Posted by Shelley Rainey 28 February 2012
The Albion Band are back, or rather have been reborn with a completely new line up. They have been brought together by founder Ashley Hutchings, around his son Blair Dunlop (vocals, guitars), Gavin Davenport (vocals, cittern, guitar, concertina), Katriona Gilmore (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), Tim Yates (bass, melodeon, vocals), Benjamin Trott (lead guitar) and Tom Wright (drums, vocals). However, Ashley is taking a back seat and letting the newbies get on with it. The plan is for them to develop their own material as well as reviving the Albion Band back catalogue.
After a triumphant first gig at Cheltenham Folk Festival in February, the band is now heading off on tour to promote their new album The Vice of the People. Fans of folk rock - check your diaries!
Tour dates:
Thu 1 Mar Camberley Theatre
Fri 2 Mar Bradford St Georges Hall
Sat 3 Mar Durham Gala Theatre
Sun 4 Mar Boston Blackfriars Arts Centre
Tue 6 Mar Leamington Royal Spa Centre
Wed 7 Mar Tewkesbury Roses Theatre
Thu 8 Mar Lichfield Garrick Theatre
Fri 9 Mar Worthing Assembly Hall
Sat 10 Mar Harpenden Public Halls
Sun 11 Mar Wellingborough Castle
Tue 13 Mar Stevenage Gordon Craig Theatre
Thu 15 Mar Tunbridge Wells Assembly Halls
Fri 16 Mar Christchurch Regent
Sun 18 Mar Whitley Bay Playhouse
Mon 19 Mar Wakefield Theatre Royal
Thu 22 Mar Chesham Elgiva Theatre
Fri 23 Mar Norwich Playhouse
Sun 25 Mar Edinburgh Queens Hall
Tue 27 Mar Stockport Plaza
Fri 30 Mar Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Sat 31 Mar Scunthorpe Plowright Theatre
Sun 1 Apr Kings Lynn Corn Exchange
Mon 2 Apr Bristol Colston Hall
Tue 3 Apr Croydon Ashcroft Theatre
Sat 12 May Cromer Folk on the Pier
Sat 25 May Shepley Spring Festival
Sunday 10 June Hever Lakeside Theatre