Double number 1, multi-platinum selling, Brit nominated, acoustic guitar virtuoso Newton Faulkner is set to release his new album Studio Zoo on August 26. Newton Faulkner made history while producing the album as he live-streamed the entire recording process 24/7 for 5 weeks from his home studio.
Fans could log in online to follow every detail of the ups, downs, dramas and laughs including guest appearances from Ted Dwane (Mumford & Sons) and X Factor’s Janet Devlin.
At the start of the project, Newton announced:
I am as excited as I am terrified by the prospect of having a house full of cameras film me while trying to record an album. The entire recording process will be streamed live and nothing has been recorded in advance – apart from some particularly good hand claps recorded in Paris. The album will be made before your very eyes, no tricks, no producer and no engineer, just me, a guitar and a few surprise guests.
Losing Ground will be the first single taken from the record and Newton says of the track:
It’s about battling on even when you know you’re on the back foot. You go through ups and downs and it’s about being in a down but being ok with it, because you know there must be an up on the way…hopefully.
Newton’s last album Write It On Your Skin went straight to number one in the UK, as did his double platinum debut record Hand Built By Robots. Newton Faulkner has sold over 1.5million albums in the UK alone, has most recently performed at Isle Of Wight festival, and finished a sold out world tour earlier this year which took him to Australia and the Far East.
Newton will be touring the UK in 2014 including Rock City in Nottingham, and tickets go on sale Today! Get yours now gigsandtours.com or gigsinscotland.co.uk.
Dates:
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9-Feb-14 Belfast Limelight
11-Feb-14 Edinburgh Picture House
12-Feb-14 Glasgow O2 ABC
13-Feb-14 Newcastle O2 Academy
15-Feb-14 Leeds O2 Academy
16-Feb-14 Liverpool O2 Academy
17-Feb-14 Manchester Bridgewater
19-Feb-14 York Barbican
20-Feb-14 Birmingham O2 Academy
21-Feb-14 Nottingham Rock City
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23-Feb-14 Norwich UEA
24-Feb-14 Ipswich Corn Exchange
26-Feb-14 Bournemouth O2 Academy
27-Feb-14 Bristol Colston Hall
28-Feb-14 Cardiff University
2-Mar-14 Portsmouth Guildhall
3-Mar-14 Bexhill On Sea De La Warr Pavillion
5-Mar-14 London Roundhouse
6-Mar-14 Guildford Glive
7-Mar-14 Exeter Great Hall
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