Rising British singer-songwriter LION (real name Beth Lowen) has today released her new single ‘Fiction’ via Fiction Records. The track is the second to be taken from her debut self-titled EP.

A live favourite, ‘Fiction’ is a high-energy riff heavy track combining jagged guitars, smashing drums and her incredibly raw unique voice. ‘I wrote Fiction about being lied to and how obvious it can be when someone is lying’ says Beth ‘It’s pretty crazy what people think they can get away with. This song is like my way of confronting that – whether it’s in politics or my own relationships’.

Her debut self-penned four track EP was recorded at London’s Snap Studios with producer Rich Cooper. Combining bluesy riffs with soaring choruses and led by LION’s unique rasping vocal prowess and deft guitar playing, the ‘LION’ EP is equal parts The White Stripes and Florence Welch.

2018 has seen LION play The Great Escape, Dot To Dot, Reeperbahn, Latitude and Boardmasters festivals, support the likes of Albert Hammond Jr, The Vaccines, Isaac Gracie and Girli, and sell out her own headline shows at The Lexington and Camden Assembly. Last single Oh No has been championed across the airwaves – receiving its first play from Steve Lamacq on his BBC 6 Music show, and was playlisted on BBC Radio 1. LION heads to Eurosonic Festival in Groningen in January 2019 as Steve Lamacq’s choice for BBC Introducing.

After selling an astonishing 40,000 tickets in the past 12 months on his ‘Coupla Cans’ tour, comedy’s fastest rising new star Mo Gilligan returns for an exclusive one off charity special with all proceeds going to: Brixton Soup Kitchen, ACLT and Crisis. This jam packed live show will feature stand up, sketches, live music and comedy auctions!

With his high-energy style and stunning physicality, Mo has already made huge appearances on The Russell Howard Hour (Sky One), The Chris Ramsay Show, Live from the Comedy Store and Rob Delaney’s Stand Up Central (Comedy Central) and is the co-host of this year’s big hit The Big Narstie Show on Channel 4.

Don’t miss this phenomenal comedy event like no other!

BRIXTON SOUP KITCHEN
Providing meals, clothes, legal advice and community for the homeless and those in need.

ACLT
ACLT is a 30+ times award winning charity committed to providing hope to patients living with blood cancer and illnesses where a matched donor (stem cell, blood or organ) is required to save a life.

Through their work, they improve odds of finding matches by registering potential donors en masse from all ethnicities, with a focus on donors from the African and Caribbean communities.

CRISIS
A national charity for homeless people. They help people directly out of homelessness and campaign for the changes needed to solve it altogether.

Jack Savoretti returns March 22nd with a stunning new album ‘Singing to Strangers’ on BMG Records. Produced by Cam Blackwood (George Ezra), the album follows Jack’s last two gold discs ‘Written in Scars’ (2014) and ‘Sleep No More’ (2016).

Recorded in Rome at Ennio Morricone’s studio this long, hot summer, the 12 track album features Jack’s acclaimed live band: guitarists Pedro Vito and Sam Lewis; bassist Sam Davies, drummer Jesper Lind and musical director Nikolai Torp on keys.

“Lucikly Morricone’s studio is in the basement of this huge church so it was cooler,” Jack says. “And the atmosphere down there was essential and that was captured on ‘Candlelight’, which became the calling card of the album and will be the first single.”

As for the title track Jack explains it’s origin: “That’s my job: I sing to strangers. That’s what I’ve spent most of my life doing. Singing to friends and family and fans; they’re already onside, so you can, to some extent sing anything. Strangers need convincing, touching, connection.”

Jack will tour Europe next April arriving on our shores next May.

Tickets go on sale Friday November 23rd for the following dates:

May
Thurs 23rd  O2 Academy Glasgow, UK
Sat 25th   The Limelight, Belfast, UK
Sun 26th  Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Wed 29th  O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK
Friday 31st  The SSE Arena, Wembley, London, UK

Jun
Sat 15th   Westonbirt Arboretum, NR Tetbury, Glos

Two co-writes on the album are amongst the highlights. ‘Touchy Situation’ was co-written with Bob Dylan. Yes you read that right, Bob Dylan! A contact of Jack’s American manager had some old Dylan lyrics and he was fine with Jack writing music to them.

It may have been because he’d heard Jack’s cover of the Dylan rarity ‘Nobody ‘Cept You’ on ‘Written In Scars’ – a song Jack found in Jackson Browne’s studio. The other collaboration was the Kylie Minogue cowrite ‘Music’s Too Sad Without You’ which appears as a live version recorded in Venice on ‘Singing To Strangers’ and is available as an instant grat from November 23rd with album pre-orders.

Jack recently appeared alongside Kylie on the Jonathan Ross show and they also perform the duet on the Michael McIntyre show November 24th.

Standard CD and Vinyl Tracklisting:
1. Candlelight
2. Love Is On The Line
3. Dying For Your Love
4. Better Off Without Me
5. What More Can I Do
6. Singing To Strangers (Interlude)
7. Youth And Love
8. Touchy Situation
9. Greatest Mistake
10. Things I Thought I’d Never Do
11. Going Home
Bonus Track (CD Only):
12. Music’s Too Sad Without You (Live In Venice)

Deluxe CD, Vinyl & Digital Album Tracklisting:
1. Candlelight
2. Love Is On The Line
3. Dying For Your Love
4. Better Off Without Me
5. What More Can I Do
6. Singing To Strangers (Interlude)
7. Youth And Love
8. Touchy Situation
9. Greatest Mistake
10. Things I Thought I’d Never Do
11. Going Home
Bonus Tracks:
12. Symmetry
13. Beginning Of Us
14. Music’s Too Sad Without You (Live In Venice)
15. Vedrai Vedrai/ Oblivion (Live In Venice)

www.jacksavoretti.com

Dido is back with her first new album in five years, the stunning ‘Still On My Mind’ out March 8th on BMG.

The multi-million selling singer has also announced her first tour in 15 (fifteen!) years, where she will play songs from the new album alongside her classic megahits such as Thank You, Here With Me, White Flag and Life For Rent.

The World tour, of 27 dates commences in Europe on May 5th in Prague, with London’s Roundhouse on May 30th which will be followed by a North America tour in June. More info on the tour here.

‘Still On My Mind’ is Dido’s 5th studio album and was written and recorded in England, a result of the fruitful and incredibly natural production/songwriting partnership with her long term collaborator and brother (faithless founder) Rollo.

‘It was simple, I only wanted to make another album if it was with him’ says Dido. ‘It was made in such an easy way, all the vocals recorded on the sofa, a lot of it recorded at home’. It follows the 2013 release of the acclaimed ‘Girl Who Got Away’.

Dido plays the following UK and Irish dates with tickets on sale November 16th:

May 2019
Sun 26th  – Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
Mon 27th  – Dublin, Olympia Theatre
Wed 29th – Manchester, Albert Hall
Thur 30th – London, The Roundhouse

‘Still On My Mind’ encapsulates a variety of styles and genres, ranging from her love of hip hop to her folk roots, but ultimately the entire record carries a dance and electronic music sensibility, even on the tracks with no beats. At the core, it’s about the songs which capture the beautiful essence of Dido personally and emotionally.

The first taste of the album is the glorious ‘Hurricanes’.  From the first few notes of this powerful track, Dido’s voice has never sounded bigger and better, making you realise how much we’ve missed that sound. ‘Hurricanes’ is available to download / stream from today here. It is also available as a free download with the pre-order of the album, available now.

Dido describes the making of this album as “an absolutely magical experience”. She says: “I wanted to capture the feeling I still get from listening to music, just that rush like you don’t need anything more than this”.

With sales of more than 40 million albums worldwide, Dido is one of the best- selling UK artists ever. Both ‘No Angel’ and its 2003 follow-up, ‘Life For Rent’, still rank among the UK’s biggest-selling albums of all-time.

Dido full world tour dates:
05.05 – Prague, Forum Karlín
07.05 – Zurich, Volkshaus
08.05 – Milan, Teatro degli Arcimboldi
0.05 – Munich, Circus Krone
11.05 – Vienna, Stadthalle
13.05 – Frankfurt, Alte Oper
15.05 – Berlin, Tempodrom
16.05 – Hamburg, Laeiszhalle
17.05 – Amsterdam, Paradiso
19.05 – Düsseldorf, Mitsubishi Electric Halle
20.05 – Brussels, Cirque Royal
21.05 – Paris, L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix
26.05 – Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
27.05 – Dublin, Olympia Theatre
29.05 – Manchester, Albert Hall
30.05 – London, The Roundhouse
13.06 – Chicago, The Vic
15.06 – Toronto, Danforth Music Hall
17.06 – Boston, House of Blues
19.06 – New York, Terminal 5
21.06 – Washington DC, Lincoln Theatre
22.06 – Philadelphia, Union Transfer
25.06 – Los Angeles, The Wiltern
26.06 – San Francisco, Masoninc
28.06 – Portland, Roseland
29.06 – Vancouver, Orpheum
30.06 – Seattle, Showbox SODO

www.dido.com

Originally released as a Paddy McAloon solo album in 2003, the totally original, spellbinding ‘I Trawl The Megahertz’ is now remastered and released February 1st on Sony Music. It is available on CD and vinyl with new artwork and captivating liner notes written by Paddy McAloon.

‘I Trawl The Megahertz’ was conceived and recorded after Paddy was diagnosed with a medical condition that seriously affected his vision. Not surprisingly the album is a testament to the healing power of music.

“In 1996 after recording Andromeda Heights, I started to work on a new batch of songs for an album I wanted to call ‘20th Century Magic’,” Paddy recalls. “After sidelining ‘20th Century Magic’ I started to consider another project. The title song of this new project, ‘Doomed Poets’, was a moody little number and a sort of forerunner to ‘Megahertz in terms of mood.

“One spring morning in ’99 just for the hell of it, I entered a few random notes into the sequencer of my (even then) ancient Atari computer,” Paddy explains. “I recorded a couple of further layers without listening to what had gone before. By pure good luck, when I played them back they formed a few chords that filled me with a strange sort of nostalgia for something I couldn’t name or get close to. At some point a picture started to form. That’s how Megahertz started.”

The album is comprised of nine compositions; the lengthy 22 minute title track, a series of shorter instrumental pieces and a couple of songs originally intended to accompany a short film.

The track ‘I’m 49’ is one of Paddy’s favourites featuring sampled voices. “Musically I like to think of it as Van McCoy on a downer,” Paddy says. Though the record originally appeared as a solo album, it seems fitting to now classify it as a Prefab Sprout project. “I thought we could do anything”, Paddy says of those heady Prefab days. “And Megahertz is true to that spirit. The music here is of a piece with everything I’ve ever written. It’s from the heart.”

Who could ask for more? Preorder here

‘I Trawl The Megahertz’ full CD tracklisting:
1.    I Trawl The Megahertz
2.    Esprit De Corps
3.    Fall From Grace
4.    We Were Poor….
5.    Orchid 7
6.    I’m 49
7.    Sleeping Rough
8.    Ineffable
9.    …But We Were Happy

‘I Trawl The Megahertz’ full 2x LP edition:

SIDE A
1.    I Trawl The Megahertz (Remastered)

SIDE B
Etched vinyl

SIDE C
2.    Esprit De Corps (Remastered)
3.    Fall From Grace (Remastered)
4.    We Were Poor …. (Remastered)
5.    Orchid 7 (Remastered)

SIDE D
6.    I’m 49 (Remastered)
7.    Sleeping Rough (Remastered)
8.    Ineffable (Remastered)
9.    ….But We Were Happy (Remastered)

Sony Music Entertainment’s Depeche Mode 12″ vinyl singles project continues with the release of Construction Time Again | The 12″ Singles and Some Great Reward | The 12″ Singles on December 14, 2018.

Each of these definitive box sets contains six 12″ vinyl singles contemporaneous to either Construction Time Again (1983) or Some Great Reward (1984). A pair of pivotal releases in the Depeche Mode canon, these albums significantly advanced the band’s sound and vision, introducing audiences to some of the most inventive mixes in DM history while catapulting their international mass appeal to soaring new heights.

Construction Time Again marked the first time that Depeche Mode released limited edition versions of an album’s 12″ singles, each containing the original mix of each track. With this and Some Great Reward, Depeche Mode’s commitment to the 12″ single format as a distinct art form became even more evident.

Construction Time Again | The 12″ Singles and Some Great Reward | The 12″ Singles contain reproductions of limited edition versions of releases showcasing rare tracks, alternate mixes, 7″ vinyl versions, live shows and more. The Construction Time Again | The 12″ Singles box includes three reproductions of limited singles which each feature four bonus live performances recorded at London’s Hammersmith Odeon on October 25, 1982. The Some Great Reward | The 12″ Singles box includes select live recordings from the Liverpool Empire Theatre, recorded September 29, 1984.

Groundbreaking 12″ single tracks like “Everything Counts” (from Construction Time Again) and “People Are People” (from Some Great Reward) became staples in Depeche Mode’s live shows; the new 12″ singles box sets feature extended versions plus original 7″ mixes of these songs. Some Great Reward | The 12″ Singles includes a new version of the 7″ “Blasphemous Rumours” EP, available on 12″ vinyl for the first time ever.

Depeche Mode embraced the power of 12″ vinyl and the avenues of innovation it opened up. The 12″ single allowed the band to explore new sonic possibilities while the physical beauty of the packaging gave Depeche Mode room to develop a sophisticated and commanding visual aesthetic. Depeche Mode used their singles discography as a means of offering left field remixes and other delights for their fans.

The first two box sets in the series–Speak & Spell | The Singles and A Broken Frame | The Singles–were released by Sony Music Entertainment on August 31, 2018.

Each box set in the series will contain the singles from each Depeche Mode album on audiophile-quality 12″ vinyl, with audio mastered from the original tapes at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. The artwork for the exterior of each of the new box sets draws on street art iconography inspired by the original releases, while the vinyl sleeves themselves feature the original single artwork.

The Depeche Mode 12″ Singles Series will continue over the coming years, with plans to release boxes containing the singles from each of the band’s albums in similar deluxe audiophile-grade collector’s editions.

Depeche Mode recently completed the Global Spirit Tour, a worldwide concert tour that started in May 2017 and finished summer 2018 with a pair of shows at the Waldbühne in Berlin on July 23 and 25. The 15-month Global Spirit Tour saw the band play to more than 3 million fans across Europe, North America and South America.

Construction Time Again | The 12” Singles

Get The Balance Right! (12BONG 2)
A Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix)
B The Great Outdoors!
B Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live)

Get The Balance Right! (L12BONG 2)
A Get The Balance Right! (Original Mix)
B My Secret Garden (Live)
B See You (Live)
B Satellite (Live)
B Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live)

Everything Counts (12BONG 3)
A Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts)
B Work Hard (East End Remix)

Everything Counts (L12BONG 3)
A Everything Counts (Original 7” Mix)
B New Life (Live)
B Boys Say Go! (Live)
B Nothing To Fear (Live)
B The Meaning Of Love (Live)

Love In Itself (12BONG 4)
A Love In Itself•3
B Fools (Bigger)
B Love In Itself•4

Love In Itself (L12BONG 4)
A Love In Itself•2
B Just Can’t Get Enough (Live)
B A Photograph Of You (Live)
B Shout (Live)
B  Photographic (Live)

Some Great Reward l The 12” Singles

People Are People (12BONG 5)
A People Are People (Different Mix)
B In Your Memory (Slik Mix)

People Are People (L12BONG 5)
A People Are People (On-U Sound Remix By Adrian Sherwood)
B People Are People (Original 7” Version)
B In Your Memory (Original 7” Version)

Master And Servant (12BONG 6)
A Master And Servant (Slavery Whip Mix)
B (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me (Release Mix)
B Master And Servant (Voxless)

Master And Servant (L12BONG 6)
A Master And Servant (An On-U Sound Science Fiction Dance Hall Classic Re-Remixed By Adrian Sherwood)
B Are People People? (Re-Remixed By Adrian Sherwood)
B (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me (7” Mix)

Blasphemous Rumours (12BONG 7)
A Blasphemous Rumours
B Somebody (Live)
B Two Minute Warning (Live)
B Ice Machine (Live)
B Everything Counts (Live)

Blasphemous Rumours (L12BONG 7)
A Somebody (Remix)
A Everything Counts (Live)
AA Blasphemous Rumours (Single Version)
AA Told You So (Live)

depechemode.com

After the release of his evocative new album ‘The Magic Tree’ on September 12th 2018, legendary American songwriter, Steve Forbert adds new dates to his 2019 UK tour including a show as part of the annual international roots music celebration, Celtic Connections, on January 24th. Tickets for Celtic Connections on sale now at www.celticconnections.com.

Produced by Karl Derfler (Tom Waits, Dave Matthews ‘The Magic Tree’ offers a series of songs gleaned from previously recorded acoustic demos, augmented with new backing tracks. The collection rings with the verve and vitality that Forbert’s fans have always come to expect.

Consistently upbeat and optimistic, the album’s songs recorded in Meridian, Nashville, New York, and New Jersey and Virginia convey a firm sense that age ought not diminish a lust for living. Revered critic the late Paul Nelson wrote about Forbert in Rolling Stone almost 40 years ago: “…Nothing, nothing in this world, is going to stop Steve Forbert, and on that I’ll bet anything you’d care to wager.”

Steve Forbert plays the following UK shows:
January
Wed 23rd LIVERPOOL, Philharmonic Music Room
Thurs 24th GLASGOW, ST Andrews in the Square (w/ Caroline Spence)

February
Tues 5th  DERBY, Flowerpot
Thurs 7th GOSFORTH, Civic Hall
Fri 8th   LEEDS, Thorner VH
Sat 9th  ABERDOUR, Woodside Hotel

More than four decades have passed since Steve Forbert made his way to New York City from his Meridian, Mississippi birthplace in quest of a career in music.Lower Manhattan in 1976 with its emerging new wave and punk scene was a most unlikely time and place for an archetypal folk singer armed with just an acoustic guitar an a sheaf of very personal songs to leap into the fray.

After busking on the street for change from passers by, he rose to sharing bills at CBGB’s with the likes of Talking Heads and John Cale as well as headlining more traditional venues such as The Bitter End and Kenny’s Castaways. Against staggering odds, he found blazing success early on with a string of critically acclaimed and commercially accepted albums including Alive on Arrival (1978), Jackrabbit Slim (1979), and Little Stevie Orbit (1980) and a most unlikely smash hit single, “Romeo’s Tune.”

His career had its share of triumphs as well as stumbles and disappointments as did his private life.  Through it all, over the course of a marriage, divorce, raising three children, writing and recording 18 studio albums and fronting an ever changing line-up of supporting musicians, he persevered and stayed true to his roots and the folk ethos.

Now, those life-changing experiences have been chronicled by Forbert in Big City Cat: My Life In Folk Rock, co-written with Therese Boyd. The memoir, originally conceived as a stage play, offers a uniquely introspective view of a life and career during a period of cultural upheaval and the author’s emerging self-awareness.

Sharing reflections and journals he kept at the time, Forbert weaves an absorbing narrative that fully addresses the trials, travails and triumphs that would eventually play out over the course of his prolific 40+ year career. Big City Cat: My Life In Folk Rock features first-person commentary from those who worked with Forbert on the road and in the studio.

www.steveforbert.com

Fresh from winning ‘The Classic Album’ at The Q Awards, The Kinks celebrate the 50th Anniversary of ‘The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society’ in style with the album going gold this week! The album also graced the UK’s top 50 this week!

Seen as one of the greatest albums of all time The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, is the band’s masterpiece cementing Ray Davies reputation as one of Britain’s greatest ever songwriters of his and any generation. Defined by the extraordinary catalogue of Ray Davies’ songs, driven by brother Dave Davies’ power pop guitar it became the foundation of generations of British guitar pop.

Somewhat overlooked upon its release in November 1968  ‘The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society’ is now regarded as one of the best British albums ever recorded. Created in difficult circumstances by a band on the verge of disintegration and who refused to follow fashion, it is an album of timeless, perfectly crafted songs about growing up and growing old, and the decline of national culture and traditional ways.

Included in this anniversary edition are many previously unreleased tracks and versions, including the previously unreleased track ‘Time Song’.  Ray mixed the track earlier this year and it is included on the new VGPS Deluxe Box Set and Deluxe 2CD. The deluxe box set includes extensive sleeve notes, interviews, photography and specially created online & press content “telling the story” of the album’s production, release and cultural impact. Also included are two essays on the album written by Pete Townshend and renowned journalist Kate Mossman.

An an exhibition at London’s Proud Central Gallery titled ‘The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society’ which will run until November 18th displaying a selection of rare collector’s items including specially commissioned artworks by members of the band and vintage memorabilia, together with a collection of photographs documenting this remarkable period in the band’s history. Each work is hand-signed by surviving band members Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory – visit www.proud.co.uk for more info.

Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright has released a new standalone song and video titled, “Sword of Damocles.” Rufus debuted the song last week on The Late Late Show with James Corden to widespread praise.

Of the single, Rufus said “This is my artistic response to what is currently transpiring within the American government and how its collapse is affecting every aspect of existence for us all. With the Midterm Elections around the corner, it’s important for everyone to take a stand and contribute in some way, whether it’s bringing awareness to issues in your community, protesting/demonstrating, watching the news to formulate your own opinions, creating, yelling – it’s all hands on deck. VOTE.”

The video heavily references the famed ancient expression, which is a parable of impending doom of and to those in positions of power. This timeless tale points out the hard fact that with great power, comes great responsibility, and for all concerned, great danger. The project is packed with talent – featuring Emmy winner Darren Criss, wardrobe from Vivienne Westwood, and direction from Andrew Ondrejcak.

Ondrejcak said, “Often my work is concept-driven but for Damocles, I knew that I wanted to focus on a more traditional narrative storytelling. I’ve also been playing with a more formal approach to color – and I wanted to experiment with a Wizard of Oz effect – to begin the story in brownish tones, and then once Dorothy lands in Oz, the creamy sepia tones of Kansas turn into the candy-colored Technicolor of Oz. I think this also speaks to this duality of reality and imagination, of the Real and Unreal.”

A portion of the proceeds from “Sword of Damocles” will benefit the Swing Left Organization.

The song comes off the heels of “Hadrian,” Rufus’ second opera that premiered to much fanfare in Toronto on October 13th. Next up is the “All These Poses” Anniversary Tour 2018 which kicks off in Los Angeles on November 9th, followed by the legendary Rufus and Martha Wainwright Christmas show, “Noel Nights,” which returns to New York City for the first time in four years at Town Hall on December 16th.

www.rufuswainwright.com

With his UK tour starting next month, Miles Kane unveils the spooky video for brand new track ‘LA Five Four (309)’ today. Watch it HERE.

Written with Jamie T, Michael Shuman (Queens of the Stone Age and Mini Mansions), Zach Dawes (The Last Shadow Puppets and Mini Mansions), Tyler Parkford (Mini Mansions) and Loren Humphrey, the track is scuzzy garage-rock at its finest, fit for a Halloween release. The haunting video sees Miles in full glam-punk jumpsuit swaggering around an abandoned carpark.

‘This is a spooky intense number that reflects on a reoccurring dream I would have while I was living in LA’ says Miles ‘I’d be walking down the corridor of a hotel and then knock on room 309. When I would enter, I would wake up in a shock and the time would be 3:55 each time! The wildness of the verses is me with no reins on, it’s as hard hitting as it comes!’

Following an intimate UK club tour in spring, Miles and his band play the following UK dates including London’s Brixton Academy Dec 6th.

November
Thurs 22nd GLASGOW, The Barrowland Ballroom  SOLD OUT
Fri 23rd  MANCHESTER, Manchester Academy 1 SOLD OUT
Sat 24th  MANCHESTER, Manchester Academy 1
Mon 26th NORWICH, The LCR UEA
Tues 27th BIRMINGHAM, O2 Institute
Thurs 29th LEEDS, O2 Academy
Fri 30th  HULL, Hull University       SOLD OUT

December
Sat 1st  NEWCASTLE, O2 Academy
Mon 3rd BRISTOL, O2 Academy
Tues 4th  LEICESTER, O2 Academy
Thurs 6th LONDON, O2 Academy Brixton
Fri 7th  NOTTINGHAM, Rock City     SOLD OUT
Sat 8th LIVERPOOL, Mountford Hall    SOLD OUT

www.mileskane.com

Tom Walker has had a very good 2018. His ‘Leave A Light On’ was the hit of the summer and he performed a stunning version of it on Friday’s Standup To Cancer. His recent sold out UK tour included a triumphant show at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire and he’s just been awarded the prestigious ASCAP Vanguard Award for breakthrough artist.

And 2019 looks even bigger and brighter for this rising singer songwriter whose debut album ‘What A Time To Be Alive’ is released March 1st. Tom has just announced an 8 date UK tour next spring including a must see show at London’s Roundhouse May 1st.

The latest single to be unveiled from the album s an exciting collaboration with Rudimental, ‘Walk Alone’ and he joined them for a rendition of the track at a sold out Alexandra Palace on Saturday night.

Tom and his band have toured the world this year playing to over 800,000 people and play the following UK dates next spring:

April 2019
Tues 23rd  Nottingham, Rock City
Wed 24th  Newcastle, Newcastle University
Fri 26th   Glasgow, Barrowlands
Sat 27th   Manchester, Manchester Academy
Sun 28th  Bristol, O2 Academy
Tue 30th   Southampton, O2 Guildhall

May 2019
Wed 1st   London, The Roundhouse,  London,
Thurs 2nd  Cambridge, Cambridge Corn Exchange

Tickets on sale now.

The album title, ‘What a Time To Be Alive’, is taken from one of Tom’s best-loved songs, ‘Blessings’, and is indicative of the hope and optimism that permeates this blistering 13 track collection of original songs written or co-written by Tom and sung in his unmistakable voice.

The album also contains his summer smash hit ‘Leave A Light On’ that has sold over 650,000 in the UK and 3 million worldwide, reaching #1 on iTunes in 19 countries including the UK and Top Ten in 39 countries. If any song illustrates the sense of community Tom promotes through his music – it’s this one.

Other than his clear musical talent, arguably what has drawn people to Tom is the sheer raw and honest quality his songs possess. While ‘Leave A Light On’ established Tom as a global breakout artist, his debut album ‘What A Time To Be Alive’ without doubt will solidify his growing reputation as one of the most exciting new artists working today.

‘What a Time To Be Alive’ tracklisting below:
1) Angels
2) Leave A Light On
3) Not Giving In
4) How Can You Sleep At Night?
5) Now You’re Gone feat Zara Larson
6) My Way
7) Blessings
8) Cry Out
9) Dominoes
10) Fade Away
11) Just You And I
12) The Show
13) Walk Alone Feat. Rudimental

www.iamtomwalker.com

‘The Canadian possesses the same rich, deep baritone as Marty Robbins or Hoyt Axton, while his songs use only a modicum of fuss – picked acoustic guitar, pedal steal, harmonica – for optimum effect’- Uncut

Following the release of his critically acclaimed new album ‘Songs Of The Plains’, Colter Wall, has announced a spring 2019 UK and EU tour, including London’s Electric Ballroom March 13th.

Colter and his fantastic band played a sold out show at London’s Scala earlier this summer and turned in a crowd pleasing set at the End of the Road festival.

Recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A with Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb ‘Songs Of The Plains’ is the follow-up to his lauded self-titled debut record, and perfectly captures evocative voice and narrative vision.

The Saskatchewan native will tour the UK and Europe extensively next spring.
Tickets on sale now

March 2019
U.K.
Sun 10th  BRISTOL, The Exchange
Mon 11th GLASGOW, King Tuts
Tues 12th DUBLIN, Whelans
Wed 13th LONDON, Whelans

Europe
Fri 15th  NIJIMEGEN, Doornroosje
Sat 16th  AMSTERDAM, Paradiso Noord
Sun 17th COLOGNE, Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld
Tues 19th ZURICH, Papiersaal
Wed 20th MILAN, Magnoila
Thurs 21st MUNICH, Kranhalle
Fri 22nd  BERLIN, Lido
Sat 23rd  HAMBURG, Nochtspeicher
Mon 25th COPENHAGEN, Vega
Tues 26th STOCKHOLM, Staktkyrkan
Wed 27th OSLO, Sentrum Scene
Fri 29th  BERGEN, Ole Bull Scene
Sat 30th  STAVANGER, Folken

The release of ‘Songs of the Plains’ follows a breakthrough year for the Canadian artist, which saw him play a sold out Great Escape Festival show and sold out shows at Servants Jazz Quarters and The Lexington, as well as releasing his critically acclaimed self-titled-debut (#5 on the Rough Trade Best of year). With tips from everybody from The Times, Sunday Times Culture, Rolling Stone, The Sun and not to mention music legends like Rick Rubin and Steve Earle, Colter Wall is one not to be missed.

www.colterwall.com