Award-winning Glasgow band The Ninth Wave have announced today they will be taking an ‘extended hiatus’ following their sold-out SWG3 show in March.
The band will release their fourth album ‘Heavy Like A Headache’ on March 18, and after will be playing three headline dates in Manchester, London and Glasgow's SWG3 on March 19.
It’s then the band will split up to follow personal projects, making the shows potentially their “last ever” - although with the disclaimer that they are all “still the best of pals and love what we have created together”.
Releasing their new single today ‘Hard Not to Hold You’, the Glasgow quartet released a statement to disappointed fans about their split.
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The Ninth Wave said: “We are so so so excited to release our second album. We love it a lot and we hope you do too. We poured a lot of love, effort and emotion into it and we couldn't be prouder of the end result. It's our strongest body of songs without a doubt. Hope you’re ready for it!
“On a sad but also happy note, we’ve decided that after this album is out and after the three celebration gigs in March, we’re gonna take an extended break from The Ninth Wave. That means these gigs in March will be our last as a band for a long time (maybe ever!).
“We are all still best of pals and love what we have created together. However, we’ve been going full pelt for the last six years and we feel like it’s time to give the band a breather. We also all have other projects that we're keen to explore and taking a breather from the band will give us all the opportunity to do that. The Ninth Wave has given us some of the best times and we’ve met some of the loveliest people we’ve known throughout it all.
“So, these gigs in March are going to be extremely f*****g special celebrations. There'll be laugh, tears, cuddles, dancing, the whole bloody lot. We’re going to be playing a bunch of songs from the new album, as well as a load of the family favourites and GrEaTeSt HiTz. You absolutely CANNOT miss out, imagine the regret oh my god!!! The tour that we did at the end of 2021 reminded us of how much we f*****g love playing live and seeing every one of you going for it and feeling the same feelings as us is something special.
“Love to you all and we hope you love Heavy Like a Headache as much as we do. See you in March for one last dance."
