WILKO JOHNSON UK Headline tour featuring JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR - Tickets still available
WILKO JOHNSON
UK HEADLINE TOUR
FEATURING BLUES-ROCK
ARTIST
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR
AS SPECIAL GUEST
Two UK talents announce
they will hook up for the very first time for six unique shows
R&B legend Wilko Johnson has announced his first
UK headline shows since his sensational appearance with Roger Daltrey at
Shepherds Bush Empire last year. Blues singer-songwriter & guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor joins him as
special guest on these six unique shows, taking place throughout April 2016.
14
April Glasgow O2 ABC
15
April Newcastle O2 Academy
16
April Manchester The Ritz
21
April Bristol O2 Academy
22
April Leamington The Assembly
23
April London O2 Forum Kentish Town
These unique must see shows
unite two awesome talents who individually sell out every venue they play.
Wilko has had a four-decade career, cutting his teeth in the pub rock scene in
the raucous rhythm & blues outfit Dr Feelgood. During his time with the
band he scored a number one album with live album Stupidity before moving to the next phase of his career, which
included acclaimed solo releases and a stint with Ian Dury and the Blockheads.
He returned to the stage earlier this year following life-saving cancer surgery
in 2014.
Known for his incredible
distinctive chopping guitar style, Wilko has gone on to find further success
recently after teaming up with Roger Daltrey on 2014’s Going Back Home. An album of the year it featured reworkings of
songs from Wilko’s Dr Feelgood days such as ‘All Through The City’ and ‘Going
Back Home’.
Wilko recorded the album at
a time when he was expecting to die from cancer. He was diagnosed in 2012 and
given just months to live, heading out on a farewell tour after opting not to
undergo chemotherapy. But a reassessment by medics led to major pioneering
surgery which left him cancer-free and with a new zest for life.
In-demand blues artist
Joanne Shaw Taylor, who joins Wilko as special guest on the tour, has played
dozens of shows in her own right this year showcasing tracks from her
critically acclaimed fourth album, 2014’s The
Dirty Truth, as well as songs from her previous releases White Sugar and Almost Always Never.
Hailed by The Sunday Times
for her “Killer licks, soaring solos and heart-wrenching vocals”, the
ferociously gifted star developed her craft from an early age, playing her
first electric guitar at 13, and performing at Ronnie Scott’s in London by the
following year. Her prodigious talent saw her drafted into Dave Stewart’s band
DUP shortly after she left school. She went on to develop as a
singer-songwriter in her own right, releasing her debut in 2009.White Sugar
took the ‘Best New Artist Debut’ title at the British Blues Awards, and she
landed consecutive wins for ‘Best British Female Vocalist’ at the event in both
2010 and 2011.
Joanne Shaw Taylor commented: “More
than excited about going on tour with Wilko Johnson. He has had such a huge
influence on all of us and I have endless admiration for the man. It’s going to
be an incredible tour, bring on 2016.”
For more information please visit www.thegigcartel.com / 0844 478 0898. Tickets cost £25 for all
shows except London where tickets are £25/£30.
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