Pop-rocker Zuzu - 'the definitition of a millennial artist' - announces new album and tour including Sheffield and Nottingham shows: here's how to get tickets

The Liverpudlian is described as the “definition of a millennial artist; a visibly confident front person, songwriter, producer, director, actor and comic book illustrator; starring and orchestrating all her videos”, whose “boundary- pushing mentality feeds into the psyche of her home city”.

Following the release of How It Feels as the UK entered its first coronavirus lockdown last year, she is back with her debut long-player, Queensway Tunnel – named after one of the road tunnels beneath the River Mersey between Liverpool and Birkenhead, and a new single, My Old Life.

“This last 18 months have brought about some of the biggest changes in my life,” she says. “I’ve had to learn how to set boundaries, learn how to walk away from people and how to let people walk away from me.”

Talking about her new single, she says: “This song is about a particular period I had to dig really deep to find enough self-worth to move on from an emotionally exhausting situation that – at the time – felt like the end of the world.

“It’s about pushing through those dark times and coming out stronger and wiser.

“Writing My Old Life really helped me to shake off all of the toxic energy I was holding onto and truly let go.”

Queensway Tunnel is out on November 12, followed by a solo headline tour which includes a show at Nottingham’s Bodega on December 9 and Sheffield’s The Leadmill on December 14 – for tickets see thisiszuzuofficial.com/#tour

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