Heritage Live

This evening Doves performed at the beautiful looking surroundings of Englefield Estate, near Reading in Berkshire. Also on the bill were Hard-Fi, The Wombats & Alfie Templeman. Photo above by Luke Hudson of dovesmerch.com

SETLIST

Snowden
Words
Carousels
Cold Dreaming
Winter Hill
Here It Comes
Kingdom of Rust
Pounding
Caught By The River
The Cedar Room
Black & White Town

The Fear was on setlist as the last track to be played. But apparently, the band ran out of time! Cheers to Doug for the setlist.

Next up for Doves is a show in Bexhill, East Sussex, next Saturday. The band will be performing on the lawns outside the De La Warr Pavilion. Tickets are on sale now at Seetickets.com

Yorkshire Live Interview with Andy

Andy recently spoke to Yorkshire Live about the upcoming big show at the Halifax Piece Hall. Here are some quotes Andy gave:

Doves promise a special treat 15 years in the making when they headline Halifax Piece Hall

How are you feeling about the upcoming Piece Hall show in Halifax?

“We really can’t wait. I’ve not been but I’ve heard so much about it. We were due to play there in 2020. It got cancelled, I can’t recall if that was covid or whether Jimi wasn’t well-enough. We were gutted.

“I’ve heard a lot about it. Everyone just speaks so highly of it and, I think, it will be our biggest gig this year. I can’t wait. We’ve said for this gig we are going to play a song we haven’t played for 15 years.

“It (the song) is something people always ask and we’ve never got round to doing it. Jez and I said ‘let’s play it live’ for that one. I think people will be chuffed. I won’t give away what it is. I think it’ll go down well…I hope.”

How does it feel to know that support is there three decades in?

“We feel blessed. Music moves very fast and stuff gets left behind. I think the media is quite obsessed, along with people in general, with ‘what is the latest?’ and that is good. It isn’t totally negative as encouraging new talent is really important but I think there’s an obsession and stuff can get forgotten about.

“To be in that environment and for people to still want to see us live, and buy the records, is a real blessing. We don’t take it lightly.”

Your mum was even there cheering you along for one of the dates. How was that?

“It feels like she’s been on this journey with us – to a certain extent. She’s known all the ins and outs of the band’s history. We were really chuffed. We are very thankful, she’s 89 and a total force of nature. We owe her a lot. She encouraged us early doors. We were quite wayward growing up – me and Jez. So, she allowed us to take our own path.”

You can read the full interview at Yorkshire here.

If you haven’t already. Get your tickets for the show at Ticketmaster.

Deluxe CFTL

Doves are pleased to share the Deluxe Edition of ‘Constellations For The Lonely’ with you today.

This digital exclusive version of the critically acclaimed album features the original track listing, plus two bonus tracks from the Extended Edition and instrumental versions of the ten album tracks. Listen now.

Fans can also purchase the ‘Constellations For The Lonely [Instrumentals] ‘ as a standalone album exclusively on the official Doves store. Visit the store.

Constellations Deluxe Edition

Doves today announced a deluxe edition of Constellations For The Lonely. A catch all digital only release will feature the full album, plus Cally/Lean Into The Wind (Saint Teresa Drautwerk Version is not included) and the instrumentals of the 10 album tracks. Cold Dreaming instrumental is now available to stream on all DSPs.

The deluxe edition will be released on Friday July 4th in both standard and Dolby Atmos resolution, and is available to pre-order/pre-save now: https://Doves.lnk.to/Deluxe

If you’re looking to download high res 24-bit wav files. Qobuz are offering up the full deluxe edition to download from July 4th.

Tomavistas & Wychwood Festivals

Doves kicked off the summer festival season with a slot at the Tomavastas Festival in Madrid on Friday evening then a headline slot at Wychwood on Sunday evening. It was all-change on keys, with Matt Steele (You may have seen him play live with ACR) taking over from Christian Madden. Links to setlists for both performances can be found at the 2025 tour page. Both setlists linked are on Setlist.fm

Tomavistas Photo by @listodelacompra on IG

Tomavistas Photo by @jero_romero_fotografia on IG

Wychwood Festival photo by the @wtchwoodfestival on IG

Cally Digital Single

‘Cally’ is out now 💫

Previously only available as a bonus track, Doves has now released their latest single across all digital platforms.

Talking about the themes of the song, Jimi says, “It’s about seemingly, permanently shambling people, those who just never seem to get anywhere and they deserve so much better. A story of lovely ne’er-do-wells who always seem to grab the wrong end of a dirty stick.”

Andy: A song for the misfits! Possibly the only song that me and Jimi both play drums on. Both our drum parts are used in the final mix.

Listen now: https://doves.lnk.to/Cally

Lean Into The Wind

Constellations For The Lonely bonus tracks Cally and Lean Into The Wind have been released on double A-side 10″ vinyl for Record Store Day in the UK on April 12th. 2000 copies were pressed, and they can still be found online for the retail price of around £18-20. Fans reported that the prices in London were around £20-22.

Nick Yates has kindly transcribed the guitar tabs for both tracks: Lean Into The Wind / Cally

Confirmed Summer Shows

Doves have confirmed the following summer appearances.

MAY

30 – Madrid, Tomavistas Festival Tickets

JUNE

01 – Wychwood Festival Tickets

JULY

17 – Englefield Estate, Reading Tickets
26 – Bexhill-on-Sea De La Warr Pavilion Lawns Tickets
27 – Latitude Second Stage Tickets

AUGUST

22 – Solfest Cumbria headliner Tickets
23 – Halifax Piece Hall Tickets
31 – Mosely Folks & Arts Festival Tickets

Bexhill-on-Sea

Doves will headline the De La Warr Pavilion lawns on Saturday, July 26th. Tickets go on sale at 9am, Friday March 28th. Tickets will be available from THIS LINK.

Constellations Guitar Tabs

With much thanks to Nick Yates. Here are the guitar tabs for the 10 tracks from Constellations For The Lonely. Nick has also done tabs for Cally and Lean Into The Wind. These will be available after the Record Store Day release.

I’ve linked all 10 tracks below. They’re also available using the menu tab above, where you can also find Doves entire discography that Nick has kindly transcribed over the years.

As always. The tabs are designed so that you can strum along to Doves’ tracks. The tabs may not reflect exactly how Doves play the songs as some of the recordings are detuned and they are designed so that you don’t have to be Jez or play a right-handed guitar upside down to enjoy them!

We invite you to submit any corrections where necessary

Renegade

Cold Dreaming

In The Butterfly House

Strange Weather

A Drop In The Ocean

Last Year’s Man

Stupid Schemes

Saint Teresa

Orlando

Southern Bell