Brit nominated, acoustic guitar virtuoso Newton Faulkner has released his third album 'Write it on your Skin' this week and is currently riding high in the UK mid-week charts.
It's been over three years since 2009's 'Rebuilt By Humans' and in that time he's toured the world, started a family (he has a one year old son, Beau Henry Faulkner-Richards) and some might say helped usher in a new generation of singer-songwriters. Ed Sheeran, Ben Howard and Michael Kiwanuka might be stylistically diverse, but their 'have-guitar-will-travel' approach surely flows from the trailblazing example of Newton.
Now, after invention, innovation, reinvention and creation, comes his third album, 'Write it on your Skin' This one man band (in every sense) has opened himself up to the talents of other writers and players working with his brother Toby (a former drum and bass MC), hip hop fan Sam Farrar (Phantom Planet) and production writing pair Nexus. The result? An album bristling with spontaneity, the best kind of DIY imagination, and songs from unlikely sources but with a very likely-lad appeal.
He is the feelgood man of the season, the summertime troubadour who brings singalong vibes. As he says now with a laugh, despite his trademark rust-red dreads, he only seems to get recognized when it's sunny outdoors:
"For some reason if it's raining it can't be me - but if the sun's shining, then it's definitely me! I'm completely affiliated with the sun. I get that now."
Newton has previously sold over 1million albums in the UK alone. His debut 'Hands Built By Robots' spent over 10 months inside the Top 40 Album Charts and become one of the Top 20 Biggest Selling UK digital albums of all time.
Newton's Tour dates are as follows:
1st October Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
3rd October Glasgow O2 ABC
4th October Inverness Ironworks
9th October Newcastle O2 Academy
10th October Manchester O2 Apollo
11th October Liverpool O2 Academy
12th October York Barbican
14th Leeds O2 Academy
15th October Oxford New Theatre
16th October Leicester O2 Academy
18th October Birmingham O2 Academy
19th October Bournemouth O2 Academy
20th October Exeter Great Hall
22nd October London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
'Write It On Your Skin' is Newton's...
a) first album
b) second album
c) third album
Thw winner is Pete Brimble.
Rules: The competition is open to all UK residents, except employees of egigs.co.uk and companies involved in the competition. Closing date for receipt of entries is 9am, Thursday 2nd August 2012. The winner's name, will be announced on this webpage soon after. The winner will also be informed via email. The winning entries are selected at random from all correct entries. The prize is not redeemable for cash or resale.
FUTURE GIGS
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Thu 25 Apr 2024
Newton Faulkner
Gloucester
Gloucester Guildhall
[GL1 1NS] £28.50
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Fri 26 Apr 2024
Newton Faulkner
Clitheroe
The Grand at Clitheroe
[BB7 2DL] £28.50
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Sat 27 Apr 2024
Newton Faulkner
Liverpool
Hangar34
[L1 0BS] £28.50
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Sun 28 Apr 2024
Newton Faulkner
Lincoln
Lincoln Drill Hall
[LN2 1EY] £28.50
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Tue 30 Apr 2024
Newton Faulkner
Leeds
The Old Woollen
[LS28 1UJ] £28.50
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Thu 2 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Stockton-on-Tees
Arc
[TS18 1LL] £28.50
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Fri 3 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Carlisle
Old Fire Station
[CA3 8QW] £28.50
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Sat 4 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Selkirk
MacArts
[TD1 1SP] £28.50
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Sun 5 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Bury
The Met
[BL9 0BW] £28.50
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Thu 9 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Southend-on-Sea
Chinnery's
[SS1 2EJ] £28.50
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Thu 9 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Southend-on-Sea
Chinnery's
[SS1 2EJ] £28.50
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Fri 10 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Cambridge
The Junction
[CB1 7GX] £28.50
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Sun 12 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Shoreham by Sea
Ropetackle Arts Centre
[BN43 5EG] £28.50
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Tue 14 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Shrewsbury
Theatre Severn
[SY3 8FT] £28.50
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Wed 15 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Newbury
Arlington Arts Centre
[RG14 3BQ] £28.50
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Fri 17 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Southampton
1865
[SO14 3AR] £28.50
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Sat 18 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Exeter
Exeter Phoenix
[EX4 3LS] £28.50
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Sun 19 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Bath
Komedia
[BA1 1EP] £28.50
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Tue 21 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Buxton
Opera House
[SK17 6XN] £28.50
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Wed 22 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Southport
The Atkinson (The Studio)
[PR8 1DB] £28.50
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Wed 29 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Grimsby
Docks Academy
[DN31 3JD] £28.50
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Wed 29 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Grimsby
Docks Academy
[DN31 3JD] £28.50
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Thu 30 May 2024
Newton Faulkner
Harrogate
Harrogate Theatre
[HG1 1QF] £28.50
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Sat 1 Jun 2024
Newton Faulkner
Holmfirth
The Picturedrome
[HD9 7DA] £28.50
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Fri 19 Jul 2024
Newton Faulkner
Hope Valley
The Devil\'s Arse
[S33 8WS] £30.00
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Thu 22 Aug 2024
Newton Faulkner
Cottingham
The Civic Hall
[HU16 5QG] £37.50
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