Heilung announce hiatus: “It will go to sleep, rest for a time and return stronger than ever before”

Heilung have announced that they’re going on hiatus next year.

Following their 2025 tour – which will conclude with a final show/‘ritual’ on August 17 – the musical collective will “retreat for a while”, according to a statement.

They write: “Anda fardha. ‘The end of a journey.’ Life is a journey and all journeys end at one point. After several years of extensive touring, Heilung has decided to retreat for a while.

“Heilung’s work has strong notations of traditional shamanism. Shamans retreat, sometimes very long, to be reunited with their power, their spirits; to recharge. If they would constantly work, they would burn out, lose contact to themselves, their helping entities and their light.

“Heilung retreats now. It will vanish from the stages, the roaring drums will be silent and the ecstatic dance is over. It will go to sleep, rest for a time and return stronger than ever before.

“Our last ritual will be the 17th of August on a for now secret location.”

They’ve also just added a bunch of new live dates with The HU, following their previously-announced March and April run.

Catch Heilung at the following dates next year:

March 2025

7 Helsinki, FI – Ice Hall
9 Stockholm, SE – Hovet
12 Oslo, NO – Spektrum
14 Aarhus, DK – ACC
16 Copenhagen, DK – Black Box
19 Oberhausen, DE – Turbinehalle
21 Zurich, CH – Hallenstadion
23 Esch-sur-Alzette, LU – Rockhal

April 2025

15 London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton
17 Dublin, IR – 3Arena
19 Edinburgh, UK – O2 Academy
21 Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo
23 Lille, FR – Zenith
25 Lyon, FR – Halle Tony Garnier
27 Milan, IT – Teatro Arcimboldi

June 2025

6 Netherlands – Maastricht Gashouder
8 Germany – Mannheim Palastzelt
14 Germany – Lingen Emslandarena

July 2025

1 Germany – Munich Tollwood
5 Germany – Königstein Festung
8 Germany – Kiel Wunderino Arena
10 Poland – Wroclaw Hala Stulecia
12 Germany – Saarbrücken Open Air Am E-Werk

August 2025

17 TBA

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