Newton Faulkner To Tour Australasia This September
- RETURN OF THE GINGER-DREAD MAN -
“Live, the displays of multi-tasking are dazzling – at times it’s hard to believe he could possibly be creating all the
music himself” Herald (UK)
“Soft rocker, acoustic alien, folk fantasist and blues boy” BBC (UK)
“…exquisitely delicate guitar playing” – The Guardian (UK)
Newton Faulkner is not your ordinary singer songwriter – as he sings, his old-soul voice dips from a gently enchanting
croon to a commanding roar full of yearning and intensity. His playing surpasses sensitive strumming, using his guitar
as a hybrid instrument combining fret board pyrotechnics, unusual picking techniques, altered tunings and a mesmerising
percussive use of the guitar’s body.
The 23 year old Surrey UK native, whose debut track “Dream Catch Me” has become the most played song on Australia radio,
will bring his unique style and hit roots rhythms to your town in September.
A relative unknown in this part of the world just 3 months ago, talk of the dread-locked songman was rife following his
stand out performances at the 19th Annual East Coast Blues and Roots Festival in Byron Bay and BluesfestNZ in Whitianga
last March.
As part of his March tour, Newton Faulkner also opened the show for UK friend KT Tunstall and played just two small
shows of his own, both of which were completely sold out. Newton took the stage in his baggy jeans and his wool socks
with a cup of tea, crafting catchy acoustic-based songs influenced by grunge, reggae, soul and metal and provided hours
of banter and stories for a mesmerised audience.
Picking up a traditional acoustic guitar at the age of 13 years, Faulkner spent his early teenage years teaching
himself, so well in fact that at just 16 he secured one of the coveted spots at the prestigious Academy Of Contemporary
Music in Guildford, studying under the legendary Eric Roche.
A far cry from those prestigious roots, Newton now prefers to use his hand made guitar (“it’s built to take a
hammering”) and has mastered his own style of shuffling beats, chewy blues riffs and the “tapping” of strings which
compliment his laid back scat singing and gutsy holler.
Already he’s performed at some of the greatest festivals in the world including Glastonbury and V Festival, and in 2008
is confirmed for Isle of Wight, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo and Sasquatch. He has opened for James Morrison, Paolo Nutini,
John Butler Trio, John Mayer and more, but on this visit he is the headline star… Don’t miss the show everyone will be
talking about. Tickets on sale 9am, Thursday 19th June.
TOUR DATE – SEPTEMBER 2008
Fri 12 September Auckland, The Powerstation
Tickets on sale through Ticketek
www.ticketek.co.nz (09) 3075000
TICKETS ON SALE 9AM, THURSDAY 19TH JUNE
For more information go to:
www.liveinconcert.co.nz
www.chuggentertainment.com
www.newtonfaulkner.com
www.myspace.com/newtonfaulkner
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