BRITAIN’S NO.1 ROCK BLUES BAND
RESCHEDULED OCTOBER 2021 TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: WHEN RIVERS MEET
RESCHEDULED FEBRUARY 2022 TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: THE DAMN TRUTH
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM thegigcartel.com and planetrocktickets.co.uk
King King are pleased to announce that When Rivers Meet will be their special guests on their rescheduled October 2021 UK tour, and The Damn Truth will be their special guests on their rescheduled February 2022 UK tour. Tickets are available from thegigcartel.com and planetrocktickets.co.uk.
King King have been going from strength to strength. They received critical acclaim from the November 2020 release of their current studio album “Maverick”. The album is available on CD, vinyl, and various bundles from www.kingking.co.uk.
King King – photo by Graeme Milne
“Maverick” follows 2017’s critically acclaimed album “Exile & Grace” and includes the new line-up featuring Alan Nimmo (vocals/guitar), Stevie Nimmo (guitar), Jonny Dyke (organ/piano), Zander Greenshields (bass) and Andrew Scott (drums). The album was engineered and mixed by Liam McCluskey at Morsecode Studios in Glasgow.
Produced by Alan Nimmo, Jonny Dyke and Liam McCluskey at Morsecode Studios in Glasgow, the new album is co-written by Alan Nimmo (guitar, lead vocals), Zander Greenshields (bass), Jonny Dyke (keyboards), Andrew Scott (drums), with all lyrics co-written by Alan Nimmo and newest member Stevie Nimmo (guitar).
BRITAIN’S NO.1 ROCK BLUES BAND
RESCHEDULED OCTOBER 2021 UK TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: WHEN RIVERS MEET
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM thegigcartel.com and planetrocktickets.co.uk
When Rivers Meet – Photo by Rob Blackham
Leeds University Union Friday 15 October 2021 Facebook Stylus, Leeds University Union, Lifton Place, Woodhouse, Leeds LS2 9JT www.leedstickets.com
Liverpool Grand Central Hall Saturday 16 October 2021 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram 35 Renshaw Street, Liverpool, L1 2SF www.grandcentralhall.com
Exeter Phoenix Sunday 17 October 2021 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Gandy St, Exeter EX4 3LS www.exeterphoenix.org.uk
Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion Tuesday 19 October 2021 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Marina, Bexhill-on-Sea TN40 1DP www.dlwp.com
Bilston Robin 2 Wednesday 20 October 2021 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram 20 - 28 Mount Pleasant, Wolverhampton, Bilston WV14 7LJ www.therobin2.com
Cambridge Junction Friday 22 October 2021 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Clifton Way, Cambridge CB1 7GX www.junction.co.uk
Edinburgh The Queens Hall Sunday 24 October 2021 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Clerk St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9JG www.thequeenshall.net
RESCHEDULED FEBRUARY 2022 UK TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: THE DAMN TRUTH
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM: www.thegigcartel.com & planetrocktickets.co.uk
The Damn Truth – Photo by Martin Brisson
York Grand Opera House Thursday 10 February 2022 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Clifford St, York YO1 9SW www.atgtickets.com/venues/grand-opera-house-york
Newcastle Boiler Shop Friday 11 February 2022 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram 20 South St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3PE www.boilershop.net
O2 Academy Glasgow Saturday 12 February 2022 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram 121 Eglinton Street, Glasgow, G5 9NT www.academymusicgroup.com/o2academyglasgow
Manchester Academy Thursday 17 February 2022 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Moss Ln E, Manchester, M14 4PX www.manchesteracademy.net
Sheffield Leadmill Saturday 19 February 2022 Facebook | Twitter 6 Leadmill Road, Sheffield, S1 4SE www.leadmill.co.uk
Cardiff Y Plas Sunday 20 February 2022 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Cardiff University, Park Pl, Cardiff, CF10 3QN www.cardiffstudents.com/venues/y-plas
Birmingham Town Hall Tuesday 22 February 2022 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Victoria Square, Birmingham, B3 3DQ www.thsh.co.uk
Bury St Edmunds The Apex Arts Centre Wednesday 23 February 2022 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram 1 Charter Square Street, Bury Saint Edmunds, IP33 3FD www.theapex.co.uk
London Electric Ballroom Thursday 24 February 2022 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram 184 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, NW1 8QP www.electricballroom.co.uk
KING KING - BIOGRAPHY
Right now, King King are a band breaking into a swagger. There’s no denying the momentum of the Glasgow rockers saluted as “the best blues-rock band in the world” (Blues Rock Review). But for Alan Nimmo (vocals/guitar), Zander Greenshields (bass), Andrew Scott (drums) and Jonny Dyke (organ/piano), it’s far from mission accomplished. “We’re not stopping to smell the roses,” says Alan. “We want to take this band as far as we can. ”If the year ahead weren’t so busy, King King might allow themselves a moment to reflect on the triumphs of 2017. In another year of quantum leaps, perhaps the main event was Exile & Grace. Produced by Wayne Proctor and Alan Nimmo, Mixed by Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, Feeder, Therapy?), this fourth album was released October 13th, unveiling a track listing that bristled with sharply observed lyrics and blues-rock firepower. “There’s an underlying theme on the new album,” explains Alan. “Some of the main songs are about the state of the world, y’know, this beautiful blue planet that’s turning into a battlefield. There’s an edgier, rockier feel this time around, but you’ve got the soulful ballads as well. It’s still King King. It’s just what we’re doing now.”
For a band with press plaudits to burn, it was no surprise to see Exile & Grace saluted by the rock media and crowned as Classic Rock’s Blues Album of the Year. Likewise, it was business as usual as the album stormed to the top of the iTunes and Amazon Blues charts. But this time around, there was no mistaking the sense of a band making its commercial breakthrough, as Exile & Grace hijacked the official UK album charts (at #31), putting King King amongst the A-list and firmly onto the mainstream radar.
Not only the jewel in their studio catalogue, Exile & Grace is also giving King King’s setlists a shot in the arm, as the band roll out on a white-knuckle 2018 tour schedule that would make lesser road warriors quake. With the addition of respected keys man Jonny Dyke (ex-James Morrison/Elkie Brooks), they’re wasting no time, hitting the New Year running with a five-date UK tour that kicks off at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire, then rolling on to major cities across Europe (“We just need to believe in that old adage from Wayne’s World – if you build it, they will come,” says Alan of the auspicious venues in the diary. “We’ve got the ambition and drive to make it work”). Following a summer of festival action, September will see the boys support the mighty Europe on the Walk The Earth tour, warming up the crowds everywhere from Glasgow Barrowlands to the Royal Albert Hall.
It’s the sort of itinerary that working rock bands dream of. But then, there’s been no shortage of pinch-yourself moments for King King, ever since the band’s touchdown at the 2010 Monaghan Blues Festival and the following year’s British Blues Award-winning debut album, Take My Hand (declared “tremendous” by Maverick). In 2013, Standing In The Shadows underlined the collective’s sharpening songcraft, while 2015’s Reaching For The Light infiltrated Classic Rock’s Best Album poll – and secured a nomination for ‘Best New Band’ at the magazine’s coveted Roll Of Honour. By May 2016, they were even ready to deliver their long-demanded live album, with King King Live placing above The Rolling Stones in the Amazon Blues Chart. “With each album, each year and every time we write songs,” says Alan, “we’re always striving to get better.”
No backslaps. No laps of honour. No smelling the roses. Propelled by the acclaim of Exile & Grace and their extraordinary chemistry, King King are ready to swagger into 2020, and raise the stakes as their story unfolds.
“This is the next chapter in King King’s journey,” says Alan, “and we want to take this band as far as we can…”
WHEN RIVERS MEET – BIOGRAPHY
Since bursting on to the UK Blues scene with their debut record ‘The Uprising EP’ in April 2019 followed by their second EP ‘Innocence Of Youth’ in May 2020, Grace and Aaron have been going from strength to strength. The British husband and wife duo have an ever-growing online fan base and have gained the attention of Planet Rock and BBC Radio 2.
Their unique harmonic vocal-led approach to song writing, dirty electric guitar, slide resonator mandolin and fiddle create a unique distinctive and contemporary blues rock sound that echoes classic rock with hints of the blues that inspire them.
Before lockdown, the duo toured the UK in their self-converted VW camper with an impressive tour schedule. Since the lockdown, the duo live stream on Facebook every Saturday at 8pm GMT for their ‘Rock the Lockdown’ series attracting hundreds of thousands of views.
On November 20th, 2020, the duo released their long-awaited debut album ‘We Fly Free’, to critical acclaim from the UK radio and rock music magazine media.
THE DAMN TRUTH – BIOGRAPHY
Six tracks on The Damn Truth’s new album “Now or Nowhere” were produced by legendary Grammy Award winning Bob Rock (Metallica, Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, The Cult, The Offspring) at Bryan Adams’ recording studio “The Warehouse” in Vancouver.
“Now or Nowhere” chronicles the band as they navigate life, love, and everything else in a world gone seemingly upside down and sideways during the past year they were unable to finish the album with Bob because of COVID-19 restrictions, the band recorded the remaining three songs with help from Juno Award-winning producer Jean Massicotte (Patrick Watson, The Damn Truth) who mixed “Everything Fades”; and the rest of the mixing was done by Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton), Nick DiDia (Bruce Springsteen, Rage Against The Machine), and Mike Plotnikoff (Van Halen, Cranberries, Three Days Grace).
It's worth noting there are three Grammy Award winners on this album (Bob Rock, Vance Powell, and Nick DiDia).
The Damn Truth have extensively toured Europe and the USA, opened tours for Z.Z. Top (and partied with Billy Gibbons in his pyjamas), the Sheepdogs, Styx, and Rival Sons.
They sold out the legendary Whisky a Go-Go in Los Angeles, sold out the Corona Theatre in their hometown of Montreal, and even had one of their videos featured on the official Janis Joplin Facebook page. It's a culmination of a lot of blood, sweat and tears that’s come fruition with “Now or Nowhere”.
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