With Sam Brookes's beautiful acoustic music opening the night and the fantastic and unique voice of Jess Hall and her band who make up Colour the Atlas beginning the night off, Faulkner took to the stage for his spectacular 2 hour set.
Newton Faulkner brought his humble nature and incredible sense of humour to the stage and charmed the audience for the duration of the night with highlights including the ever adorable "Professional Dogfood Taster" and a hilarious impression of Kermit the Frog.
With his album 'Write it on Your Skin' getting to number 1 this year, his set demonstrated the excellence of the album and of Faulkner as an artist. With songs including 'Clouds', 'Pick Up Your Broken Heart' and 'Sugar in the Snow' from the new album and his best known hits including his cover of Massive Attacks 'Teardrops' and 'I Need Something' Faulkner stormed through his set to rapturous applause after every song.
Faulkner is known for his covers and he delighted his fans with Stevie Wonder's 'Superstition' and also his most recent cover of Maroon 5's 'Payphone' which saw the song slowed down and beautiful pieced together to fit his type of music. A personal annoyance of mine is when people scream at musicians to play songs, or in Faulkner's case, screaming at him to play covers of years ago. Just leave the man to play his set! Don't constantly bombard him throughout, screaming the same song all the way through and not appreciating what he is playing! I know you like his cover of Bohemian Rhapsody, I do, but please shut up!.
Faulkner was ever encouraging the crowd to become involved in being a part of his songs, and organising rounds during some songs. The crowd even begun rounds and separate group singing themselves - without any instruction of the man himself. What an amazing feat to watch and hear. Faulkner is the sort of artist who you become memorised with, regardless of the song. It may be a big ballad or may be a poppy, upbeat song.
Newton Faulkner has had an exceptional year. A number 1 album, hit singles, sell out shows, and fantastic Festival slots. The man is relentless and so are his fans. Newton regularly thanks the power of his fans for his success but he needs to step back and realise that these fans aren't the only people who are keeping him continually being successful. It's himself. It is his passion, enthusiasm and dedication to being the best musician that he can be.
I'm Hayley Edwards and I am a self-confessed Faulknerite through and through.
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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