Heading down under as part of the Byron Bay Bluesfest, British troubadour Frank Turner, and his band The Sleeping Souls, has confirmed a number of sideshows.
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These will include a performance at Newcastle’s Small Ballroom on Thursday, April 9, 2015.
It is almost a decade since Frank Turner went solo following the end of his hardcore quarter Million Dead, of which he was the frontman.
Since then it has been a steady rise for the creative songwriter and each record brings with it new landmarks for the 32-year-old from Hampshire.
His fourth album, 2011’s England Keep My Bones, sold more than 100,000 copies and entered the UK Charts at number 12.
Its follow-up, last year’s Tape Deck Heart, has ushered in a new level of success.
So far, it has sold 200,000 copies. It entered the UK Charts at Number 2 and the iTunes Charts at Number 1.
Five singles have been released from the record, each underlining Turner’s arrival as a crossover DIY star: the break-up vignette Recovery, the stirring, mandolin-flecked singalong of The Way I Tend To Be, the rousing, anthemic Oh Brother, Losing Days and the recent Polaroid Picture EP all showcase Turner’s increasingly daring dynamism as a solo artist.
Tickets to his Newcastle show are available from Oztix.com.au.
