NEWTON FAULKNER’S “FEELS LIKE HOME” SEPTEMBER /OCTOBER 2022 UK TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUEST SAM RICHARDSON INCLUDES VIP TICKETS – SOUNDCHECK & MEET AND GREET GUITAR ACADEMY TICKETS – GUITAR WORKSHOP WITH NEWTON TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM WWW.THEGIGCARTEL.COMWWW.NEWTONFAULKNER.COM |
Stripping his songs back to their purest form. Newton will be out there solo, just him, his acoustic guitars, and his voice. Newton Faulkner’s “Feels Like Home” UK tour starts Saturday, September 17th. Special guest is Sam Richardson. VIP tickets, including soundcheck and meet and greet, are available from www.newtonfaulkner.com. Guitar Academy tickets will include a guitar workshop with Newton before the show. Tickets for all shows are available from www.thegigcartel.com and www.seetickets.com. “On the forthcoming UK tour, I’ll be focusing on the songs that work best with just a vocal and guitar part and no musical multitasking or loops,” says Newton. I’m sure there are some big songs I have never thought of stripping back, but the ones I can’t wait to play are Longshot, Against The Grain, I’m Not Giving Up Yet, Never Alone, Been Here Before, Waiting On You and obviously Feels Like Home. Most of these songs I very rarely play on tour!” After the mystery-cloaked ventures of recent times, Faulkner’s new ethos of ‘no secrets’ promises open lines of communications as his boldest plans to date unfold. Already confirmed is the 23-date Feels Like Home UK tour, which starts September 17th and sees him shapeshift once again. “After the last tour – which was an immensely complicated setup, like flying a musical helicopter – this one will be really stripped back and minimal, like how I started. There’s definitely a power to that.”True to his promise of transparency, the Feels Like Home tour also lifts the curtain on his touring infrastructure, with VIP tickets letting the Faulkner hardcore observe the technical prep and guitar workshops unpicking his playing methods before the gig.“ There’s always so many questions,” he reasons, “and I started to think, ‘Well, why don’t we open up the process?’ So, people can come to the soundcheck and experience me preparing the show! Then there’ll be a workshop in the day, to suit all different levels of player.”It’s a concept that flows into another of the songwriter’s biggest upcoming projects. As a noted alumnus of Guildford’s Academy of Contemporary Music – not to mention a seasoned tutor, workshop leader and bootcamp guest – the Newton Faulkner Guitar Academy set to launch later this year is a logical progression. “Playing has made me so happy for so long and I want to pass that on,” he says. “But music theory is a huge topic and if you’re just thrown in, it puts a lot of people off. The Guitar Academy is about streamlining everything you need to have the most fun, work stuff out by ear and get deep in – but to the fun stuff – as quickly as possible.”Special guest on all dates is Sam Richardson. After being hand-picked by Michael Eavis himself to support Wolf Alice and the legendary Supergrass – on their 25th-anniversary show, to a sold-out 8,000 capacity crowd on Worthy Farm (what would be the last gig on Worthy Farm for 2 years) – Sam Richardson and his band, The Renegades, were entrusted with the task of opening the 50,000 capacity Main Stage at Boardmasters 2021 – the first to play the stage since George Ezra closed the festival back in 2018. Sam hails from the rugged north coast of Cornwall. His live show evokes the timeless power of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers with songwriting built for the modern era. THE GIG CARTEL PRESENTSNEWTON FAULKNER “FEELS LIKE HOME” SEPTEMBER /OCTOBER 2022 UK TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUEST SAM RICHARDSON TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM WWW.THEGIGCARTEL.COM WWW.NEWTONFAULKNER.COM SEPTEMBER 2022 Llandrindod Wells Pavilion Mid Wales Saturday 17 September 2022 Bath Komedia Sunday 18 September 2022 Cheltenham Town Hall Tuesday 20 September 2022 Newark Palace Theatre Thursday 22 September 2022 Bridlington Spa Theatre Friday 23 September 2022 Lytham Lowther Pavilion Theatre Saturday 24 September 2022 Newcastle Wylam Brewery Sunday 25 September 2022 Wolverhampton, Bilston Robin Tuesday 27 September 2022 Shrewsbury Theatre Severn Wednesday 28 September 2022 Northampton Roadmender Thursday 29 September 2022 Barnsley Birdwell Venue Friday 30 September 2022 OCTOBER 2022 Blackburn King Georges Windsor Suite Sunday 2 October 2022 Buxton Opera House Tuesday 4 October 2022 Holmfirth Picturedrome Thursday 6 October 2022 Glasgow Òran Mór Friday 7 October 2022 Edinburgh Queen’s Hall Saturday 8 October 2022 Yarm Princess Alexandra Theatre Sunday 9 October 2022 New Brighton Floral Pavilion Tuesday 11 October 2022 Exeter Phoenix Wednesday 12 October 2022 Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion Thursday 13 October 2022 Southend Theatre Saturday 15 October 2022 Cambridge Junction Sunday 16 October 2022 Islington Assembly Hall Tuesday 18 October 2022 |