UNIQUE transatlantic country blues rockers hey Negrita have announced a series of new live dates in support of their forthcoming album Burn The Whole Place Down.
The shows, which include frontman Felix Bechtolsheimer and co’s largest ever London headline date at the capital’s Dingwalls on October 1, are part of a series of activities leading up to the release of the new record on October 5.
All-acoustic LP Burn The Whole Place Down, inspired by the success of acoustic performances for the BBC, was recorded in a five-hour spur of the moment session and is already getting rave previews in the musical world.
To support the release of the album, hey Negrita will play the following live dates, with more still to follow:
Thursday, October 1 LONDON, Dingwalls (www.dingwalls.com)
Friday, October 23 CHELTENHAM, Slak (www.slak-bar.co.uk)
Saturday, October 24 BATH, Moles (www.moles.co.uk)
Sunday, October 25 MANCHESTER, Odder Bar (www.oddbar.co.uk)
Wednesday, October 28 GUILDFORD, The Boileroom (www.theboileroom.net)
Friday, December 4 BRIGHTON, The Brunswick (www.mypsace.com/rocksuicidegigs)
The Dingwalls gig will double up as a special album launch party for Burn The Whole Place Down, and hey Negrita will be joined by very special guests including The Urban Voodoo Machine, The Barker Band and Will Hanson.
Frontman Felix said: “This is our biggest London headline show so far, so come on down and get involved.”
Advance tickets, priced at £8, are available now at Musicglue (featuring a free download from each artist), Ticketmaster, Ticketweb, See Tickets and Wegottickets.com.
In other hey Negrita news, We Dreamed America – the documentary by award-winning director Alex Walker that features Felix and co – was recently streamed in its entirety in high resolution on the Daily Motion homepage. The documentary trailer alone accumulated 14,000 hits in a single night.
And the brilliant animated video for single One Mississippi – the first in a series of three zombie-themed clips put together by animation studio PEW 36 – has already attracted more than 93,000 views on Daily Motion. You can view it here: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/bigbraintv/video/x9hupd_hey-negrita-zombie-1-of-3-prev_music
