasses (alt. ending) 30:14 - Track X (w/ choral vocals) 35:07 - Opus (w/ choral vocals) 43:39 - Bread Song 50:04 - Basketball Shoes (w/ choral vocals) Thank you for everything Issac. BC,NR if you see this please come to the midwest we’re dying to see you

You have just made an old man very happy. The words "wow" and "oh my God!" together with "They're good. They're very good! They are f@3ing brilliant!" are issuing forth from my mouth as I lose myself in this incredible music! 😯😲😳😃

The greatness and majesty of AFUT almost made me forget how amazing FTFT is. How is it even possible to achieve this level of greatness and legendary status with only two LP's??

I haven’t felt this way in like ever

i cannot express how much this band means to me. I am very touched. This will be THEE band of my youth. they have already been my companion for the first few months of my 18th year on this earth. Im just lost for words.

Mark's Theme hits hard with the family photos

the absolute pinnacle of live performance

That Basketball Shoes performance its really fkn special

basketball shoes greatest song of all time

The last 3mins of Basketball Shoes is actually breathtaking

Ok I rarely comment on youtubes, but omg. Instrumental is like commentary on life as a young 20 something. It evokes the chaos of being young and not knowing what you're doing or where you're going; that sax line and everything else aligning is like the chaos that we all experienced as 20 year olds, when we finally realize we're all going through turmoil, and can finally start to relate to each other. Not to be a nerd, but Isaac's vocal delivery is Oscar worthy (I know its not a music award), he delivers every line so perfectly, every line convinces me of his experience so 100%. I love that he just started writing these lyrics to the shock of his bandmates, completing this musical evolution they've experienced. An amazingly talented group of musicians and creatives, going beyond rock, jazz, classical, and drawing on even more genres and sub-genres, so gracefully as to not create anything that could be called derivative, only visionary. At times cataclysmic destruction, at times as soft as a whisper between lovers, emotionally devastating the whole way through. AFUT came exactly when we needed a substitute for the feelings that Arcade Fire gave us. BCNR has come along at the perfect time for us millennials; they give us that youthful angst mixed with the hope and optimism of your early 20s, and that emotional connection that we got from Arcade Fire's early work. Aside from the performance, Isaac's lyrics, his delivery, even just his energy, is so perfect for this project. How many bands do you know that consist of amazing musicians, and lack an interesting frontman, pairing highly technical instrumentals with tik tok "influencers" who can't even identify a C major. I'd never want to sound like that old jaded cynic, but you can pretty much quantify the fact that in the 60s and 70s, and even the 80s and 90s, popular music was generally better than it is now. I've got to of course give credits to some of the amazingly talented musicians of history: Led Zepplin (say what you want about them stealing music from other artists, they're still extremely skilled musicians), the Beatles, and such queens as Donna Summers, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Cher, Tina Turner, Alicia Keys, Rhianna, and more. Don't get me wrong, I love autotune, I use it on my own music everywhere, it just stinks that now anyone can become a famous "singer" just by being hot and having an "interesting" personality, which usually just means they're down to show off their body. In my humblest of opinions, these guys and the War On Drugs are making some of the most imortant music right now (not excursively of course, I know for a fact there are so many groups making amazing art).

i've played the hell out of the live LP's lol AFUT is probably gonna be my album of the year (and possibly in my top 3 of all time already)

the absolute pinnacle of british engineering!

Never been more excited for the premiere of something i've already seen thousand of times

i envy people who haven't seen this recording of basketball shoes yet

10, 20, 50 years down the line people are gonna watch this video and go “goddamn, what a great time for music”

This is rock and roll history.

One of the greatest live performances on RU-vid. BCNR are fabulous musicians, incredibly tight, and yet put on such a passionate show. This gig is lent a surreal air by the tiny lockdown audience. Epic performances of heart rending songs greeted with the applause of 10 people. Basketball Shoes at the end is just wonderful; Isaac gives everything. Those final lyrics...I do hope that Isaac returns to music in BCNR or otherwise; he is a mighty talent and an incredible performer. BCNR are a different band without him....thankfully still brilliant.

I remember watching bootlegs of this back in September or so and listening to live versions of ants lol I wondered when it was actually going to be released

I can't get enough of the absolute rawness of Isaac's voice.

Fortunate enough to have seen them twice in one day with this line up. I knew it was worth it at the time. Didn't realise it would be my last opportunity to see them in this incarnation. I am heartened to think Isaac is happily baking as we speak.

probably the best version of ‘basketball shoes’ ever captured

phenomenal to have this very important moment in rock history captured with such quality

BCNR one of those bands I can only listen to once every few weeks. my lil heart just can't take it. it's hard to believe that anything could be so perfect.

May's hair is gorgeous 42:48

I'll be waiting with my basketball shoes on.

BC,NR are the best thing that has ever happened to music imho.

I'm so glad I have a physical copy of this show, gonna go down in history as one of the best performances of the decade.

Basketball Shoes finna make me cry like it usually does

I am old man from Germany and I think, the band ist fantastisch. Diese Band könnte Musikgeschichte schreiben.

The ‘deluxe’ version of ‘Ants From Up There’ is available on streaming platforms now. (bcnr.lnk.to/afut-deluxe). The ‘deluxe’ version includes our album ‘Ants From Up There’ and a recording of our set at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the 6th of March 2021. We’re excited for people to listen to this live performance for the first time. We’re also excited for people who have listened before, either at the time, on vinyl or bootleg to listen to it all over again on streaming platforms.

RIP Lizzie you would've loved BCNR LP3

thank you for saving my life

Thank you for being here for us, I love you🎈

I miss Issac so much, but I completely trust the band's talent and creativity. So, next album is gonna be amazing too.

A generous loan to us!

i wish i could erase my memory just so i could listen to this for the first time again

Bread Song sounds amazing. Damn, I wish I could solve Isaac's problems. I miss him

My son turned me on to them. Fucking awsome! Pure music and emotion. Fun and dark

Isaacs tapping on athens is underrated, it sounds so sparkly and beautiful

Wish it'd be released on blu-ray with a lossless audio track! Or high-quality download!

just recently discovered this band, so wonderful. these songs feel like movies

wow... i teared up immediately. professor skye said something about afut sounding nostaglic immediately and that it captured a single moment of so many strong emotions and I can't help but feel all of it rushover me right away

They shot for the stars and nailed it. Godspeed to Isaac and all others. Its one of the best albums ever whether he likes it or not.

When you see a band that in the comments of a concert only has people saying how it is the best thing they have ever heard in their life, it is because you know that they did it well ❤

This is the most visceral, blood curdling, and delicate performance I have ever seen. I love it. I will be driving the four hours to Baltimore to see you in September, I will combust if I do not.

Also Isaac, Track X is one of your best song in my opinion, thank you and the band for having this music in my life

Never really marks theme on the album but the live version is so emotional, I love this performance

puta madre como amo esta banda voy a llorar

Man, Instrumental is such a work of art. Love it to bits

been waiting so long for a legitimate means to watch this

My new favorite band.

We will miss you Isaac

i think this basketball shoes live ver is my favorite live video of all time, it just perfect

Been listening on CD for a while and it is deluxe quality

You guys are the best band I discovered in 2022, your album was an incredible musical journey. Thanks for your art. Greetings from Argentina.

Greatest band of all time.

This is music that does something with me, a rich cocktail of feelings reveling something deeply nested within myself. I love it. Thank you all!

Surreal sound live damn

no doubt, tbe

Please, please, come to Mexico

i can only imagine how awesome this will be for those who havent heard it yet

On the fourth listen of this performance, this is wild and captivating, the whole band is just phenomenal throughout the whole thing. Insane

Oh my god, it's finally here

REFRESHING TO THE EARS! David Byrne meets Sonic Youth Meets The Fall! EPIC stuff.

This is probably the best live show I’ve ever seen.

We're so lucky to have BCNR in our life time. I wish I saw them with Issac, but I can't wait to one day see them with their new setup

basketball shoes gave me chills

Finally, this is one of my fav album 🔥🔥🔥🔥

this band is something else. I love them to death

I'm going to violently cry

Basketball Shoes is the best song I’ve heard in a decade

this performance of track x was the best thing to happen to me, then i heard basketball shoes and changed my mind

I can't believe I've only just discovered these guys, wow.. how the heck did I miss them! Phenomenal 💖

More i listen this band more i find a comparison with the AND ALSO THE TREES.. That's why i'm not able to use english language but i got an incredibly big knowledge in underground music..

chills

2 things. Thing 1 just begin to imagine what the third album would have been like. Thing B I wish Lou Reed had been around to hear this lot.

Ants from up there is trully album of the year.

The absolute pinnacle of British engineering

cada vez que escucho su musica lloro

I’m a very recent convert to this noise. There is so much ‘space’ within the music. When people ask ‘what happened before the Big Bang?’ Tell them Black Country New Road.

Get well soon Isaac; you have helped many folks.

one of the best lives thet iv ever listened

This is music

BCNR Friends Forever!!!! we need you issac!

A pure joy, every second of it.

Ants From Up There was my album 2022......seeing this live adds even more & reminds me of the power, intensity & beauty of seeing Godspeed You! Black Emperor live.