OYSTERBAND - NEW RECORD WITH JUNE TABOR

Hi

We're proud to announce that our new album with June Tabor, "Ragged Kingdom", will be released by Topic Records in UK and world wide, and by Westpark Music in Western Europe, on Monday September 19.

Why with June? Because she is one of the greatest singers and interpreters of songs in England; because we performed a couple of songs together at fRoots Magazine's 30th birthday party at The Roundhouse in London last year, and felt the buzz of something special all over again; and because the mad idea of doing a follow-up album to 1990's "Freedom & Rain" 21 years later just appealed to us!

You can hear a track on Folk On 2 on BBC Radio 2 starting at 7.00pm (UK time) on Wednesday 22 June, or via the BBC's iPlayer at any time in the following 7 days at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio/bbc_radio_two

We're going to launch the album at
Queen Elizabeth Hall
South Bank Centre
London
on Wed 14 September
7.15pm £20
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk

and tickets are on sale now. Of course we'd appreciate your support. We're working hard on the production for this show, and it should be a memorable evening.

Here's the tour that will follow:

Thu 27 Oct BRIGHTON ST GEORGE'S CHURCH http://zazamusic.co.uk/ 01273 709709 7.30pm £18

Fri 28 Oct BURY ST EDMONDS THE APEX http://www.theapex.co.uk / 01284 758000 7.30pm £20

Sat 29 Oct WOLVERHAMPTON WULFRUN HALL http://www.wolvescivic,co.uk / 0870 320 7000 7pm £16

Sun 30 Oct NOTTINGHAM THE GLEE CLUB http://www.glee.co.uk/nottingham-music / 0871 472 0400 7pm £17

Tue 01 Nov BRISTOL ST GEORGE'S http://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/ / 0845 40 24 001 TBA £19

Wed 02 Nov SALISBURY CITY HALL http://www.cityhallsalisbury.co.uk / 01722 434434 7.30pm £18

Thurs 03 Nov LIVERPOOL CAPSTONE THEATRE http://www.thecapstonetheatre.com / 0151 709 3789 7.30pm £17.50

Fri 04 Nov SEVENOAKS THE STAG THEATRE http://www.stagsevenoaks.co.uk / http://www.brandywinemusic.co.uk / 01732 450175 7.30pm £18.00

Sun 06 Nov SHEFFIELD MEMORIAL HALL http://www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk / 0114 2789 789 7pm £18.00

Sun 13 Nov EXETER CORN EXCHANGE http://www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange / 01392 665866 TBA

Tue 15 Nov BRACKNELL WILDE THEATRE http://southhillpark.org.uk / 01344 416 260 7.15pm £12.50-£17.50

Wed 16 Nov MILTON KEYNES THE STABLES http://www.stables.org / 01908 280800 TBA

Thu 17 Nov LEICESTER DE MONTFORT HALL http://www.demontforthall.co.uk / 0116 233 3111 7.30pm £17.50

Sat 19 Nov STOCKTON THE ARC http://www.arconline.co.uk / 01642 525 199 7.30pm £16

Sun 20 Nov SALE WATERSIDE ARTS CENTRE http://www.watersideartscentre.co.uk / 0161 912 5616 7pm £17.50

Mon 21 Nov LEEDS CITY VARIETIES http://www.cityvarieties.co.uk / 0113 243 0808 TBA

Tue 22 Nov LEAMINGTON SPA ASSEMBLY http://www.leamingtonassembly.com / 0844 854 1358 7pm £17.50

Fri 25 Nov GATESHEAD THE SAGE GATESHEAD http://www.thesagegateshead.org / 0191 443 4661 7.30pm £20

See you there!

More news and tracks from "Ragged Kingdom" in the run-up to release date at our website and Facebook page , also at

http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/?p=2499

All the best

John, Alan, Chopper, Ian, Dil



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