Beth Gibbons

Her debut solo album, *Lives Outgrown*, was released on May 17, 2024, and took ten years to create. The ten tracks on the album reflect personal transformations, motherhood, anxiety, menopause, and the inevitability of aging and mortality. The album earned a nomination for the prestigious Mercury Prize. Beth Gibbons and James Ford—known for his work with Arctic Monkeys and Depeche Mode—collaborated on its production. Additional production was handled by Lee Harris of the band Talk Talk. 

Gibbons describes the upcoming concerts as a farewell to the album *Lives Outgrown*. “It’s been wonderful to play with such amazing musicians and friends and to have such a great team around me,” said the singer, thanking everyone who has supported the performances so far. The Prague concert will thus offer one of the last opportunities to experience live the material from this distinctive and personal chapter of her musical career. *Lives Outgrown* represents Beth Gibbons’ most personal work to date. The album was created during a period of fundamental changes, reflection, and saying goodbye to loved ones as well as to her former selves.  “I realized what life is like without hope. And I had never known such sadness before. I used to be able to influence my future, but when your own body starts to limit you, you can’t force it to do something it no longer wants to do,” says Beth Gibbons. 

The songs touch on motherhood, anxiety, menopause, and mortality. The singer describes menopause as a “major reckoning” or a “huge slump” that “brings you to your knees.” Her perspective on life is also shaped by the loss of loved ones and the realization that some endings are hard to accept. “People started dying. When you’re young, you don’t know what endings are like, and you don’t know how things will turn out. You think you’ll get through it and that things will get better. But some endings are hard to accept,” the singer confides. 

The Prague concert will offer an encounter with an artist whose work transcends genre boundaries and whose unmistakable voice is among the most distinctive on the British music scene.

Advance ticket sales begin on October 30 at 11:00 a.m.