In his review of the Afro Celt Sound System’s latest mighty offering ‘The Source‘ Neil ended by saying
“Afro Celt Sound System will be bringing The Source to festival audiences throughout the summer, I can guarantee it’s a unique and unmissable spectacle, every bit as energetic and captivating as this album.” Read the Review
If those summer festival dates excited you then the prospect of a 17 Date UK Tour should be the icing on the cake as the European and African based collective get ready to bring their exhilarating shows which sold-out at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections festival and Islington’s Assembly Halls in North London to the rest of the UK.
Afro Celt Sound System LIVE features the core band members Simon Emmerson, Guinean vocalist, kora and balafon virtuoso N’Faly Kouyate and charismatic dhol master Johnny Kalsi, along with percussionist Robbie Harris and fiddle-player Eòghann MacEanruig, Ged Lynch on drums, Simon ‘Palmskin’ Richmond on keyboards and electronica and Val Etienne on backing vocals, with the gritty, witty rhymes of Gaelic rapper, musician and language activist Griogair. On some shows, the band will be joined by the hauntingly soulful Armagh-born vocalist and flautist Rioghnach Connolly and the devotional harmonies of the Guinean female quintet Les Griottes.
TOUR DATES
Summer Festivals
JULY / AUGUST
15 July – Larmer Tree Festival
18 July – Milton Keynes International Festival
24 July – Folk by the Oak
30 July – Cambridge Folk Festival
05 August – Dranouter Festival, Belgium
12 August – Boomtown Festival
13 August – Lakefest
19 August – Beautiful Days
02 September – Helsinki Festival, Finland
The Source Album Tour 2016
OCTOBER
26 BURY ST EDMUNDS The Apex
27 NORWICH The Open
28 BRISTOL Colston Hall
29 OXFORD o2 Academy
30 LONDON Barbican
NOVEMBER
01 MANCHESTER RNCM
02 NEWCASTLE Riverside
03 EDINBURGH Queens Hall
04 SHREWSBURY Walker Theatre
05 SHEFFIELD The Leadmill
07 BIRMINGHAM Town Hall
08 COLCHESTER Arts Centre
09 YEOVIL Octagon Theatre
10 PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms
11 BUXTON Opera House
12 EXETER Phoenix
13 BRIGHTON Concorde 2
The Source is released 29 April via ECC Records
Pre-Order: CD (Signed) | 2LP + USB (Signed) |
Also Available via: Amazon | iTunes
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