Dirty Honey announce new album Catch My Butterfly and spring 2027 UK tour
2027 will see the release of Catch My Butterfly, Dirty Honey‘s third full-length album, with a release date of 15th January currently planned and a March UK tour to follow.
Produced by John Feldmann (Yungblud, Blink-182, Korn), Catch My Butterfly is said to represent the next evolution of Dirty Honey. Members Marc LaBelle (vocals), John Notto (guitar), and Justin Smolian (bass) expand the band’s sound while maintaining the grit, energy, and authenticity that have defined their rise.
“I’m very proud of our perseverance. Any band has to really survive to make a third record,” said LaBelle. “We’ve made mistakes in the studio, gotten over past regrets, lived more, and become better songwriters. All of those things snowballed into Catch My Butterfly.”
“Catch My Butterfly shows the width of what we can do as musicians and songwriters. We’re no one-trick pony,” added Smolian.
Dirty Honey broke onto the scene with the ‘When I’m Gone’ single that made rock history by becoming the first song by an unsigned artist to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. Since emerging in 2019, the trio have established themselves as one of the standout rock bands of their generation through their powerful songwriting, high-energy live performances, and unmistakable sound.
The band released their self-titled debut album, Dirty Honey, in 2021, followed by Can’t Find The Brakes in 2023. The latter debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums chart, further cementing the band’s commercial success. Along the way, Dirty Honey have toured extensively with artists including Guns N’ Roses and The Black Crowes, while also selling out successive headline tours of their own.
Tracks featured on Catch My Butterfly are: ‘Lights Out’, ‘If It’s Over’, ‘Numb’, ‘Wanderlust’, ‘Good For You’, ‘Butterfly’, ‘Good Times Gone’, ‘American Lies’, ‘Poison’, ‘Sweeter’, ‘No Way Out’, ‘New Blood’, ‘Lullaby’ and ‘I Should’ve Known’.
The album follows the release of the album’s first two singles, ‘Lights Out’ and ‘Butterfly’, kicking off the next chapter with a dynamic, dangerous sound that proves Dirty Honey aren’t slowing down.
“‘Lights Out’ was the first banger,” said Notto. “It’s one of those rare times when I got the solo right on the demo! It’s only one flavour of the album though. There’s so much more.”
Regarding the acoustic-driven ‘Butterfly’, LaBelle said: “I tried to write from a different perspective: either that of a father to an addicted child or the family member of an addict. In this scenario, you’re so overcome with worry about whether or not your loved one is alive or dead at any given moment. My thought was, ‘If you don’t get high, there’s no way that you’re going to catch this person who is so beautiful in your eyes, but so broken at the same time’.”
DIRTY HONEY 2027 UK TOUR DATES
Wed 3rd Mar: Electric Ballroom, London
Thu 4th Mar: O2 Academy, Bristol
Fri 5th Mar: O2 Academy 2, Birmingham
Sun 7th Mar: Academy 2, Manchester
Mon 8th Mar: Stylus, Leeds
Tue 9th Mar: The Garage, Glasgow
Thu 11th Mar: Limelight 2, Belfast
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