Spotify is strangling the music industry – bands like mine must make a stand Artists are being ripped off by streaming services in a business that is more unfair, uncreative and exclusive than ever, writes Gareth David https://bit.ly/4kuzTiv

The Vicennial Cringe tour edges closer. Final tickets for Leeds (58 left), Newcastle, Norwich & Exeter (48 left). Priced at just £22.50, live music should be affordable for all! 🎟️ loscampesinos.com/live Full info: tinyurl.com/VC2026Info

LC! 🤝 SFA Buzzing to have been invited by the incomparable Super Furry Animals, to open for them as part of a fantastic bill at York Museum Gardens in July. Tickets on sale 10am, Friday 30 Feb. A real role model band for us, cannot wait to share a stage.

🔝 G & Matt’s favourite albums of 2025

Today is BANDCAMP FRIDAY meaning every penny spent on the platform goes direct to the artist. Perhaps a good time to fill some gaps in your Los Camp! collection? 👉🏻 loscampesinos.bandcamp.com

DIY heroes @loscampesinos.bsky.social break down all the streaming royalties that they earned for their album 'All Hell', and it's bleak

📈 Here's how much money Los Camp! make from streaming... On the occasion of #SpotifyWrapped, we thought now would be a good time to share some cold, hard stats about how much money our band makes from streaming royalties. 📖 tinyurl.com/LCwrapped

I know nothing of this band but implore you to listen to the new album from Some Images of Paradise called ‘i expect the same of u’ Emo/post-hxc with mad cloud-rap / glitchy electronic / skramz / ambient / modern classical bits Feels special to me! 👉 linktr.ee/someimagesof...

Thank you to everyone who’s bought tickets so far! 4,358 tickets sold for the tour on day one 🤩 - Edinburgh and London SOLD OUT - 2 tickets left for Nottingham! - More tickets sold for Leeds already than at our previous biggest show there 🎟️ loscampesinos.com/live

The Vicennial Cringe Tour is ON SALE NOW! Here’s all the info you need to know about low income tickets, fees, accessibility, age restrictions, show end times etc 🎟️ loscampesinos.com/live More info: tinyurl.com/VC2026Info

Huge thanks to everyone who grabbed tickets in today’s sold out Fan Pre-Sale. Remaining tickets are on General Sale from 10am tomorrow. 🎟️ loscampesinos.com/live It’s a race between London, Leeds, Nottingham and (remarkably) Edinburgh to see which show sells out first!

Checking in: Fan pre-sale is tomorrow at 10am, via our newsletter. Last chance to sign up before then loscampesinos.substack.com

Los Campesinos! share details of Vicennial Cringe 20th anniversary tour, which will see them performing in independent music venues, and offering a percentage of tickets per show for low income and unemployed fans buff.ly/RGrAhDg

VICENNIAL CRINGE TOUR 2026 Los Camp! acknowledge, but absolutely do not celebrate, our band turning 20 years old, with the Vicennial Cringe tour. Tickets go on sale to fans 10AM on Thursday via our newsletter. 💌 loscampesinos.substack.com Where will we see you?

2026 UK shows announced next week. Longest and widest UK run since 2017. 💌 Sign up to our newsletter to get the dates first and for first dibs on tickets. loscampesinos.substack.com

Just 50 tickets left for our big Cardiff gig this coming Sunday at the Students’ Union. 7 - Doors 7:45 - 8:30 - Muriel 9 - Los Camp! 10:40 - Done 🎟️ lnk.to/LCCardiff

Spotify have already started soliciting free content from bands in the form of ‘Spotify 2025 Wrapped’ thank you vids. Not all bands can afford to remove their music from Spotify while it dominates the market, but EVERY band can easily opt out of playing their silly games.

CARDIFF TICKETS ON SALE NOW 🎟️ lnk.to/LCCardiff Los Camp! back in the Students' Union that birthed us nearly 20 years ago, as part of Cardiff Music City Festival with Huw Stephens. Done in time for the last trains back to Swansea/Bristol. Low Income tix available as always.

Fan pre-sale for our Cardiff show is happening now. 🎟️ lnk.to/LCCardiffPre Includes the usual provision of Low Income tickets. More available in general sale tomorrow at 10am.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 CARDIFF SHOW ANNOUNCED Back in the same building where we played our first ever gig nearly 20 years ago… LC! play the SU in October as part of Cardiff Music City Festival with Huw Stephens. Fan pre-sale tomorrow 10am, we’ll post the link!

Los Campesinos! release new live album 'So Close to Heaven (Live at Troxy)': The band’s 21-track live release is available now through their Bandcamp page.

New & Notable: A Bandcamp-exclusive live album from Los Campesinos! captures the band at their explosive best.

🔊 NEW LIVE ALBUM OUT NOW So Close to Heaven (Live at Troxy) 🪽 lnk.to/LCSCTH A bow tied on the All Hell era 💝 Available on @bandcamp.com and our webstore only. Streaming next week but we gonna get paid first 🤑

Los Camp! play Green Man Festival tonight. 📍 Far Out ⏰ 19:30 (60 min set) It’s the Big Welsh Gig, our triumphant return to GM, 17 years after our last visit. Who’s with us!?

🖤 Something new to listen to next week… 💌 Sign up for our free newsletter to hear the news first loscampesinos.substack.com

🇵🇹 Our festival set from Primavera Porto is now available to watch IN FULL over on YouTube. This one was a lot of fun. youtu.be/P7vUuc79aQs?...

There’s currently 2️⃣0️⃣% off everything on our merch store, ending 3pm Monday. Including this new blag tour t-shirt, listing every town and city we’ve played in the All Hell era. Discount automatically applied at checkout. 🛍️ store.loscampesinos.com

In April we declined an offer of $60,000 to license a song of ours to an Airbnb commercial. Airbnb continues to make money from stolen Palestinian land and contributes to the housing crisis worldwide. We do not wish to promote or profit from this. Free Palestine. Eat the Rich.

Los Camp! play Primavera Porto tonight. 📍 Revolut Stage ⏰ 19:35 (55 min set) Gonna go fucking hard then get messed up and get barrier for Deftones. See you there.

Los Camp! play @primavera-sound.bsky.social tonight. 📍 Schwarzkopf Stage ⏰ 19:45 (60 min set) I am telling you this as a word of warning: we are gonna go so fucking hard. There are no clashes, there is only Los Camp!

🇪🇸 Next up for Los Camp!... We play @primavera-sound.bsky.social Barcelona on Saturday! 🙌 📍 Schwarzkopf Stage ⏰ 19:45 (60 min set) No lie, we've been wanting to play Prima for 20 years, this is gonna be special for us. If you're at the festival, we'd love you to be there.

COLUMBUS, OHIO: it’s Friday Night and Los Camp! are in town playing a rock concert at King of Clubs! Doors: 7 Empty Country: 8 LC!: 9:15 Fin: 11 Join us in the pit. Last tickets here: 🎟️ linktr.ee/loscampesinos

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: Los Campesinos! are in town and playing a rock concert at Metro tonight! Doors: 6 Empty Country: 7 Los Camp!: 8:15 Fin: 10 Over 1,000 Los Campemaniacs! in the building tonight. Join us! 🎟️ linktr.ee/loscampesinos See you in the pit!

Los Camp! 🍻 Jeff Rosenstock Last night at the Belasco

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Los Campesinos! are in town and playing a rock concert at The Belasco tonight! Doors: 7 Star 99: 8 Los Camp!: 9 Fin: 10:45 Tix here, or on the door 🎟️ tr.ee/wFIdDjGsBQ What do you wanna hear? See you in the pit! 📷 Victor Gonzalez

AUSTIN, TEXAS: Los Campesinos! are in town and playing a rock concert at Empire Garage tonight! Doors: 7 Touch Girl Apple Blossom: 7:45 Los Camp!: 8:45 Fin: 10:30 Tickets available here, or on the door 🎟️ tinyurl.com/rny89mv7 What do you wanna hear? See you in the pit!

Holy Smoke (2025) tour begins THIS WEEK. We need this blowout, reckon you do too? Last US shows for some time, if you can join us please do. Stage times attached for your convenience. 🎟️ linktr.ee/loscampesinos

☀️ It’s a big ol’ Los Camp! Summer coming up, that’s why the sun’s in the sky. Barely 2 weeks until it all kicks off in MEXICO CITY for the start of the ‘Holy Smoke (2025)’ North America run. 🎟️ linktr.ee/loscampesinos

'Holy Smoke (2025)' tour is NEXT MONTH. Buzzing to be joined by Empty Country (Chicago/Columbus/Brooklyn) and Star 99 (LA) as openers. Our last US shows for some time, see you in the pit. 🎟️ linktr.ee/loscampesinos

🇵🇱 Los Camp! LIVE in Poland. Buzzing to be returning to OFF Festival, Katowice in August as part of this brilliant lineup. LC! Poland Hive where you at? 🎟️ bit.ly/OFF2025_bilety

🏅 ‘All Hell’ has been nominated for Self-Released Album of the Year at the 2025 Libera Awards, @a2im-official.bsky.social annual awards ceremony recognising independent music. Cool thing! Check the full list of awards and nominees here: liberaawards.com/2025-nominees/

🇲🇽 Los Camp in CDMX, 23 May 2025 This is what cellphone footage looked like the last time we played in Mexico. DO NOT MISS this once-in-a-technological-generation opportunity to see us live. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/LCCDMX25

📈 In The Black Stuff 📖 tr.ee/4Kvcl9 A detailed breakdown of the finances of our recent sold out show in Dublin, Ireland. Hoping this provides some insight into what it takes to get the LC! show on the road.

🥾🔥 ON SALE NOW, the ‘Holy Smoke (2025)' Tour… 🎟️ linktr.ee/loscampesinos Mexico City // Austin // Los Angeles // Chicago // Columbus // Brooklyn ALL AGES shows, 5% of tickets just $10 for low income/unemployed fans. Standard ticket ~$30 Come see the King Of Bands 👑

🇲🇽🇺🇸 ‘Holy Smoke (2025)' Tour For the first time since the release of All Hell, we’re headed back to North America. 5 big US shows, and our first gig in the great nation of Mexico since 2009! Tickets on sale at 10am local time, Thursday 6 March. loscampesinos.com/live

LC! live in CDMX is ON SALE NOW. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/LCCDMX25 Our first time in Mexico since 2009, for on All Ages show. Who’s getting their tickets today!?

Making some changes to our online store next week, so we've reduced a ton of shirts as low as just a tenner. Have a look and get 'em bought! store.loscampesinos.com/collections/...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🎪 We’re playing @greenmanfest.bsky.social this Summer! 🎪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Back at one of the UK’s finest festivals, in Wales’ beautiful Bannau Brycheiniog 🗻 What a buzz to see our name so high up on a festival bill! 👑 Who’s gonna be there to see us?

🇲🇽 Los Camp! in Mexico City 🇲🇽 Buzzing that in May we will be returning to play in Mexico for the first time since 2009. Tickets go on sale Friday 28th February at 10am local time. All Ages show. You have got to make sure this one’s a sell out! tinyurl.com/LCCDMX25

North America Tour Dates announced this week 👀 First dibs at our newsletter: loscampesinos.substack.com 📷 Juliette Boulay