To coincide with their recently announced farewell tours, and due to popular demand, Bellowhead will be releasing an album of some of the best loved tracks from the band’s five studio albums: Pandemonium – The Essential Bellowhead (Navigator Records / 16th Oct 2015).
Pandemonium includes 13 carefully selected tracks by the 11 band members, designed to represent some of the high points of their stellar 11 year career. Crowd favourite ‘New York Girls’ will be released as the first single. www.bellowhead.co.uk
Track List
1. New York Girls (Hedonism)
2. 10,000 Miles Away (Broadside)
3. Roll Alabama (Revival)
4. Fakenham Fair (Matachin)
5. Gosport Nancy (Revival)
6. Betsy Baker (Broadside)
7. Let Her Run (Revival)
8. Roll The Woodpile Down (Broadside)
9. Yarmouth Town (Hedonism)
10. Prickle-Eye Bush (E.P.Onymous)
11. Whiskey Is The Life Of Man (Matachin)
12. Cold Blows The Wind (Hedonism)
13. London Town (Burlesque)
Bellowhead will undertake 2 final UK tours in November 2015 and April 2016. Some dates have already sold out and did so within minutes of being made available.
Formed in 2004, the band scarcely imagined that one day they’d be headlining major UK and international festivals and selling out tours of major concert halls, or that they’d sell in excess of 250,000 albums, including the highest selling independently released traditional album of all time (Hedonism) and the highest charting independently-released UK folk album of all time too, (Broadside). Bellowhead are the proud recipients of two silver discs and have won a total of eight BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. The band’s last studio album ‘Revival’ (2014) was released by Island Records, entered the UK Album Charts at no.12 and led to three BBC Radio 2 play-listed singles, as well as appearances on mainstream TV.
Early in 2015, lead singer Jon Boden decided to step down from the band and the rest of Bellowhead felt they didn’t want to continue without him. ’The shows always finish on a high, and so should we.’ (Bellowhead)
BELLOWHEAD CALL TIME – FAREWELL TOURS Part 1 & 2
NOVEMBER 2015 (Support Keston Cobblers Club)
Sat 14 TORQUAY Princess Theatre – LAST FEW TICKETS
Sun 15 BEXHILL De La Warr Pavilion – SOLD OUT
Mon 16 BURY ST EDMUNDS The Apex – SOLD OUT
Tue 17 FOLKESTONE Leas Cliff Hall
Wed 18 WIMBLEDON New Theatre – LAST FEW TICKETS
Thu 19 LEICESTER De Montfort Hall
Fri 20 BATH The Forum – LAST FEW TICKETS
Sat 21 PORTSMOUTH Guildhall
Sun 22 AYLESBURY Waterside Theatre
Mon 23 HARROGATE International Centre – LAST FEW TICKETS
Tue 24 CHESTERFIELD Winding Wheel – SOLD OUT
Wed 25 WOLVERHAMPTON Civic Hall
Thu 26 NEWCASTLE City Hall
Fri 27 MANCHESTER Apollo
Sat 28 LLANDUDNO Venue Cymru
Sun 29 WATFORD Colosseum – LAST FEW TICKETS
APRIL 2016 (Support act to be announced)
Fri 15 SALISBURY City Hall – SOLD OUT
Sat 16 BRISTOL Colston Hall – SOLD OUT
Sun 17 CARDIFF St Davids Hall
Mon 18 BRIGHTON Dome – LAST FEW TICKETS
Tue 19 LIVERPOOL Philharmonic – LAST FEW TICKETS
Wed 20 GLASGOW ABC
Thu 21 SHEFFIELD City Hall
Fri 22 READING Hexagon – LAST FEW TICKETS
Sat 23 LONDON Palladium – LAST FEW TICKETS
Sun 24 CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange – SOLD OUT
Mon 25 HALIFAX Victoria Halls
Tue 26 NORTHAMPTON Derngate – SOLD OUT
Thu 28 SOUTHEND Cliffs Pavilion
Fri 29 NORWICH Open – SOLD OUT
Sat 30 NOTTINGHAM Royal Concert Hall – SOLD OUT
MAY 2016
Sun 01 OXFORD Town Hall – SOLD OUT
Fans pre-ordering the album prior to the October 16th release date can enjoy a £2 discount on the album (normally £10.99) by visiting http://www.propermusic.com/product-details/Bellowhead-Pandemonium-The-Essential-Bellowhead-208416 and typing in the giftcode BELLOWHEAD at check-out.