Gabriella Cilmi has announced a much-anticipated five-date tour of the UK for March 2014.
The tour, commencing at The Haunt in Brighton on March 4, will be the first opportunity to hear tracks from Cilmi’s acclaimed new album 'The Sting', set for release on November 11 through Sweetness Tunes.
Five years earlier, aged just 16, Gabriella became known around the world for her soulful smash Sweet About Me, remember that? Her Island-released debut album 'Lessons To Be Learned' went Top 10 in a dozen countries, notching up a million sales, and Gabriella toured extensively, including Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage in 2009.
Since then, Gabriella has embarked on a musical voyage of discovery, writing and recording with members of her live band. Speaking about her new album, she says:
“I was searching for a sound that reflected the way I felt inside, which was quite vulnerable, and traumatised. I wanted it to sound the way Italian neo-realist photographs look, that post-war, ruined glamour which is really gritty and heart-breaking. I was listening to a lot of Trip Hop, that 90s Bristol sound, Portishead and Tricky. But also singer-songwriters I had always loved, Neil Young, John Martyn. And old soul records, Bessie Smith, Otis Redding. It all went in there.”
Tue March 4th 2014 - BRIGHTON The Haunt
Wed March 5th 2014 - BRISTOL Thekla
Thu March 6th 2014 - NOTTINGHAM The Bodega
Fri March 7th 2014 - MANCHESTER The Deaf Institute
Sat March 8th 2014 - GLASGOW King Tuts
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