News: Bellowhead’s Jon Boden Announces Solo Tour

Bellowhead’s Jon Boden Announces first ever solo tour announced for November 2016 including a date at the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth.

Over the course of his career, Jon Boden has become one of the outstanding performers of traditional music of his generation. In one capacity or another, he has won eleven BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Though widely respected for his role as a highly accomplished interpreter of traditional song, Jon Boden has a musical repertoire which extends far beyond the boundaries of just one genre. Now that the exuberant big band Bellowhead which Jon fronted has now come to a close, Jon has decided to explore a more simple, pared down sound.

So, in the summer of 2016 Jon will embark on some very special solo dates, followed by his first ever solo tour.

Jon Boden – Solo Festival Performances – Summer 2016

Thursday 28th July
Cambridge Folk Festival – 01223 357 851 / cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk.

Monday 1st August
Snape Proms, Aldeburgh – 01728 687110 / aldeburgh.co.uk

Thursday 4th August
Sidmouth FolkWeek – 01395 577 952 / sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk

Jon Boden – November 2016 Tour

Mon 7th The Octagon Theatre, Yeovil
01935 422 884 / octagon-theatre.co.uk

Tues 8th Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
023 9286 3911 / wedgewood-rooms.co.uk

Wed 9th The Stables, Milton Keynes
01908 280 800 / stables.org

Thurs 10th O2 Academy, Oxford
0871 2200 260 / www.seetickets.com

Fri 11th Union Chapel, London
0871 2200 260 / www.seetickets.com

Sat 12th Revelation St. Mary’s Church, Ashford
07548 679 199 / revelationstmarys.co.uk

Sun 13th Colston Hall, Bristol
0844 887 1500 / colstonhall.org

Mon 14th The Met, Bury, Greater Manchester
0161 761 2216 / themet.biz

Tues 15th The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
01539 725 133 / breweryarts.co.uk

Weds 16th Gala Theatre, Durham
03000 266 600 / galadurham.co.uk

Thurs 17th Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
01743 281 281 / theatresevern.co.uk

Fri 18th Victoria Hall, Saltaire, W. Yorks
01274 588 614 / saltairelive.co.uk

Sat 19th South Holland Centre, Spalding
01775 764 777 / southhollandcentre.co.uk

Sun 20th The Apex, Bury St Edmunds
01284 758 000 / theapex.co.uk

Best known as the lead singer and main arranger of Bellowhead, after 12 years, a quarter of a million album sales, seven singles on the BBC Radio 2 playlist and selling out hundreds of venues and festival stages, Jon Boden announced in 2015 that he wanted to move on – and so Bellowhead performed an emotional but brilliant final show on 1st May 2016.

Jon says…”My first solo gig is going to be at Cambridge Folk Festival which feels very appropriate. It’s a festival I’ve played many, many times in every possible guise…as is Sidmouth Folk Festival. There’s something really special about both of them. Similarly, playing at Snape Maltings. It’s a really beautiful concert hall. I’ve done some wacky stuff there over the years. (This time) it’ll just be good to go there with a just guitar and a fiddle and see what happens..”