Wolf Alice’s Joff Oddie will miss the band’s North American tour as Gengahr’s John Victor steps in

Wolf Alice have confirmed guitarist Joff Oddie will sit out the band’s forthcoming North American tour due to the impending birth of his first child, with Gengahr’s John Victor set to cover the dates.

The Mercury Prize-winning group and current Dork cover stars recently returned with fourth album ‘The Clearing’. The North American leg begins at Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta on 10th September and runs through the month across the US and Canada, before mainland European shows in November and a UK and Ireland arena run into December.

Posting on the band’s official Facebook page on 8th September, Oddie wrote: “Hey Joff here. Just wanted to let you all know I won’t be joining the guys on our North American tour as I’m awaiting the birth of my first baby. I’m sad I won’t be with you but I’ll be leaving you in the capable hands of John Victor who is one of my fav all time guitarists and a lovely man to boot.”

Victor is a member of indie outfit Gengahr, whose most recent release was the 2023 album ‘Red Sun Titans’, accompanied by a 14-date UK and European tour.

The dates read:

SEPTEMBER
10 Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta, US
12 9:30 Club, Washington, US
15 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, US
19 Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn, US
20 House Of Blues, Boston, US
22 Beanfield Theatre, Montreal, Canada
23 History, Toronto, Canada
25 Newport Music Hall, Columbus, US
26 The Vic, Chicago, US
27 First Avenue, Minneapolis, US
30 Emo’s, Austin, US

NOVEMBER
5 Annexet, Stockholm, Sweden
6 KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
7 Georg Elser Halle, Hamburg, Germany
9 Progresja, Warsaw, Poland
10 Lucerna Great Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
11 Barba Negra Red Stage, Budapest, Hungary
13 Alcatraz, Milan, Italy
14 Le Transbordeur, Villeurbanne, France
15 Bikini, Toulouse, France
17 Palladium, Cologne, Germany
19 Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
20 Tonhalle, Munich, Germany
21 Den Atelier, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
23 AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands
24 Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
25 Le Zenith, Paris, France
28 AO Arena, Manchester, UK
29 Utilita Arena, Birmingham, UK

DECEMBER
1 Utilita Arena, Cardiff, UK
3 The O2, London, UK
5 First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK
7 OVO Hydro, Glasgow, UK
10 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland