Self Esteem today announces her biggest tour to date, taking in 14 shows across the UK and Ireland this autumn, arriving at Utilita Arena Sheffield on Saturday, October 18.

Self Esteem AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor today releases her new single ‘If Not Now, It’s Soon,’ debuted as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record and available to stream and download now, alongside a video by regular collaborator Piers Dennis.

‘If Not Now It’s Soon’ was partly inspired by Taylor’s years before her rise to fame – a time of hypersexuality, booze and self-destruction that precipitated the creation of Self Esteem.

“You wonder who it was who made the choices in that town”, she sings, questioning her treatment of herself, while actress - and friend - Julie Hesmondalgh gives a call to arms: “Something will happen because it’s got to - it’s not just perseverance we need, it’s patience.”

It is about marrying the two things, Taylor explains: “Personally, you have to wait and one day you’ll get somewhere less painful. But the world will hopefully get somewhere less painful too. It’s about hope, perseverance and patience!”

‘If Not Now It’s Soon’ is the third song to be lifted from Self Esteem’s eagerly anticipated new album A Complicated Woman, due for release April 25 in digital, CD, cassette and vinyl formats - including limited editions - via Polydor Records. The album is the follow up to the hugely acclaimed BRIT and Mercury Prize-nominated 2021 album Prioritise Pleasure - an album of the year everywhere from the Guardian to the Sunday Times.

Venue Presale tickets will go on sale from Thursday, March 27 at 10am, accessible by signing up to the Utilita Arena Sheffield newsletter. Any remaining tickets will be available through a general on-sale from Friday, March 28 at 10am.