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

New song in the song list

Hi there

Thanks to Jaaki who posted it as a comment here, I've just discovered an old song of Ben HOWARD.

It is called "Wouldn't be a lie" and you can see a non profesionnal but beautiful video at this address. It has been recorded almost 2 years ago in a pub in the French Britanny called Café Sud.

Just one word: AMAZING ! One of his best for sure

Even the addition of a chorist is perfect, which is not always the case. Indeed, for certain songs one prefers to hear only him singing, like on "Games in the Dark". Here it is perfect

Just go for it

Stan

Ben Howard's first solo concert in Paris

he told you he liked Paris.

Well some friends of him found a smal concert room and he gonna play there on April 6st 2010.

It is called Le Point Ephémère

I don't know if you can book it right now but anyway don't forget this "historical" date.

... he may have deserved a better scene. Lets hope this is just for now

Stan

One Shot Not

It's done.

Filmed 3 months ago as Ben was supporting Fink tour in Paris (at l'Alhambra), tonight was the night for people to discover Ben Howard as a real artist on TV, thanks to Manu Katche" One Shot Not

The show was not dedicated to him but he started it. 3 parts in the show:
- one backstage interview with the beautiful interviewer of the show (they never say her name)
- one rehearsal where you could see that Fink was even more nervous than Ben (and believe me, Ben was stressed during the first song)
- 2 songs : Three Tree Town and These Waters that are athe beginning of this video

This is Ben, so this was good. Manu gave him almost 15 mns, which is huged in such a show. And the video they made of him singing were amazingly good

To be perfectly honest, the first performance was not his best one. I mean for those who have seen Ben in live event, he is usually much more impressive. The second songs was far better.

Still, Ben can be even better. You can see it on the several videos on youtube.

So let's say that the show was very impressive for an unsigned artist, but stake may have been to high for Ben, stress was there and conditions were not perfect

He is learning the job :) (yea ok I'm an old guy, and this point of view may sounds strange from a fan..but believe me, he can do better)

If you meet him, tell him to play "Games in the Dark", "Cloud Nine" or "keep your head up". I know he doesnt like the last one for it's too much a surfer song. Anyway that one of his best.

Hope to see him again at Bataclan with Xavier RUDDD

See you there

Stan

Ben Howard's tour in Europe with Xavier RUDD

Hi folks

As you probably know, Ben is starting another tour with the Australian artist Xavier RUDD. They met during the 2008 Grassroots Festival in Jersey and then Xavier proposed Ben to come along with him during his previous European Tour. And here we are again:

- on Monday 08/02/2010: at the Dublin Academy in Dublin
- on Tuesday 09/02/2010: at the ABC in Glasgow
- on Thursday 11/02/2010: at the Academy in Manchester
- on Friday 12/02/2010: at the Princess Pavillions in Falmouth. Falmouth where Ben used to study journalism before starting music
- on Saturday 13/02/2010: at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London

Then back on the old continent with:
- on Monday 15/02/2010: at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels
- on Tuesday 16/02/2010: at the Paard in The Haague
- on Wednesday 17/02/2010: at the Paradiso in Amsterdam
- on Thursday 18/02/2010: at the Effenaar in Eindhoven
- on Saturday 20/02/2010: at the Bataclan, yes in Paris for the third time since last September. As Ben pointed out in one of his last messages "I keep going home and friends keep asking me where I’ve been and 9 times out of 10 I’ve been in Paris, or near Paris, or just about to go to Paris, or thinking about Paris. "
Note that to get your tickets don't expect to go on the Batacaln web sote which is not available anymore. Get them with Fnac.
- on Sunday 21/02/2010 (yes a Sunday) at the Bierhubeli in Bern
- on Monday 22/02/2010: at the Kaufleuten in Zürich

Hope to see you at least in Paris ;)