Malcolm Middleton new solo acoustic UK dates

Malcolm Middleton has announced a string of new solo acoustic UK dates for this Winter, entitled the 'Long, Dark Night' tour.

Recent shows at Field Day and End of The Road have witnessed the Scottish Lord of the Darkness on peak musical form, expect to hear material from Malcolm's seminal run of five albums, from this summer's critically-lauded 'Waxing Gibbous' to 2005's 'Into The Woods'.

Mr Middleton will also be giving away a free download alongside the tour, but only to people attending the shows. Malcolm fans will receive an exclusive free download of new unreleased track 'Ten Green Bottles' on sign up at the merch stall.

Here are those "Long, Dark Night" Winter tour dates in full:

November
Tue 24 UK, London, Bush Hall
Wed 25 UK, Brighton, Hanbury Club
Thu 26 UK, Norwich, Norwich Arts Centre
Sat 28 UK, Exeter, Phoenix - Voodoo Lounge
Sun 29 UK, Oxford, Jericho
Mon 30 UK, Cardiff, Barfly

December
Tue 1 UK, Cambridge, Junction 2
Wed 2 UK, Bristol, Thekla
Mon 7 UK, Newcastle, Cluny 2
Tue 8 UK, York, The Basement
Wed 9 UK, Wakefield, The Hop
Thu 10 UK, Glasgow, Oran Mor

Praise for 'Waxing Gibbous'

"A reflective, charming, bleak and funny album." BBC Music
"a miner of nuggets of beauty from the dark rock walls of despair" NME

"Waxing Gibbous is a good, if occasionally overdone, album that proves that his musical imagination is still a fertile one." Pitchfork

"The joyous C86-on-steroids jangle of Red Travellin' Socks and the cod-African backing vocals on Kiss at the Station are a better pointer to where his head is at, while the country hip-hop of Don't Want to Sleep Tonight recalls prime-Beta Band. A career high." Times Online