Music News - Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls return downunder April 2015
19 November 2014 - 0 Comments
FRANK TURNER& THE SLEEPING SOULS
return to down under April 2015
Friday 17th April – The Tuning Fork, Auckland
Tickets from http://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/
Saturday 18th April – Meow, Wellington
Tickets from http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/
Tickets on sale 9am
Wednesday 26th November.
“Turner is British music’s
secret star.” -Telegraph
“…sincere and attention-grabbing, with the comfort of open-hearted
honesty.” - NME
Heading down under as part of the Byron Bay Bluesfest,
British troubadour Frank Turner has just
announced a series of headline shows across Australia & New Zealand.
It is almost a decade since Frank Turner went solo
following the demise of Million Dead, the hardcore
quartet he fronted. In that time, he has been on a constant upward curve, its
momentum propelled forward by a mixture of Turner’s force of will and his
effortless craft of song. Each record now brings with it new landmarks for the
32-year-old from Hampshire. His fourth album, 2011’s EnglandKeep My Bones, sold more than 100,000 copies and
entered the UK Charts at number 12.
Its follow-up, last year’s Tape Deck Heart, has ushered in
a new level of success. So far, it has sold 200,000 copies. It entered the UK
Charts at Number 2 and the iTunes Charts at Number 1. Five singles have been
released from the record, each underlining Turner’s arrival as a crossover DIY
star: the break-up vignette Recovery, the stirring, mandolin-flecked
singalong of The Way I Tend To Be, the rousing, anthemic Oh Brother,Losing Days and the recent Polaroid Picture EP all showcase Turner’s
increasingly daring dynamism as a solo artist.
Not one to rest on his laurels, Turner's live achievements
may be more impressive than his recorded works: opening the 2012 Olympic Games,
high billing on the main stage at the Reading and Leeds festivals, a sold-out
UK arena tour, where Turner later admitted that, “playing an arena tour of
the UK was a strange, bold, terrifying and ultimately beautiful thing…I never
expected to find myself playing in rooms of that size, and I was concerned
about making the shows as good as they could be, about making sure that the
connection with the audience wasn't lost. In the event it was a massive rush
and a resounding success."
It’s the connection with the audience that has made Frank
Turner’s live shows unique. The UK Telegraph describing
the shows as a “crowd participation triathlon, which involved jumping up and down on
the spot, clapping overhead and singing along at the same time. It was quite
something to behold.” The Guardian lamenting that the “vast
hall reverberates with lusty group-sing” where Turner “invites you to lay aside
your baggage and dance”.
Don’t miss your chance to
sing and dance along with Frank Turner &
the Sleeping Souls live in New Zealand.
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