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Ken Stringfellow’s “Touched” And More Tour Hits the UK & Ireland

12 November 201912 November 2019 Taylor

Ken Stringfellow has wrapped up the US dates on his tour performing “Touched” and more and will now be bringing the tour to the UK & Ireland at the end of this month.

Dates are below:

26 November – Glasgow, UK @ Nice N Sleazy [tickets]
27 November – Dublin, Ireland @ The Vintage Room – The Workman’s Club [tickets]
28 November – Liverpool, UK @ The Baltic Social [tickets]
29 November – Manchester, UK @ Lion’s Den [tickets]
30 November – Birmingham, UK @ The Victoria [tickets]
1 December – London, UK @ House Concert [tickets]

Jon Auer Tour Dates for October

14 September 20179 October 2019 Taylor

1 October – Jon Auer opening for Stag @ The Workman’s Club, Dublin IRELAND [tickets] [Facebook event]
3 October – Jon Auer opening for Stag @ The Islington, London UK [tickets] [Facebook event]
19 October – A Unique Evening with Jon Auer @ Folk & Rock, Malmo SWEDEN [tickets] [Facebook event]
20 October – A Unique Evening with Jon Auer @ Biografbaren, Eskilstuna SWEDEN [tickets]
21 October – A Unique Evening with Jon Auer @ The Bull Bar, Karlstad SWEDEN
22 October – A Unique Evening with Jon Auer @ The Southside Cavern, Stockholm SWEDEN [tickets] [Facebook event]

Jon Auer Solo in London

12 March 20179 October 2019 Taylor

Jon returns to London FRI MAR 24 to perform at Thousand Island (formerly Upstairs at The Garage). Henrik opens the show. Facebook event page is here and tickets are available here.

Excellent and insightful blog piece about the last time Jon played solo in London can be found here as well.

The Posies Announce 2016 European Tour

18 January 201610 October 2019 Taylor 4 Comments

The Posies have announced tour dates for spring 2016 in support of their forthcoming album Solid States. Tickets for several dates are on sale now – see the links below.

29 March – Leuven, Belgium @ Het Depot [tickets]
30 March – Joure, The Netherlands @ Cafe de Stam
31 March – The Hague, The Netherlands @ Paard [tickets]
1 April – Apeldoorn, The Netherlands @ Gigant
2 April – Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Paradiso (small hall) [tickets]
3 April – Eindhoven, The Netherlands @ De Effenaar (small hall) [tickets]
4 April – Cologne, GERMANY @ Live Music Hall, supporting Nada Surf [tickets]
6 April – London, UK @ 100 Club [tickets]
8 April – Paris, France @ Point FMR
10 April – Berlin, Germany @ Monarch [tickets]
12 April – Stockholm, Sweden @ Kagelbanan
13 April – Oslo, Norway @ John Dee [tickets]
14 April – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Nefertiti
15 April – Lund, Sweden @ Mejeriet
16 April – Hamburg, GERMANY @ Monkeys [tickets]
17 April – Helsinki, Finland @ Tavastia [tickets]
19 April – Bilbao, Spain @ Kafe Antzoki (small room) [tickets]
20 April – Madrid, Spain @ Sala Arena [tickets]
21 April – Bacelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz 2 [tickets]
22 April – Valencia, Spain @ Loco Club [tickets]
23 April – Cartagena, Spain @ Sala Budokan [tickets]
24 April – Sevilla, Spain @ Sala Malandra [tickets]

Jon Auer in London August 15

17 July 201410 October 2019 Taylor

Tickets are available now.

Image via Jon’s supporting act Henrik, who had some nice things to say on his blog.

May 28th: Big Star Third in London

20 February 201210 October 2019 Taylor

A fully-orchestrated performance of Big Star’s legendary album Sister Lovers featuring Mitch Easter, Jody Stephens, Chris Stamey, Ken Stringfellow and Mike Mills (R.E.M.).

More info & tickets at Barbican.org.uk | RSVP on Facebook

Delft Instore + London Set

24 January 200610 October 2019 Taylor

Jon and Ken will be doing an acoustic in-store at Velvet Records in Delft, Holland on the 29th. The store is located at Voldersgracht 3, 2611 ET and it will begin at 4pm.

The London show at the Garage on the 26th will be available to download from Don’t Panic Media on the 28th.

Ken’s European tour dates

17 October 200410 October 2019 Taylor

12/7 Paris, FRANCE–Le Tryptique (w/Cristina Dona)
12/8 London, UK–the Borderline
12/9 Glasgow, UK–King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
12/10 Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS–Paradiso
12/11 Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS–Rotown
12/12 Stockholm, SWEDEN–Debaser
12/13 Gothenburg, SWEDEN–Pusterviksbaren
12/14 Oslo, NORWAY–Betong
12/15 Bergen, NORWAY–Garage
12/16 Köln, GERMANY–MTC
12/17 Berlin, GERMANY–Bastard
12/18 Frankfurt, GERMANY–Nachtleben
12/19 Geneva SWITZERLAND–Chat Noir
12/20 Brussels, BELGIUM–Botanique
12/21 Helsinki, FINLAND–Tavastia
12/23 Milan, ITALY–La Casa 139 (w/Cristina Dona)

REM Gig Details Leaked

6 September 200410 October 2019 Taylor

REM’s hush-hush plan to play next week’s Make Trade Fair Live show in London has been leaked.

Keyboard player Ken Stringfellow blew the gaff on the internet fansite www.murmurs.com

Details of the concert, which is due to be held at the Hammersmith Apollo a week tomorrow, had been a closely-guarded secet.

According to an industry source, the identity of the headline act was to have been revealed only when they walked onstage.

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