The Travelling Band’s New Single ‘Fairweather Friends’ Out Monday – Watch Video Now
Saturday, 21 May 2011
Written by Rob Sleigh
Manchester alt-folk quintet The Travelling Band are to release their brand new single ‘Fairweather Friends’ on Monday 23rd May, a week ahead of their new album ‘Screaming is Something’. ‘Fairweather Friends’ is also the opening track on the album, which is the band’s second to date following their 2008 debut ‘Under the Pavement’. The Travelling Band are currently on tour in the UK. See below for dates and tickets. They will also be performing at a number of festivals over the summer months including Eden Sessions, 2000 Trees, Standon Calling and Green Man.
The Travelling Band recorded their debut album ‘Under the Pavement’ in New York in 2006 and have since gathered a number of well-known fans of their music, including Glastonbury Festival’s Michael Eavis. The group have previously earned themselves BBC Radio 6’s ‘Album of the Day’ and Radio 2’s ‘Single of the Week’. One of their songs was included in the recent Ian Dury biopic ‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll’.
The Travelling Band ‘Screaming is Something’ Track Listing:
1. Fairweather Friends
2. Screaming Is Something
3. Sundial
4. Battlescars
5. Magnetic Anywhere
6. Under The Pavement
7. Hindsight
9. Horizon Me And You
10. One Dime Blues
11. On The Rails
The Travelling Band UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Wed May 25th 2011 - The Grand - Clitheroe, Clitheroe
Mon May 30th 2011 - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
Wed June 1st 2011 - The Cluny, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tue June 7th 2011 - 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff
Fri June 10th 2011 - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Fri June 17th 2011 - KU BAR, STOCKTON ON TEES
Sun June 19th 2011 - King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
Sun July 10th 2011 - Leigh Road Recreation Ground, Eastleigh
Tue May 24th 2011 - The Continental, Preston
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The Travelling Band recorded their debut album ‘Under the Pavement’ in New York in 2006 and have since gathered a number of well-known fans of their music, including Glastonbury Festival’s Michael Eavis. The group have previously earned themselves BBC Radio 6’s ‘Album of the Day’ and Radio 2’s ‘Single of the Week’. One of their songs was included in the recent Ian Dury biopic ‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll’. 
