IONA ZAJAC SHARES NEW SINGLE “SUMMER”

Iona Zajac by Izzie Austin 

Today, Edinburgh via Dublin artist Iona Zajac shares her first release since 2023, the brittle, haunting new single “Summer”.

Zajac’s powerful yet measured voice has earned her a strong reputation, leading her to perform alongside renowned artists such as Mercury Rev, Arab Strap, Lankum, John Francis Flynn, Anna B Savage and Cassandra Jenkins. She was also invited to open for and sing with The Pogues in Dublin last December making such a strong impression that this Spring she will continue as a vocalist for The Pogues on their May UK tour, sharing vocal duties with the likes of Nadine Shah, John Francis Flynn, Lisa O’Neill and Lankum’s Daragh Lynch across the dates.

“As Jack’s mother says in the fable Death in the Nut: ‘without death there can be no life.’” Zajac states, speaking on the spectral folk of “Summer”. “Summer starts with a dream as many of my songs do, and a morning penny-drop realisation that we need more than love to be good for someone. It’s about my tendency to bury sadness in order to continue. It’s about the necessary fragility of life and forcing hard feelings in to make way for the good. Emily Dickinson’s poem got inside my head like the drum that beats at her own imagined funeral march. I give a verse to her.”

“It is a song for those dreaming of better days, of wars to end, of lovers to return, of heads to leave the fog. And when Summer finally comes, we might have found enough strength from the bad to make it last.” 

Listen to “Summer” HERE

She is also currently on a full UK tour in support of legendary vocalist Alison Moyet. Please get in touch with any guestlist requests you may have.

Tour dates with Alison Moyet:

20 Feb – York, Barbican SOLD OUT
21 Feb – Manchester, Bridgewater Hall SOLD OUT
22 Feb – Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall SOLD OUT
24 Feb – Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall SOLD OUT
25 Feb – Stoke-on-Trent, Victoria Hall SOLD OUT
27 Feb – Birmingham, Symphony Hall SOLD OUT
28 Feb – Cambridge, Corn Exchange SOLD OUT
1 Mar – Ipswich, Regent Theatre SOLD OUT
3 Mar – Sheffield, City Hall SOLD OUT
4 Mar – Stockton, Globe SOLD OUT
6 Mar – Gateshead, The Glasshouse SOLD OUT
7 Mar – Buxton, Opera House SOLD OUT
8 Mar – Reading, Hexagon SOLD OUT
10 Mar – Brighton, Dome SOLD OUT
11 Mar – London, Palladium SOLD OUT
13 Mar – Bournemouth, Pavilion Theatre SOLD OUT
14 Mar – Swansea, Arena SOLD OUT
15 Mar – Bath, Forum SOLD OUT
17 Mar – Southend, Cliffs Pavilion SOLD OUT
18 Mar – Aylesbury, Waterside Theatre SOLD OUT
20 Mar – Edinburgh, Usher Hall SOLD OUT
21 Mar – Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall SOLD OUT
22 Mar – Aberdeen, Music Hall SOLD OUT

Tour dates with The Pogues:

1 May – Leeds O2 Academy
2 May – Birmingham O2 Academy
3 May – London O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT
6 May – Glasgow Barrowland SOLD OUT
7 May – Manchester O2 Apollo
8 May  – Newcastle O2 City Hall
11 May – Glasgow Barrowland SOLD OUT

Remaining tickets for dates with The Pogues can be purchased here.

Music video for “Summer”