Frank Turner album and tour

Everyone's favourite folk hero Frank Turner follows the successes of the past year with a brand new album and a full UK headline tour.

Since the release of his debut 'Sleep Is For The Week' twelve months ago, Frank has steadily continued his one-man assault on world domination and has not only sold over 10,000 copies of the record but toured the UK and USA extensively supporting Biffy Clyro, headlining the Softcore Tour with pals Josh English, Jacob Golden and Jonah Matranga and playing a storming set at Reading and Leeds Festival. He also released 'The Real Damage' EP and a killer DVD called 'All About The Destination'. To top it all, almost exactly a year after the release of the album, it made the much coveted shortlist of the inaugural XFM New Music Award 2007 thanks to active voting of his ever-loyal fans.

2008 is going to be better still with new album 'Love Ire & Song' ready for release on March 31st. Written and recorded in a farm outside of Winchester, Hampshire with the help of producer supreme Ben Lloyd once again – it's an album of real depth and beauty, touching on the themes of love, distance and loss.

The first single to be released is 'Photosynthesis' out on March 24th which has already been played on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show by fans and new buddies Hadouken and by Mike Davies on his Punk Show.

LOVE IRE & SONG UK TOUR:

MARCH
31 The Brudenell Social, Leeds £6
APRIL
1 Fibbers, York £7
2 The Cluny, Newcastle £6
3 The Corporation, Sheffield £6
4 The Sugarmill, Stoke £6
5 The Kasbah, Coventry £4
6 The Bar Academy, Birmingham £7
7 The Queen Charlotte, Norwich £6
8 Zodiac @ The Academy, Oxford £7
9 Moles, Bath £6
10 Thekla, Bristol £7
11 Bodega Social, Nottingham £7
13 The Tunnels, Aberdeen £6
14 King Tut's, Glasgow £7
15 Joshua Brooks, Manchester £5
16 Joshua Brooks, Wrexham £7
17 Belfast TBC
18 Galway TBC
19 Dublin TBC
21 Hanbury Ballroom, Brighton £7
22 The Barfly, Cambridge £7
23 The 100 Club, London £9
24 The Railway Inn, Winchester £7
Doors vary but usually 7pm

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