Showing posts with label Luke Leighfield. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luke Leighfield. Show all posts
Luke Leighfield and Jose Vanders Split EP Announced
Luke Leighfield and Jose Vanders will be releasing a split EP through Got Got Need Records in September, with each of them reinterpreting two of each other’s songs.
A UK and European tour will follow the release, with bookings for shows being made to luke@gotgotneedrecords.com.
Tour plan:
Sep 23 - Oct 2: UK
Oct 3 - Oct 10: Europe
Luke Leighfield UK/German Shows
Luke Leighfield has announced dates in the UK and Germany.04.5 - Soul Cellar - Southampton
05.5 - Firebug - Leicester
10.5 - The Cavern - Exeter
11.5 - The Railway Hotel - Southend
13.5 - The Cricketers - Kingston
15.5 - Jade's House - London
20.5 - House Show - Münster, DE
21.5 - House Show - Solingen, DE
22.5 - House Show - Düsseldorf, DE
23.5 - Astra Stube - Hamburg, DE
24.5 - House Show - Koln, DE
25.5 - Badeschiff - Berlin, DE
26.5 - House Show - Gottingen, DE
27.5 - ***Day off - can you help?***
28.5 - Wedding! - Karlsruhe, DE
11.6 - Pentecost Festival - London
18.6 - The Veracity Ground - Southampton
09.7 - Rhythms of the World Festival - Hitchin
09.7 - St Barnabas Church - Swanland
22.7 - Avonvalley Festival - Durrington
Luke Leighfield UK Shows
Luke Leighfield has announced several UK dates and is looking for more. Contact Luke at luke@lukeleighfield.com for more information.May
4th Soul Cellar, Southampton
5th Firebug, Leicester
10th The Cavern, Exeter
11th The Railway Hotel, Southend
13th The Cricketers, Kingston
15th Jade's House, London
New Luke Leighfield Album Update
Luke Leighfield has posted an update on his new album, 'New Season' here.Luke Leighfield Studio Videos
Four studio videos from Luke Leighfield can be viewed by clicking read more.More information on 'New Season' can be found here and is released on April 1st.
Luke Leighfield Set To Record New Album and Asks Fans To Donate
Luke Leighfield is asking fans to donate money to help him record his new album, 'New Season'. Leighfield in return is offering a series of packages such your own personal song from Luke, a documentary DVD, feature on the album cover, sing on the album and much more.10% of all the money raised from the album campaign will be donated to Christian Aid.
Further information can be found lukeleighfield.com/newseason or by clicking read more.
Interview: Luke Leighfield
This week Luke Leighfield begins his Christmas tour, however this isn't your typical tour. For the 15-date trek, Luke will (mostly) be playing in people's living rooms and generally getting in the festive spirit.Alter The Press! recently caught up with piano-playing singer-songwriter to discuss the tour, his future plans, tour essentials and the race for Christmas Number 1.
Alter The Press: First of all Luke, How has 2010 treated you?
Luke Leighfield: It's been good! It kind of feels like it's been slow in terms of Luke Leighfield music stuff because I haven't played as many gigs as previous years, but I've done some cool things like a tour with Jose Vanders and Sam Little, playing main stage at Greenbelt Festival in the summer, a tour of Russia, and I've also written my new album which I'm hoping to record in early 2011. On top of that I've played keys for The King Blues, Futures, Dry the River, Tellison and The Cape Race for various recordings and tours, released a few things on my label Got Got Need Records, and I got engaged to a beautiful lady! So yeah, 2010 has been tip top.
Luke Leighfield UK Christmas Living Room Tour
Luke Leighfield will be heading out on a UK Christmas living room tour next month. Luke Leighfield's latest album, 'Have You Got Heart?' can be downloaded for free here and a free Christmas single, 'I'm So Confused By Christmas' can be found here.
December
7 Sophie's House, Southampton
8 The Emersons' House, Southampton
9 Simon's House, Wisbech
10 Tom's House, Norwich
11 Aileen's House, Cambridge
12 Grant's House, Aberdeen
13 Vairi's House, Edinburg
14 Henry's House, Middlesbrough
15 Rob's House, Preston
16 Oliver's House, Lancaster
18 The Peel, Kingston
19 Holy Trinity Hazlemere, High Wycombe
20 Hannah's House, Southampton
21 Robin's House, Worthing
22 Emma's House, Sheffield
New Luke Leighfield Single Announced
Luke Leighfield will release a new single, 'New Season' on September 6th, with all proceeds being donated to We Heart Arts. The single also features vocals from Jose Vanders and Sam Little.'New Season' can be heard here.
Luke Leighfield UK Shows
Luke Leighfield will play several UK shows next month.24th July - Rhythms of the World Festival - Hitchin
3rd August - The Musician - Leicester
8th August - Oxjam @ The Central - Nottingham
21st August - The Matrix - Grimsby
28th August - Greenbelt Festival (Underground Stage) - Cheltenham
29th August - Greenbelt Festival (Shed Stage) - Cheltenham
Luke Leighfield UK and European Dates
Luke Leighfield have announced a series of UK and European dates.18 May - Mad Ferret w/Sean Redmond & Mike Dignam Preston, UK
19 May - TWLOHA fundraiser @ Arts Centre w/ Not Advised Salisbury, UK
27 May - New Slang @ The Hippodrome w/Fun, The Xcerts, Crazy Arm & Tiger Please Kingston upon Thames, UK
31 May - Do You DIY? @ The Old Queens Head London, UK
14 Jun - Dwaze Zaken w/Lee Mitchell Amsterdam, NL, NL
15 Jun - Rebecca Hooper’s house w/Lee Mitchell Tilburg, NL, NL
16 Jun - SpecOps w/Lee Mitchell Muenster, DE, DE
17 Jun - Cobra w/Lee Mitchell Solingen, DE, DE
18 Jun - Diederik’s House w/Lee Mitchell Zwolle, NL, NL
19 Jun - F-24 w/Lee Mitchell Muenster, DE, DE
20 Jun - 3FM National Radio Session w/Lee Mitchell Hilversum, NL, NL
25 Jun - TBC w/Lee Mitchell Le Dorat, FR, FR
26 Jun - TBC w/Lee Mitchell Le Dorat, FR, FR
7 Jul - The Regal Rooms London, London, UNITED KINGDOM
24 Jul - ROTW Festival w/David Gibb Hitchin, UK
3 Aug - The Musician (solo) Leicester, GB
8 Aug - Oxjam @ TBC Nottingham, UK
28 Aug - Greenbelt Festival Cheltenham, UK
Luke Leighfield UK Tour Blog
Luke Leighfield has posted a blog about his recent tour with Sam Little and Jose Vanders here.Luke Leighfield Russian Tour Blog
Luke Leighfield has posted a blog about his recent tour of Russia here.Luke Leighfield heads out on UK tour later this month with Sam Little and Jose Vanders.
20/03 - The Joiners - Southampton
21/03 - The Blues Loft - High Wycombe
22/03 - The Brixton Windmill - London
27/03 - The Forum - Tunbridge Wells
28/03 - The Birdcage - Norwich
29/03 - The Luxe Cinema - Wisbech
04/04 - The Musician - Leicester
Luke Leighfield UK Tour with Sam Little and Jose Vander
Luke Leighfield has announced a UK tour alongside Sam Little and Jose Vanders.20/03 - The Joiners - Southampton
21/03 - The Blues Loft - High Wycombe
22/03 - The Brixton Windmill - London
27/03 - The Forum - Tunbridge Wells
28/03 - The Birdcage - Norwich
29/03 - The Luxe Cinema - Wisbech
04/04 - The Musician - Leicester
Free Pandy Cane Clothing Compilation
Pandy Cane Clothing have released a free compilation featuring tracks from Luke Leighfield, Bayonets, Francesqa, Eat Sleep Attack, A Word Like Attack, Burn The Fleet, Pharaohs, Towers and more.Download Pandy Cane - Winter Compilation '09 here.
Interview: Luke Leighfield
This week Southampton-based piano-playing singer-songwriter Luke Leighfield is to release his 3rd full-length album, 'Have You Got Heart?'.Since 2006 Leighfield has played hundreds of gigs both at home and abroad, going as far as Russia and China. In addition to this, in 2008 he played at the Latitude Festival and The Great Escape Festival, as well as radio airplay on BBC Radio One, XFM and BBC 6 Music.
This was all done whilst completeing a Degree in English and Music at the University in Southampton, which he completed with 2.1 honours earlier this year.
Alter The Press! recently spoke to Luke about the new album, offering the album as a free download, running his own label, playing shows in China and Russia, being a full-time student and touring musician at the same time and much more.
ATP: So Luke you're just about to release your new album 'Have You Got Heart?' What can we expect from your 3rd album?
Luke: The main difference with this album is that there's a lot more guitar on the record. With the first album I tried to basically use no guitar, and my first foray into having guitar on my music was on my second album. With this album I wanted it to sound pretty rocky so I found a great guitarist and basically made him play wicked stuff all over the album. Apart from that, the production is a lot better than my old albums. Pete Miles did a great job of mixing the ridiculous amount of instruments on the record and it sounds sick. It's just a big more full-on than than the previous albums, but essentially a continuation of what I was already doing.
ATP: I understand 'Have You Got Heart?' has a more grand sound with trumpets, trombones and even a choir being used. Could you expand on this?
L:Well basically it's not a lot different to the instrumentation on my previous albums. However, the difference is that all the brass and strings are kind of used throughout each song, as opposed to just being brought in at the end of tracks to give them epic endings. So the songs are written in more of a full band sense throughout the song, rather than being me playing solo with stuff tacked on top, if that makes sense? As for the choir, it was basically just everyone on the album stuck round a mic singing like rowdy football hooligans.
Luke Leighfield Tour Blog
Luke Leighfield has started a tour blog which can be found here.Luke Leighfield's new album 'Have You Got Heart?' is available from November 17th.
Luke Leighfeild Posts Entire Discography.
Luke Leighfield has posted his entire discography hereLuke Leighfield's new album 'Have You Got Heart?' is available from November 17th.
Luke Leighfield Announces New Album
Luke Leighfield's new album, 'Have You Got Heart?' is set to be released on November 17th.Fans can either download the album for free here (from November 17th) and details of two physical pre-order packages can be found here.
Luke Leighfield Posts Update
Luke Leighfield has spoke about his plans for 2009 including plans to tour extensively and a third album is set to be released at some point.Luke said the following:
"Happy New Year! 2008 was an incredible year for me. I had the privilege of playing gigs in nine different countries and making so many great new friends in the process. I only started touring the UK properly at the end of 2006, so to find myself in Russia on New Year's Eve two years later is just bewildering but thoroughly wonderful. I'm so grateful to all the support that's been shown to me both at home in the UK, and also in all these new places. To start the year by having a Radio 1 live session broadcast to the whole of the UK, and to end it on tour in a different continent is a massive, massive privilege. I can't wait to see what the future brings.
I finish my degree this June, so this means I can then go on tour forever which is really great. However, it means I have to play very few shows until that time because I have to write a dissertation and other boring things. You'll be pleased to know that I'll also be writing songs for my upcoming third album, which is due to be recorded in July / August, and then released at some point before the end of 2009! I'm really excited about this because I'm going to have a new band, a new person recording the album, and obviously new songs. Get in. It's going to tear your face right off then trample it into the floor.
Once the album is finished, I plan to tour all of Europe, including the lovely UK (it's been too long) before Christmas as a four piece band. In fact, all my shows after the summer will be as a four piece band. More on that soon. Then at the start of 2010 I'll tour Asia for a couple of months, then anywhere else that I can get shows. I really want to go to South America, the US and Australia, but we'll see what happens. Also, this new album will hopefully be released worldwide on a variety of different labels, so more of you should be able to find it in your local record shops, wherever you live.
That's the basic plan for 2009 and beyond. If you can help me in my quest to visit some new countries on tour, no matter where they are and whether it's for venues or house shows, then please send me an email on luke@lukeleighfield.com and we'll try to make it happen. Until then, keep in touch and I'll see you on tour! Thanks as ever for your continued support.
PS - I'm having a big New Year's clearout in my online shop with t-shirts for £5, sweatshirts for £10, and a special offer if you wear large t-shirts where you can get three t-shirts for £10. You get a free A2 poster, postcards and badges with all orders so that's an added bonus. Stocks are extremely limited though so buy now to avoid missing out. I only have about two of every size and design! Check it out here. Thanks a lot!"
