The Cult guitarist Billy Duffy has confirmed that The Cult will share the stage with the reunited Guns N’ Roses in the coming months. The band have also announced three new shows in Canada.

The Cult tour dates:

April
19 - Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol Ahermanos Rodriguez (with Guns N’ Roses)
20 - Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez (with Guns N’ Roses)

May
20 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey’s
21 - Temecula, CA - Pechanga Resort & Casino                 

June
9 - Austin, TX - Travis County Expo Center (Festival)
11 - Burlington, ON - Sound Of Music Festival

July
8 - Quebec City, QC - Quebec City Festival
9 - Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Blues Fest

The Cult have released an official video for the track “G O A T”, featured on the band’s recently released Hidden City, their 10th studio album. The album is available in Canada via Dine Alone Records and on Cooking Vinyl in the UK and  the US.

Says lead vocalist, Ian Astbury about the inspiration behind their latest video, “The film depicts amateur mixed-martial-arts fighter Orlando Friol alongside his trainer and mentor Diego de Vera of Miami's Knockout Zone Gym. The song's title is an acronym for ‘Greatest of All Time’. We were tapping into The Cult's identification as cultural outsiders, revealing the mystique of a lone fighter who, through discipline and integrity, rises up against all odds."

The video is directed by Juan Azulay and shot in the Everglades, Little Haiti and Liberty City in Miami, Florida.

The final instalment in a trilogy of recordings, completing 2007's Born Into This ("The Fall") and 2012's Choice of Weapon ("Dark Night Of The Soul"), Hidden City is a tightly-woven series of experience and visions with underlying themes of redemption and rebirth threaded through The Cult's visceral music. Astbury's signature baritone and blood-soaked lyrics paired with Duffy's smouldering, textured guitar tones, create a musical environment that is fearless and peerless.

From the sonic assault of the opening track "Dark Energy" (streaming below), Hidden City launches quickly into the dark underbelly of its subject matter. Stemming from the Spanish phrase "La Ciudad Oculta" or "hidden city," the album reflects an awakening of consciousness through its tone and complexity.

"Hidden City is a metaphor for our spiritual lives, our intimate interior lives," explains Astbury. "I find today's gurus are trying to peddle some cure, product or insight as if it's a new phenomenon. My place is to respond, not react, to observe, participate and share through words and music. There is no higher authority than the heart."

Produced by Bob Rock and written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy the team has collaborated on what has turned out to be the brutal and beautiful masterpiece Hidden City.

Tracklisting:

“Dark Energy”
“No Love Lost”
“Dance The Night”
“In Blood”
“Birds Of Paradise”
“Hinterland”
“G O A T”
“Deeply Ordered Chaos”
“Avalanche Of Light”
“Lilies”
“Heathens”
“Sound And Fury”

“Hinterland” video:

“Deeply Ordered Chaos” lyric video:

“Dark Energy”:

(Photo - Tim Cadiente)