Folk Singer King Charles Celebrates Finishing His Debut Album with Free Gig
Friday, 30 September 2011
Written by Rob Sleigh
London-based folk singer King Charles has announced a free gig next week to celebrate the completion of his forthcoming debut album. The gig will take place at London’s Shacklewell Arms on Monday 3rd October and is free to anyone that has bought a ticket for one of the dates on his upcoming UK tour. See below for all dates and tickets for the tour.
To get hold of tickets for next week’s gig, email your name and tour ticket reference number to kingcharlesfreeshow@gmail.com. The first 100 entrants will win a place on the guest list as well as a copy of King Charles’s ‘Ivory Road’ 7”.
King Charles recently put the finishing touches to his debut album in LA, although most of the record was recorded at home in London last year. In 2009, following the release of his debut EP, King Charles suffered a near-fatal accident that delayed work on his first album until last year. Since then he has toured with Mumford and Sons in the US and become the first British artist to win the prestigious International Songwriting Competition in Nashville, Tennessee.
The forthcoming album hears King Charles borrowing influences from an assortment of genres including Afro-beat, rock and roll, glam, folk, hip-hop, country and pop. The as-yet-untitled album will be preceded by the single ‘BAM BAM’, which is due for release on 14th November. King Charles has also announced that he is giving away his track ‘Ivory Road’ for free. The song is available for download here and can be heard in the following video.
King Charles UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Sun October 30th 2011 - Cavern, Exeter
Mon October 31st 2011 - Fleece and Firkin, Bristol
Tue November 1st 2011 - Green Door Store, Brighton
Thu November 3rd 2011 - Joiners, Southampton
Fri November 4th 2011 - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Sat November 5th 2011 - Mad Ferret, Preston
Sun November 6th 2011 - Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
Mon November 7th 2011 - King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
Wed November 9th 2011 - The Roadhouse - Manchester, Manchester
Thu November 10th 2011 - Scala, London
Sat November 12th 2011 - HMV Institute Birmingham, Birmingham
Sun November 13th 2011 - The Masque, Liverpool
Mon November 14th 2011 - Leadmill, Sheffield
Tue November 15th 2011 - The Bodega Social Club, Nottingham
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