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The 1975 / January 2019 UK Tour

Arguably Manchester’s biggest pop band of the moment The 1975 will be releasing their third album in November. You can get your mitts on ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’ from Dirty Hit Records starting on the 30th of November. Naturally, the band will be touring the UK in support of their new record, but they’ve decided to wait until the start of next year to begin the UK leg of their campaign. Support for these shows will come from their buddies Pale Waves and no rome. Tickets to the following tour dates will go on sale next Friday, the 21st of September at 9 AM. Check out the video for ‘TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME’, starring a platinum blond Matty Healy no less, at the bottom of this post. We’ve written a fair bit on The 1975 here on TGTT, including this Bands to Watch piece back in 2012 that I’m pretty proud of, and you can read through all of our articles on the band through here.

Wednesday 9th Jan 2019 – Belfast SSE Arena
Saturday 12th Jan 2019 – Glasgow SSE Hydro
Monday 14th Jan 2019 – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Wednesday 16th Jan 2019 – Brighton Centre
Friday 18th Jan 2019 – London O2
Monday 21st Jan 2019 – Exeter Westpoint
Wednesday 23rd Jan 2019 – Birmingham Arena
Thursday 24th Jan 2019 – Manchester Arena
Friday ii25th Jan 2019 – Sheffield FlyDSA Arena

Charles Watson / May and June 2018 UK Tour

Newly established as a solo artist, Charles Watson (also known here at TGTF as part of indie pop duo Slow Club) has announced a list of UK headline shows to follow the upcoming release of his debut LP ‘Now That I’m a River’. The album is due out on the 18th of May via Moshi Moshi. Watson’s headline tour will begin the following evening at Ramsgate Music Hall and extend through the first part of June.

Along with the tour announcement, Watson has also unveiled a new promo video for the surprisingly groovy album track ‘Abandoned Buick’.  Directed by Jacob Wyatt and Alistair Baines and produced by RND Media, the promo is simple in design and has the same lo-fi vibe as the song itself. Watson, for his part, is equally low-key in his commentary. “Although the new video for ‘Abandoned Buick’ may at first appear to be just some clever camera work, a clapped-out Mercedes and deceptive shots of my manager wearing exactly the same jacket as me,” he quips, “it is, in fact, evidence that I have successfully achieved my life long goal of having a touring clone”.

You can watch the video for ‘Abandoned Buick’ just below the tour date listing. Tickets for the following shows are available now. And ICYMI, our review of ‘No Fanfare’, the first single from ‘Now That I’m a River’, is right back this way.

Saturday 19th May 2018 – Ramsgate Music Hall
Monday 21st May 2018 – Cambridge Portland Arms
Tuesday 22nd May 2018 – Bristol Louisiana
Wednesday 23rd May 2018 – Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
Thursday 24th May 2018 – Exeter Phoenix
Saturday 26th May 2018 – London LSO St Luke’s
Sunday 27th May 2018 – Middlesbrough Westgarth Social Club
Tuesday 29th May 2018 – Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Wednesday 30th May 2018 – Birmingham Hare & Hounds
Thursday 31st May 2018 – Manchester Soup Kitchen
Friday 1st June 2018 – Glasgow Hug and Pint
Saturday 2nd June 2018 – Sheffield Picture House Social

Sam Fender / February and March 2018 UK Tour

Newcastle up-and-comer Sam Fender has announced a list of UK headline dates ahead of his scheduled trip to America for SXSW 2018. In case you missed it, we highlighted Fender’s indie rock stylings earlier this week in our (SXSW 2018 flavoured!) Bands to Watch #394. Under the tour date listing below, you can watch Fender perform his recent hit single ‘Play God’ in session at Maida Vale for BBC Music Introducing.

Tickets for the following shows are available now, except for the sold out show in Manchester on the 23rd of February. In addition to the following UK live dates, Fender is also slated to play at the inaugural This Is Tomorrow Festival in his hometown of Newcastle on Friday, the 25th of May. You can find a full listing of Sam Fender’s upcoming live shows on his official Web site.

Friday 23rd February 2018 – Manchester Jimmy’s (sold out)
Saturday 24th February 2018 – Nottingham Bodega
Sunday 25th February 2018 – Glasgow Attic Bar
Tuesday 27th February 2018 – Cardiff Big Top
Wednesday 28th February 2018 – London Electrowerkz
Friday 2nd March 2018 – Truro Old Bakery
Saturday 3rd March 2018 – Exeter Cavern
Monday 5th March 2018 – Birmingham Sunflower Lounge
Tuesday 6th March 2018 – Bristol Louisiana

Field Music / March and May 2018 UK Tour

Don’t have any tickets to shows next year yet? Have no fear. The prolific and inventive Brewis brothers Peter and David, better known collectively as North East wonders of the world Field Music when they’re writing and playing together, have announced UK tour dates for next March. A presale for all these dates is currently taking place; the general sale begins tomorrow at 10 AM. A extra special show that will follow this tour on the 25th of May at London Barbican is on sale now; it will star strings, horns, woodwind and assorted percussion played by the Open Here Orchestra. Catch up with all of TGTF’s past coverage of the brothers’ music activities through here.

Thursday 8th March 2018 – Brighton Komedia
Friday 9th March 2018 – Bristol Lantern
Saturday 10th March 2018 – Southampton Engine Rooms
Sunday 11th March 2018 – Exeter Phoenix
Thursday 15th March 2018 – Birmingham Institute
Friday 16th March 2018 – Manchester Gorilla
Saturday 17th March 2018 – Glasgow Saint Luke’s Church
Thursday 22nd March 2018 – Liverpool Arts Club
Friday 23rd March 2018 – Sheffield Foundry
Saturday 24th March 2018 – Norwich Waterfront
Friday 25th May 2018 – London Barbican (with the Open Here Orchestra)

Nick Mulvey / September and October 2017 UK/Irish Tour

It’s been awhile since we wrote about Nick Mulvey here at TGTF. The folk singer/songwriter has been relatively quiet the last two years, but he resurfaced at Glastonbury last weekend. Following that performance, Mulvey has announced a new album and a list of tour dates in the UK and Ireland to support its release. The new LP, titled ‘Wake Up Now’, is due out on the 8th of September via Fiction Records and will include two already released singles, ‘Unconditional’ and ‘Myela’. You can watch the promo video for ‘Unconditional’ just below the tour date listing.

Tickets for the following UK and Irish shows will go on sale tomorrow, Friday, the 30th of June, at 9 AM. For those of you across the pond, a U.S. tour announcement is said to be forthcoming. TGTF’s previous coverage of Nick Mulvey is right through here.

Wednesday 27th September 2017 – Belfast Empire Music Hall
Thursday 28th September 2017 – Dublin Button Factory
Sunday 1st October 2017 – Liverpool Academy
Monday 2nd October 2017 – Exeter Lemon Grove
Tuesday 3rd October 2017 – Bristol Academy
Wednesday 4th October 2017 – Manchester Ritz
Friday 6th October 2017 – Sheffield Leadmill
Saturday 7th October 2017 – Leeds Church
Monday 9th October 2017 – Birmingham Institute
Tuesday 10th October 2017 – Newcastle Wylam Brewery Palace of Arts
Wednesday 11th October 2017 – Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
Thursday 12th October 2017 – Glasgow ABC
Saturday 14th October 2017 – Cardiff Great Hall
Sunday 15th October 2017 – Bournemouth Academy
Monday 16th October 2017 – Cambridge Junction
Tuesday 17th October 2017 – London Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Thursday 19th October 2017 – Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion

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WIN / Tickets to see Twin Atlantic at London Electric Brixton, 23 May 2017

Scottish rockers Twin Atlantic will be bringing their swagger across the UK in the second half of May. They’re sure to be playing tracks from their 2016 album ‘GLA’, which Carrie reviewed here, as well as bringing old favourites. Hard to believe, but they released their debut album ‘Free’ back in 2011.

Following your various overdoses on ham, roasts and other things over the Easter bank holiday, we thought you might like to win something. So we’ve blagged a pair of tickets to see the band at London Electric Brixton on the 23rd of May, and we’d like to give them to a lucky TGTF reader. You can enter the context by completing the form below as follows:

1. Provide your full name and your email address. We’ll use these to contact you if you win.
2. Answer this correctly: What is the name of Twin Atlantic’s current album, released last year?
3. Enter your Twitter handle. You need to follow us at @tgtf to be eligible for this contest. If you’re not already following us, it’ll keep you up to date on all the great content here on TGTF and alert you to future contests as well. Good deal, eh?

From all the correct entries received, we’ll choose a lucky winner from random. We’ll be closing the contest this Friday, the 21st of April, at noontime BST, so be sure to get your entry in before then. Any duplicate or incomplete entries will be discarded. Good luck to all! In case you want to buy tickets to tickets to the tour, I’ve listed the tour dates right above the form. To read more of TGTF’s coverage on Twin Atlantic (yes, the archive goes way back!), go here.

Thursday 18th May 2017 – Aberdeen Beach Ballroom
Friday 19th May 2017 – Inverness Ironworks
Saturday 20th May 2017 – Coventry Copper Rooms
Monday 22nd May 2017 – Bristol Academy
Tuesday 23rd May 2017 – London Electric Brixton
Wednesday 24th May 2017 – Cambridge Junction
Friday 26th May 2017 – Exeter Lemon Grove
Tuesday 30th May 2017 – Wrexham William Aston Hall
Wednesday 31st May 2017 – Swansea Sin City

This contest is now closed. The winner will be contacted by email soon.