Ben on TV again (French one as usual)

Hy There,

So the loving affair between Ben and the French public is still going on. After One Shot Not (which by the way doesn't exist anymore.. sniff) this is Taratata the oldest and most famous TV show dedicated to music in France, that is giving his chance to Ben.

This is happening here , on France 2 on 21st of october (tomorrow night).

You can watch the teaser of this program here.

Ben is going to play at least 2 songs:
- The Wolves (with India, his usual partner)
- Dancing in the Dark from Bruce Springsteen (almost 30 years old song.. damn he surely looks young on this video.. oh by the way the girl you can see on the video is Courtney Cox... yes she was young too)
This second song will be played in duet with the Franco-Israelian singer Yael Naim.

I hope he will also play some of his masterpiecs like Black Flies or The Fear, because if not, it is a bit desappointing

Ben's 2nd week in the UK Top 40 charts

Hy there,

So Ben's just spent his second week in UK TOP 40 . All right... he lost some places (actually 28) and he is now on place 35. Hope this is going to be better next week. We'll see.

See you next sunday for the new figures

Stan

Next serie of Gigs

As you will see this new list is still as "usual", so enjoy while you still have the occasion to meet him in small concert room (it nay not last forever)
Ben Howard Live:

10-Oct / Falmouth, Princess Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
11-Oct / Brighton, Komedia (SOLD OUT)
12-Oct / Bournemouth, Old Fire Station (SOLD OUT)
14-Oct / Bristol, Thekla (SOLD OUT)
15-Oct / Birmingham, HMV Institute (SOLD OUT)
17-Oct / Sheffield, The Plug (SOLD OUT)
18-Oct / Leeds, Brudenell Social (SOLD OUT)
19-Oct / Liverpool, Stanley Theatre (SOLD OUT)
20-Oct / Manchester, Ruby Lounge (SOLD OUT)
22-Oct / Oxford, Jericho (SOLD OUT)
23-Oct / Cardiff, SWN Festival (SOLD OUT)
24-Oct / Nottingham, Bodega Social (SOLD OUT)
26-Oct / London, The Scala (SOLD OUT)
27-Oct / London, The Scala (SOLD OUT)
29-Oct / Newcastle, Riverside (SOLD OUT)
30-Oct / Aberdeen, The Tunnels (SOLD OUT)
31-Oct / Glasgow, King Tuts (SOLD OUT)

01-Nov / Dublin, Sugar Club (SOLD OUT)
02-Nov / Belfast, The Stiff Kitten (SOLD OUT)
04-Nov / Narberth, The Queens Hall (SOLD OUT)

Then he leaves the UK for a small north European tour :

12-Nov/ Monthey, Pont Rouge
13-Nov/Munich, Atomic Café
14-Nov/Zurich, Papiersaal
16-Nov/Gronigen, Oosterpoort
19-Nov/Maastricht, Muziekgieterij
20-Nov/Rotterdam, Songbird Festival
21-Nov/Amsterdam, De Duif
22-Nov/Frankfurt, Brotfabrik
25-Nov/Stockholm, Pumpehuset
28-Nov/Berlin, Franz Club
29-Nov/Cologne, Luxor

1-Dec /Ostende, De Zwerver
2-Dec /Nijmegen, Doornrosije
3-Dec /Brussels, AB Box

Then he will go back to the UK for his Winter Tour:

6-Dec / Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
7-Dec / Cambridge, Junction
8-Dec / Lincoln, Tokyo
9-De / Swansea, Sin City

13-Feb / Truro, Hall For Cornwall
14-Feb / Portsmouth, Pyramids
15-Feb / Brighton, Concorde 2
17-Feb / Manchester, Ritz
18-Feb / Edinburgh, Queens Hall
19-Feb / Glasgow, Oran Mor
20-Feb / Newcastle, Northumbria University
22-Feb / Norwich, Waterfront
24-Feb / London, Shepherds Bush Empire
25-Feb / Oxford, Academy
27-Feb / Leeds, Cockpit
28-Feb / Birmingham, HMV Institute
29-Feb / Bristol, Academy

Recent interview of Ben Howard on DIY

Here is one of the latest (9th octobre 2011) interviews of Ben. They seem to be fans too:

Ben Howard: ‘It’s All Me’" Charming, witty and endearingly verbose, we caught up with Ben during recent tour rehearsals

Entering the top 10

This is official, Every Kingdom just entered the top 10 of the UK album official chart . It directly reached place n°7 !!!

This is definitvely cool news, especially on such a competitive market where you do have huge artists (actually you still find Pink Floyd's Dark side of the Moon in this chart). But hey this is Benjamin !!

Mazel Tov !

Live streaming

Hi there,

So here we are, The album is out today and Ben is in his house playing in fornt of us all. Enjoy:

http://www.facebook.com/benhowardmusic?sk=app_263242497049502

Ben Howard 's got his own VEVO space on Youtube

If you've been collected like me youtube videos of poor quality only to hear his latest songs, wellcome the opening this summer of his brand new vevo space on youtube

You're gonna find special and recent video as well of course as the high res version of his 3 videos:
- the Wolves (new version , different from the EP or from the Macaskill video)
- Old pine
- Keep your head up (new version as well)

Brand new song in Every Kingdom

Ben's confirmed in a recent interview that THE FEAR will be included in Every Kingdom.

The song seems brilliant.

To get a glimpse of it go see the trailer or a solo version (less intense, but as usual great)

As we say in french, un trés bon cru.

First video on TV

Hi there,

It's been a while but I am back on-line.

Why should I come back after 20 months ?... actually I was waiting for the release of Every Kingdom and was bored to speak again about another gig in another small bar.. Ben's team deserves better.

So here I am with some first exclusive news : one of Ben's 3 videos (The Wolves) is now running on the TV, actually a swiss TV channel called ROUGE TV, famoused for its good musical selection.

So here we are, after several years of waiting: ROUGE TV

Enjoy