Posted on Wednesday 12th February 2020 at 14:57
This week sees Richard Thompson confirm plans to perform at some of the most intimate venues he's played in recent years, folk-rooted punks New Model Army announce a huge 40th anniversary show at Rock City, and four-time Grammy award winner Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit return with a Manchester Albert Hall date.
Find out everything else going 'On Sale This Week' below.
Richard Thompson
Following a brilliant sold-out show at London's Royal Albert Hall last year where he performed alongside an array of special guests - including David Gilmour, Bob Mould and Kate Rusby - folk legend Richard Thompson embarks on a UK wide tour this summer.
Heading to Coventry, Ipswich, London and Whitley Bay across June and July, the former Fairport Convention front-man is best known for iconic hits such as 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, Dad's Gonna Kill Me and Persuasion.
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New Model Army
Punk-fold hybrid pioneers New Model Army have confirmed plans to celebrate their 40th anniversary at Nottingham’s Rock City. The event will see the West Yorkshire outfit play a career spanning set across three hours on 7th November – one of only two nights celebrating the fantastic achievement in the UK this year.
Expect to hear iconic hits such as Green and Grey, Better Than Them and Vagabonds at the venue New Model Army have blown away on numerous occasions.
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Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Alongside the confirmation of new record, Reunions (out May 15th), Alabama singer-songwriter Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit head to the UK for a show at Manchester’s Albert Hall. Isbell has won four Grammy Awards – including ‘Best Americana Album’ (The Nashville Sound) and ‘Best American Roots Song’ (If We Were Vampires) alongside The 400 Unit.
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Tim Burgess
As one of the most recognized artists of the past three decades, Tim Burgess is best known for his work with indie legends The Charlatans. This summer he embarks on an intimate solo tour across the UK – including dates at Nottingham’s Rescue Rooms, Bristol’s Thekla and London’s Oslo – in support of forthcoming new record, I Love the New Sky.
He has just released the latest single from the record in the form of Empathy For The Devil and talks of the new album, saying “I wrote everything on acoustic guitar – the guitar lines would lead the melody, and the melody would inform the lyrics – just dreaming away with music.”
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Tim Montana
Referring to himself as a “father, husband, musician, professional hell raiser, with a PHD in partying,” Tim Montana returns to the UK for headline shows at Thekla and Rescue Rooms in July. His latest single, Bury Me By the Bonfire, was released in January and Montana says “this song embodies what I love doing and always have – sitting around a bonfire with friend, which is exactly how this song began.”
Montana’s sound, specifically This Beard Came Here to Party, has been adopted by both the Boston Red Sox and the Nashville Predators in recent years.
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Bad Religion
Los Angeles punk rock outfit Bad Religion head to Rock City this summer in support of latest record, Age Of Unreason. With more than 15 records in their 40 year career, the band have continuously kept their sound fresh – their aforementioned latest record was given a 9/10 rating by Punk News who referred to it as “shockingly out of the norm for Bad Religion” whilst simultaneously containing “plenty of classic style, with plenty of the normal fare of Graffin showing off his singing skills.”
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