Lupercalia is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf, released on 20 June 2011[15] by Hideout, a subsidiary of Mercury Records.

"[19]On why the album is entitled Lupercalia, Wolf says, "Songs about love are obviously the most common theme in pop music, but I wanted to approach it in a way that hadn't been done before.

On 19 February 2009, Wolf announced that Battle had been split into two releases, The Bachelor and The Conqueror (although the latter album title has subsequently been changed to Lupercalia).

In an interview with Gay&Night magazine from The Netherlands in July 2009, it was revealed that Tilda Swinton will be appearing in some tracks on the new album, as was the case on The Bachelor.

[24] In the lead up to the album's release, Wolf toured Russia, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Turkey and Sweden.

The tour started on 22 October in Scotland and visited England, Ireland, France, Turkey, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland and Russia[25] Wolf announced via Twitter on 27 July 2011 that the main support act for the UK and Ireland leg of the tour would be English singer-songwriter CocknBullKid.

The winning three entries would be featured on Wolf's website, and in addition he would pick his top remix to perform on tour.

A preview of The Bachelor was released on the Bandstocks website, and later featured on Wolf's MySpace page, entitled "Battle Megamix".