Following his triumphantly sold out UK tour back in April and with a summer packed full with festival appearances ahead of him, Frank Turner continues on the road to superstardom with details of his biggest headline tour to date.
October and November will see Frank step it up a level on the live circuit and having now out-grown the smaller venues that have been his second home in the last two years, Frank and his band will be packing out the legendary Oran Moor in Glasgow, The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth and London’s Scala to name but a few.
Full dates are:
OCTOBER
Support on all dates is CHRIS T-T
21The Cockpit, Leeds 7pm £8
22 The Duchess, York 7.30pm £8
23 Oran Moor, Glasgow 7.30pm £8
24 Academy 3, Manchester £8.50
25 The Barfly, Birmingham 7.30pm £8
26 The Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter £8
27 Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth £8
28 The Ansom Rooms, Bristol £9
29 The Scala, London 7.30pm £12.50
30 Tower Arts Centre, Winchester £8
31 The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham £8
NOVEMBER
2 The Barfly, Liverpool 7.30pm £8
3 Roisin Dubh, Galway €10
4 Cypress Avenue, Cork €8
5 Stiff Kitten, Belfast €6
6 Crawdaddy, Dublin €14
Frank released his second storming album ‘Love Ire &Song’ back in March and was the highest new entry at Number 5 in the Independent Chart. It’s an album that brings together the sounds and ethos of both folk and punk for powerful heartfelt laments, witty stories, catchy sing-a-longs and summer anthems such as current single ‘Reasons Not To Be An Idiot’. Lamacq’s Single Of The Week on 6Music, championed by Mike Davies and Zane Lowe on Radio 1, and playlisted on XFM ‘Reasons…’ is uplifting, inspiring and most importantly rocks face. At the rockier end of the folk spectrum, it illustrates Frank’s incredible song-writing ability and mass cross-over appeal.
And it’s this crossover appeal that not only seen Frank play 2 incendiary sets at this year’s Glastonbury but then to be perhaps the only artist confirmed for both the prestigious Cambridge Folk Festival and the punk Lock-Up Stage at Reading and Leeds.
Frank and his band have developed into a formidable live force performing passionate and intense shows. Come and watch a star on the rise.
"I think Frank Turner will turn out to be one of the best singer songwriters
of our generation." Mike Davies Radio 1 (22nd January 2008)
"Both uplifting and heartbreaking, these 12 tracks are the sound of Turner sitting down, taking stock and edging steadily further towards greatness. Godspeed, sir." KKKK Kerrang!
“Frank is truly a unique British talent to be cherished and acclaimed with good reason.” 8/10 Rocksound
“Frank’s second album is as defiantly brilliant as ever.” NME 8/10
FESTIVAL SHOWS
11 July – 2000 Tress Festival – solo show
12 July - 2000 Trees Festival – band show
25 July - Perfect Day Festival
31 July – Cambridge Folk Festival
1 August - Y-Not Festival, Derbyshire
17 August - Beautiful Day Festival, Devon
22 August – Reading Festival (Lock Up Stage)
23 August – Leeds Festival (Lock Up Stage)
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Frank Turner - Biggest Headline Tour To Date!
