Altsounds - Frank Turner - LLTQ, The First Three Years and tours galore!

Just as new single ‘Long Live The Queen’ is added to the Radio 1 playlist and is made Record Of The Week by Sara Cox (covering for Jo Whiley); Frank can proudly announce details of some really exciting tours and further releases coming up soon!

Already making plans for next year, Frank has been personally invited to support The Gaslight Anthem tour in Europe. Currently enjoying the success they deserve with their fantastic ‘The 59 Sound’ album, The Gaslight Anthem are big fans of Frank and this will be a fantastic tour running through the month of February. Full dates overleaf.

Back to this year though and Jo Whiley extends her support by inviting Frank to be a part of her Mencap Little Noise Session in November. These exclusive acoustic gigs take place in London’s magnificent Union Chapel and has previously seen unique performances from Noel Gallagher, U2, Amy Winehouse plus many more. Frank will be playing on the same night at Biffy Clyro on 12th November.

The rest of November sees Frank tour Europe with band and label mate Chris T-T as the two of them jump in a car and travel round Ireland, Italy and Switzerland playing duo shows.

Then on 1st December, Frank will release ‘The First Three Years’ through Xtra Mile Recordings – a super special collection of songs brought together for the first time. Not only does is include all of Frank's early commercial releases but also a wealth of other material from session tracks to demos to previously unreleased live favourites recorded for the first time. 24 tracks and a host of memories that beautifully encapsulate Frank’s solo career so far.

And if all that wasn’t enough, just days after this Frank will fulfil one of his dreams by supporting folk rock legends The Levellers as they tour the UK and Europe.

But first Monday 20th October 2008 Frank releases ‘Long Live The Queen’ which as well as the Radio 1 support has gained plays on XFM and 6Music and the video is on the Myspace Chart on MTV2 for the 4th week running. With proceeds from the sale of the single going to Breast Cancer Campaign – all in all things ain’t looking too shabby….

Frank Turner’s rise to superstardom is picking up pace…

All tour dates are listed overleaf:

NOVEMBER
19 Paradiso, Amsterdam w/The Levellers
20 Effenaar, Eindhoven w/The Levellers
21 Schurr, Lucerne w/Heidi Happy
22 Hirscheneck, Basel, w/Chris T-T
23 Grabenhalle, St Gallen, w/Chris T-T
24 Tiki's Pub, Geneva, w/Chris T-T
25 The Flying Pig, Vienna, w/Chris T-T
26 Diagonal, Fori Bologna w/Chris T-T
27 MADS, Roma w/Chris T-T
28 Extra, Recanati w/Chris T-T

LEVELLERS UK TOUR
DECEMBER 08
03 Truro Hall for Cornwall
04 Exeter Great Hall
05 Lincoln Engine Shed
06 Manchester Academy
07 Norwich UEA
09 Bristol Academy
10 Middlesbrough Town Hall
11 Sheffield Octagon
12 Leeds Academy
13 Birmingham Academy
14 Southampton Guildhall
16 Oxford Academy
17 Inverness Ironworks
18 Glasgow ABC

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM TOUR
FEBRUARY 09
10 Koln Underground, Germany
11 Kato Berlin, Germany
12 KB Malmo, Sweden
13 Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg, Sweden
15 Tavastia, Helsinki, Finland
17 Debaser Slussen, Stockholm, Sweden
18 Lille Vega, Copenhagen Denmark
19 Knusy, Hamburg, Germany
20 Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Germany
21 59:1 Munchen, Germany
22 Flex, Wien, Austria
24 Zoe Club, Milano, Italy
25 Mascotte, Zurich, Switzerland
27 Botanique Orangerie, Brussels, Belgium
28 Vera, Groningen, Holland
March
1 Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland