LATEST from The Proclaimers2008 LiveTuesday 6th MayThe Proclaimers pop down to the Middle East to squeeze in 3 shows in June
05 Muscat Intercontinental Jabrin Ballroom (box office +968 24680606)
06 & 07 Dubai The Music Room at Majestic Hotel (tickets available from venue on sale 10th May)
Just announced -
The Proclaimers return from an April/May 28 date North American tour to squeeze in a variety of dates in the UK. First ever visits to the historic town of Durham and four English seaside shows in Bridlington, Blackpool, Southsea and Torquay. Three somewhat contrasting festival appearances sees The Proclaimers headlining Wychwood, Glastonbury (Avalon Stage) and Henley festivals.
Back in Scotland they play a fundraiser in Dunfermline for 8-year-old Ivan McGaw who suffers from a rare brain disease. The proceeds will fund sending Ivan to Florida for special therapy with Dolphins.
Finally The Proclaimers end 12 months of touring around the World in great style at Edinburgh Castle and A Big Top at Inverness's Bught Park. The Reid brothers will then spend the rest of this year working on new material for their next album recording.
May
29 Durham Gala On sale now
Box Office – 0191 332 4041
www.galadurham.co.uk
30 Wychwood Music Festival On sale now
www.wychwoodfestival.com
June
20 Bridlington Spa Theatre Tickets on sale from 04/04
Box Office 01262 678258 www.bridlington-spa.co.uk
21 Blackpool Winter Gardens Tickets on sale from 04/04
Box Office – 0844 856 1111 www.blackpoollive.com
22 Southsea Kings Theatre Tickets on sale from 04/04
Box Office – 02392 828282 www.kings-southsea.com
27 Torquay Princess Theatre Tickets on sale from 04/04
Box Office – 08702 414120 www.livenationtheatres.co.uk/index.asp?VenueID=107
28 Glastonbury Festival
(Headlining The Avalon Stage at 11pm)
July
08 Dunfermline Carnegie Hall Tickets on sale from 10am 02/04
Fundraiser for Ivan's Dolphin Dream
www.ticketmaster.co.uk Ticket hotline 01383602302
www.carnegiehall.co.uk
13 Henley Festival
www.henley-festival.co.uk
19 Edinburgh Castle (SOLD OUT)
20 Inverness Bught Park On sale now
www.ticketmaster.co.uk
USA DATESApril20- Buffalo Tralf www.tralfmusichall.com
On sale now www.ticketmaster.com/
22- Cambridge Middle East www.mideastclub.com
On sale now http://www.ticketmaster.com/
24- New York BB King’s www.bbkingblues.com
On sale now http://www.ticketmaster.com/
25- Philadelphia World Café Live www.worldcafelive.com
On sale nowhttp://tickets.worldcafelive.com/
26 - Pittsburgh Rex Theatre www.elkoconcerts.com/rextheater.htm
On sale now www.ticketmaster.com/
27- Alexandria Birchmere www.birchmere.com
On sale now http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/735899
29- Cleveland House of Blues www.hob.com/cleveland
On sale from 29-Feb http://www.ticketmaster.com
30- Ann Arbor The Ark www.theark.org
On sale now http://theark.org/1595.html
http://www.ticketmaster.com/
May
01- Chicago Double Door www.doubledoor.com
On sale now www.ticketmaster.com/
03- Minneapolis Fine Line www.finelinemusic.com
On sale now http://www.ticketmaster.com/
12- Seattle Tractor Tavern www.tractortavern.com
On sale now http://www.ticketmaster.com/
13- Portland Aladdin www.aladdin-theater.com
On sale now http://www.ticketmaster.com/
15- San Francisco Slim’s www.slims-sf.com
On sale from 24-Feb www.slimstickets.com AND www.tickets.com
16- Los Angeles El Rey www.theelrey.com
On sale now www.ticketmaster.com/
17- Las Vegas Canyon Club www.canyonclub.com
On sale now http://www.ticketmaster.com/
18- San Juan Capistrano Coachhouse www.thecoachhouse.com
On sale now http://www.ticketmaster.com/
CANADA DATES11 April Halifax, NS The Marquee
On Sale from 23-Feb Available at Dal Arts Centre Box Office (6101 University Avenue), by phone at 494.3820 or (toll free) 1 800 874-1669 and online at www.sonicconcerts.com
12 April St Johns, NL Club One
On sale from 23-Feb Available at The Sundance Saloon, Big Bens in Churchill Square and Melon on Water Street, by phone at 1 800 874-1669 and online www.sonicconcerts.com
13 April Saint John, NB Imperial Theatre
On sale from 23-Feb Tickets available at the Imperial Theatre Box office of by phone (506) 674-4100/1-(800)-323-SHOW (7469) and online at www.imperialtheatre.nb.ca
16 April Brantford, ON Jackhammers
On sale from 23-Feb Tickets available at all ticketmaster outlets and online at www.ticketmaster.ca or in person at Jackhammers www.jackhammersnightclub.com
17 April Toronto, ON Mod Club
On sale from 23-Feb Tickets available at all ticketmaster outlets or Rotate This. Avail. online at www.ticketmaster.ca or by phone (416) 870-8000 www.livenation.com
19 April Hamilton, ON Hamilton Convention Centre
On sale from 23-Feb Tickets will be available by phone at 905.527.7666, on line at www.ticketmaster.ca and in person at the Copps Coliseum Box office. www.hecfi.ca
4 May Winnipeg, MB Pyramind Cabaret
On sale date tbc Tickets will be at all TicketMaster outlets, by phone and online or in person at Kustom Kulture,Peace Sign,Into The Music and the Pyramid Cabaret http://pyramid7.com
5 May Regina, SK Casino Regina
On sale from 12-Mar Tickets available at the Casino Regina show lounge box office or by phone is 1-800-555-3189 or 306-565-3000. Tickets can be bought on line at admission.com or via www.casinoregina.com
7 May Edmonton, AB Century Casino Showroom
On sale date tbc 8-May Calgary, AB Deerfoot Inn & Casino On sale date tbc Tickets available at all ticketmaster outlets and online at www.ticketmaster.ca
10 May Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
On sale from 22-Feb Tickets available at High Life Records and all ticketmaster outlets and online at www.ticketmaster.ca www.livenation.com
19th February 08
The Proclaimers are delighted to announce they will headline Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday 30th May.
www.wychwoodfestival.comThe Proclaimers are delighted to announce these 2 very special shows in Edinburgh and Inverness, which will be a great way to conclude a year long tour which began in June 2007. These will be the last gigs of 08 as the band will then come off the road as Craig and Charlie concentrate on writing their next album, with a view to being back out live in second half of 2009.EDINBURGH CASTLE-SOLD OUTInverness tickets on sale at www.ticketmaster.co.uk
and at The Ironworks, Inverness.The first single 'Life With You' from the new album is fast emerging as a Proclaimers classic.Also at Proclaimers TV videos include Craig & Charlie interviewed by Matt Lucas, Whole Wide World promo, Life With You Live and other goodiesClick here for Proclaimers TV at YouTube
The Proclaimers released their seventh studio album ‘Life With You’ (W14/Universal) on September 3d in the UK to fantastic critical acclaim and great commercial success with album sales beyond silver status. October then saw The Proclaimers kick off their biggest ever UK & Ireland tour, 44 dates to over 85,000 fans.Last summer has seen them play at a number of festivals, including 2 triumphant main stage performances at V Festivals. 2008 will see The Proclaimers touring across Europe in March then April/May sees them touring USA & Canada.Earlier in 2007 they topped the UK singles chart in March with a rousing new rendition of their classic anthem I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles), a collaboration with comedians Peter Kay and Matt Lucas for this year's Comic Relief, raising over a million pounds in the process. EMI relaunched their 2002 Best Of collection, re-entering the Album Charts at No 5 and now turned platinum. Then Craig, Charlie and band headed to the legendary Rockfield Studios with producer Steve Evans to record the new album.Born in Leith in 1962, Craig and Charlie Reid grew up in Edinburgh, Cornwall and Auchtermuchty in Fife. At home, they listened to early rock 'n' roll and country greats such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Haggard and Hank Williams. At school they played in punk bands and formed The Proclaimers in 1983. With a fervent live following growing in Scotland, particularly in Inverness where they performed regularly, their first big break came late in 1986 when they were invited to tour with The Housemartins. Then in January 1987 they made a now seminal appearance on the Channel 4 pop programme The Tube, performing Letter From America & Throw The ‘R’ Away. Singing in regional accents about Scotland - its emigration and its politics - they were a far cry from the mid-Eighties playlist staples of Rick Astley and Sinitta, and became a phenomenon almost overnight, signing to Chrysalis within a month and recording their debut album acoustically, This Is The Story, a week later. Voted NME Readers Best New Band that year, they toured the UK extensively and a new ‘band’ version of Letter From America, produced by Gerry Rafferty went Top 3 in November.Complementing their raw, stripped down delivery with the greater musical scope of a full band, they then embraced country and rock on their second album, 1988's Sunshine On Leith produced by Pete Wingfield, which also saw them form their first full live band and go on a 9 month World tour. In addition to the deeply moving classic title track which has gone on to be an anthem for Hibs fans, the album featured hit singles, the raucous, euphoric I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) and I'm On My Way, The latter track subsequently accompanied one of the pivotal scenes in the hit movie Shrek (2001) while in 1989 I'm Gonna Be spent 6 weeks at number 1 in Australia and a was a top 10 college radio hit in USA. The song went on to soar to No. 3 during a 6-month reign in the US Billboard Singles Chart in 1993 after appearing on the soundtrack of the Johnny Depp film Benny And Joon. Previously in 1990 The Proclaimers had a huge UK & European hit with their King Of The Road ep. The Proclaimers returned with 1994's Hit The Highway, an album that featured a three-piece brass section yielding the hit Let’s Get Married. A longer than intended break then ensued before a fourth album, 2001's Persevere, was cut in Minneapolis. Produced by Chris Kimsey with an all star American musician line up, another fantastic collection of Reid/Reid songs re-established The Proclaimers as they went back on another mammoth year long World tour.Since then, the band have barely stood still, following the 2002 release of their Best Of with two more acclaimed studio albums, 2003's Edwyn Collins produced Born Innocent and 2005's more soul orientated Mark Wallis/David Ruffy produced Restless Soul. In addition, they have been extremely active on the live front, touring constantly and wowing festival crowds at the likes of Glastonbury, T In The Park, V Festival, Isle Of Wight and Womad, while also opening the bill at the 2005 Live 8 concert at Murrayfield Stadium. Another, rather more unusual show saw them perform on the pitch at Hampden Park to over a billion TV viewers before the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen. 2006 also saw a notable appearance in an episode of Family Guy.Their songs, too, have provided the inspiration behind an enormously successful and highly acclaimed new musical, Sunshine On Leith, put together by the Dundee Rep Theatre. Written by Stephen Greenhorn. The drama follows the highs and lows of 2 soldiers returning home from Afghanistan. Families, relationships and life in Leith are not all plain sailing in this exceptional love story about every day life in Scotland. Performed by a 15-strong cast, the show’s initial 8 week sell out run played to 46,000 people in Dundee, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow between April and June 2007. Further theatre runs are currently being planned for 2008.Matt Lucas is a huge fan and in the sleeve notes of their Best Of compilation he writes of Scotland's finest Celtic soul brothers: 'I find it hard to put into words quite how the music of The Proclaimers makes me feel. It makes me laugh. It makes me cry. It just makes me generally euphoric … Sunshine On Leith says more to me about my life and the way I feel than anything Morrissey or Cobain ever wrote.'The Proclaimers have enjoyed Gold and Platinum singles and albums in UK Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada.
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