Seth Lakeman - Royal Albert Hall show and UK tour dates!

Seth Lakeman announces UK dates!!!

Westcountry Folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Seth Lakeman unearthed hidden histories and unsung everyday heroes to commemorate in song from in and around his native Devon and Cornwall for his latest album ‘Word of Mouth’ released in February 2014. Has now announced that he will be back on the road for a series of UK shows.

’It is a rolling, rhythmic song written about a final journey taking by an old steam engine driver. It features the fabulous banjo playing of Leon Hunt and leads you through the rattling tracks of the railway’. - Seth Lakeman

Seth will be playing at London's Royal Albert Hall on the 6th of June as part of BBC Radio 2's D-Day seventy years on concert, where he will perform a song with the BBC Concert Orchestra and at a headline show at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre on August 3rd. He plays festivals throughout the Summer including Folk by the Oak, Cambridge Folk Festival and Beautiful Days. Seth will be on the road again in October to play a UK tour with his band playing tracks from the new album and live favourites.

Seth has performed everywhere from Libya to Australia to Texas over the years, as well as featuring on just about every major festival bill across the UK. In addition, he has toured extensively around Europe too where he’s also performed with others including Tori Amos and Clannad. In 2013 amidst a hectic summer of festival appearances, recording the new album and the birth of his twins he flew to New York to meet Izzy Young for a BBC Radio 4 special called ‘The Folklorist’.

Seth Lakeman;s previous albums include the Mercury Music Prize nominated ‘Kitty Jay’ (2005) and the gold selling ‘Freedom Fields’ (2006) which featured the hit singles 'Lady of the Sea' and 'The White Hare'.

The 'Word of Mouth' tour dates Below... 

October 
10th - Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre          
11th - Northampton, Derngate Theatre                              
12th - Oxford, Town Hall
14th - Guilford, G Live
15th - London, Shepherd's Bush o2 Empire
16th - Chesterfield, Winding Wheel
17th - Birmingham, Town Hall
18th - Gateshead, The Sage
19th - Salford, The Lowry
21st - Edinburgh, The Queens Hall
22nd - Cambridge, Corn Exchange
23rd - Southampton, o2 Guildhall
24th - Bristol, Colston Hall
25th - Plymouth, Theatre Royal    

Live Photo's by Steve Owen

Listen! to the Track 'Last Rider' Below...