Book Tour
Shain is taking How Music Can Save The World on the road from early 2027 — a new kind of book event, part talk and part audience participation, focused on delving into what music means to you, to us, to everyone.
Dates announced soon. Get in touch to bring the tour to your city, venue or festival.
Upcoming dates
October 21 | Newcastle, UK
Mercury Music Prize Fringe Conference (with Generator)
November 5 | Dallas, TX
Texas Sounds and Cities Conference
More info
December 1 | London, UK
Pints of Knowledge, Blues Kitchen Brixton
The This Must Be The Place tour
2023–2026
2026
March 25 Curitiba, Brazil | Smart Cities Expo
March 28 Côa, Portugal | Europe in Sync Conference
March 29 Porto, Portugal | FNAC Norte Shopping
March 30 Lisbon, Portugal | FNAC Chiado
July 20 London, UK | Old Queen's Head | Part of Pints of Knowledge
September 16 Drammen, Norway | MusikOst Cultural Conference
September 21 Oslo, Norway | Kulturom Culture Spaces Conference
September 24 Amsterdam, Netherlands | BUMA Stemra Connecting Sounds
October 7 Manchester, UK | Beyond the Music
2025
February 26-28 London, UK | ILMC
July 9 Hull, UK | Conexxion Arena, Hull | Hull Music Meet-up
September 3-4 Bergen, Norway | Bergen Entrepreneur Week
November 8 Istanbul, Turkey | Bu Festival Bizim
November 21-23 Lake Como, Italy | Festival A
July 22 Tokyo, Japan | Node Cafe at Toronomon Hills
July 23 Tokyo, Japan | Kudan House
July 24 Fukuoka, Japan | CIC, One Fukuoka Building
July 25 Kawasaki, Japan | Supernova
July 27 Kyoto, Japan | FabCafe
November 5 Braga, Portugal | Centesima Pagina
November 6 Porto, Portugal | Espazo Performing Arts Centre
November 14 Lisbon, Portugal | Digital Music Days Conference
2024
January 15 Vilnius, Lithuania | 1986 Gallery
January 17 Amsterdam, Netherlands | University of Amsterdam
January 19 Groningen, Netherlands | Eurosonic
January 25 Brussels, Belgium | The Poet
January 27 Antwerp, Belgium | Trix, Klankbad Festival
February 22 Brussels, Belgium | EU Music Conference
March 11 Dallas, Texas | New New Fest, Four Corners Brewing Company
March 13 Austin, Texas | SXSW | with Reid Wick (Recording Academy)
March 15 Austin, Texas | First Light Books
March 17 Houston, Texas | Off The Record
March 20 Los Angeles | Grammy Museum
March 22 Portland, Oregon | Double Mountain Brewery
March 24 Seattle, Washington | Seattle Town Hall
March 25 Olympia, Washington | Capitol Theater
March 28 Anchorage, Alaska | Writer's Block Cafe
April 16 Newcastle, UK | The Theatre at Dance City
April 17 Bradford, UK | The Underground
April 30 London, UK | ULI UK Annual Conference, Tobacco Dock
May 7 London, UK | Kings Place – Movers and Shakers Creative Industries Property Summit
May 1/2 New York, USA | Global Citizen NOW
May 30 Copenhagen, DK | Rhythmic Music Conservatory
June 5 Kristiansand, NO | Agder Culture Conference
June 8 Dusseldorf, DE | Dusseldorf Music Conference
June 18 Memphis, TN, USA | Memphis Blues and Soul Foundation Luncheon
June 26 London, UK | Creative Industries Property Summit, Kings Place
August 25 Auckland, NZ | Real Groovy Books
August 26 Christchurch, NZ | Scorpio Books
August 27 Wellington, NZ | Massey University College of Creative Arts
August 31 Auckland, NZ | Going Global Music Conference
September 4 Brisbane, AU | BIGSOUND Conference
September 6 Gold Coast, AU | Home of the Arts
September 9 Melbourne, AU | Readings Carlton
September 10 Melbourne, AU | University of Melbourne
September 11 Wollongong, AU | The Music Room
September 12 Sydney, AU | Better Read Than Dead
September 17 Singapore | Epigram Coffee Bookshop (inside Singapore Art Museum)
September 21 Tokyo, JP | Kudan House
October 3 Tampere, FI | Music and Media Conference
October 9 & 10 Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Economic Development Assembly
October 17 Paris, France | MaMA Festival
October 29 Bilbao, Spain | BIME
October 30 Madrid, Spain | Espacio Fundación Telefónica
November 6 & 7 Bergen, NO | Kulturrom
November 20 Milan, Italy | Milan Music Week
November 21 Milan, Italy | Linecheck Festival
December 7-9 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Music Cities Convention
December 12 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Jeddah Book Fair
December 16 Hastings, UK | Hastings Music City
Autumn/Winter 2023
September 7 The Wanstead Tap | London, UK (UK book launch)
September 11 Waterstones | Cardiff, UK
September 12 Ellen’s jazz bar @ The House of KOKO | London, UK
September 14 The Rose Hill Tavern | Brighton, UK
September 21 Reeperbahn Festival | Hamburg, Germany
September 24 Pilgrimage Festival @ Americana Music Triangle Tent | Franklin, TN, USA
September 25 Yellow Racket Records | Chattanooga, TN, USA
September 27 Grimey’s | Nashville, TN, USA
October 2 The Green Room at Crosstown Arts | Memphis, TN, USA
October 5 The Cameron House | Toronto, ON, Canada
October 6 SDG Factory | Kitchener, ON, Canada
October 10 Mills Hardware | Hamilton, ON, Canada
October 12 Housing Works | NYC, USA
October 13 Radio Kismet | Philadelphia, PA, USA
October 14 Private Event | Washington DC, USA
October 17 Jeff & Blues @ The Orion Amphitheater | Huntsville, AL, USA
October 23 Private Event | Fort Collins, CO, USA
October 24 Mutiny Information Cafe | Denver, CO, USA
October 26 NOLA Musicon Festival | New Orleans, LA, USA
November 2 Iceland Airwaves | Reykjavik, Iceland
November 3 Penninn Eymundsson Austurstræti | Reykjavik, Iceland
November 9 Berklee Valencia | Valencia, Spain
November 10 Bar La Cañada | Barcelona, Spain
November 14 The Snug @ Hyde Park Book Club | Leeds, UK
November 16 Concert Hall @ University of Glasgow | Glasgow, UK
November 17 Waterstones Liverpool ONE | Liverpool, UK
November 22 Books on the Rise | Richmond, UK
November 24 Voce Books | Birmingham, UK
November 27 The Social | London, UK (Repeater Holiday Revue)
November 28 Eleto Chocolate Cafe | Folkestone, UK
November 29 The Hastings Bookshop | Hastings, UK