SAULT have announced their second ever live headline show for later in 2025 amid member Inflo’s current legal battle with Little Simz.
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The show will take place in London on August 15. A link in their Instagram bio directs fans to a page where they can sign up to ‘be the first in line’.
The mysterious collective only played their first headline show at London’s Drumsheds in December 2023, playing the album ‘Acts Of Faith’ for the first and only time. They have teased a world tour, but it has not yet materialised.
According to a social media post, the shows were to showcase their album ‘5’ in New York, ‘Black’ in Los Angeles, ‘Untitled (Rise)’ in Canada, ‘11’ in Germany, ‘Air’ in Paris and ‘Earth’ in Africa at some point.
SAULT have never officially confirmed their bandmembers; however, producer Inflo is generally regarded as the leader, with Cleo Sol, Kid Sister, Chronixx and more providing uncredited vocals.
The show announcement follows Simz suing Inflo – who produced her albums ‘GREY Area’, Mercury winner ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ and ‘No Thank You’ – in March.
The suit saw Simz accuse Inflo of withholding loans she had made to him – to a total of £1.7million – for over a year, as well as claiming he did not properly account for funds provided by Sony to cover recording costs.
Among the allegations is the claim that Simz lent Inflo £1million to lock in the only SAULT show to date, which was held at Drumsheds in London. The suit asserts that the condition for the gig was that Inflo was to repay Simz by early December 2023, but it claims he failed to do so. Simz was therefore allegedly unable to pay her tax liabilities in full and received interest charges.
Inflo has not publicly responded to the lawsuit.
In an interview with Billboard in April, Simz revealed that while working on the follow-up to ‘No Thank You’, she started and then abandoned four separate album projects, which she suggests were all being made alongside Inflo.
“They were great, but it’s more the situation of who I made them with,” Simz said about the scrapped albums. “In letting go of that relationship, I had to let go of that music… It’s like having a kid with someone. You might split with the person, but you don’t just stop loving the kid.”
Speaking about how her motivations were influenced by the breakdown of her relationship with Inflo, she told Billboard: “I was really frustrated and hurt, and I wanted to scream. But it’s tricky starting off on that foot sometimes.”
Simz and Inflo met as children at St. Mary’s Youth Club in London, and Simz has been closely associated with SAULT’s work, appearing at the Drumshed show herself alongside Inflo’s wife Cleo Sol and Michael Kiwanuka.
