The band consists of brothers Luke and Dan Simpkins, sharing vocal duties with the former fronting with a large keyboard and the latter on bass, with Harry Meads on the skins and Tim Ayers on guitar. The band are working on their debut album and tonight they showcase their songs which are well received by the Saturday night crowd. Im afraid I have to guess the titles, hopefully Ive got them right.

Their music maybe slightly derivative, but theyre a young attractive looking, clean cut band, so its bound to be and its harmonious and pleasing to the ear. Lukes keyboard on Run In Line With You has a very plinky sound, the bass and drums build on the sound but the guitarist is very restrained playing chords in the main and the rather simple style works well against the keyboard being played as lead. Its Keane with guitars.
The pleasant pop rock of Nothing is Easy has all the girlies at the front, screaming at them. In fact the whole audience seems to be primarily female tonight with headliner Paolo Nutini clearly appealing more to female fans.
Carry Me shows Lukes vocal talent, despite his feverish hands on the keys and his shouting, it actually is pleasant shouting. Confession is more of the same, its not so much foot tapping music but its pleasant aural soundscape.

Finally Tim shows some edge in his guitar work letting rip to Your New Friends and now they do sound like Keane with guitars and theyve dragged a good sized crowd from the bar to hear them. Turn it Up their last song, is a potential future anthem for the weekend, and the local boys have a possible hit on their hands with this and decent exposure well be seeing these boys again, the crowd loved them.
The crowds packed for the young twenty one year old Newton Faulkner (or as someone keeps yelling Newton Ferrers) and the vocal applause for this dreadlocked acoustic musician suggests its a Saturday night and its ladies night and there must be a discount on white wine somewhere nearby!
After two false starts during which Newton provides entertainment under the two static blue spots tuning his guitar and doing ape impressions across the stage and the crowd are wooed! Eventually he starts, hes an instantly likeable singer songwriter with a quirky delivery and quirkier lyrics but it works well.

To The Light is hardly discernable over the excited crowd. But a speedy jumping rap, flourishing guitar and bodywork beats on his guitar. Faulkner tells us he doesnt do campfire songs but was interviewed a while ago and asked to do a cover, now he cant do Wonderwall or Stairway to Heaven he says so he did Massive Attacks Teardrop he plays it for us and hes won over every member of the now packed crowd. Its much preferred to his suggestion of the Spongebob Squarepants theme tune or No Limits!
Feels Like Home and Full Fat have the kind of lyrics that instantly win us over. And Mr Faulkner has the crowd captivated by the time UFO from his future album and his theramin impression have us laughing!
We finish with a sing along thats impressive singing Billy and Faulkner promises to return. Lullaby is a song about dreams and very sweet and Im very impressed with Faulkner, he is a natural entertainer, very relaxed and I hope he decides to play the festival scene this summer. Hell be perfect for festival audiences, great sing along songs and a lovely vibe, he would walk any acoustic stage slot.
FUTURE GIGS
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Thu 25 Aug 2022
Newton Faulkner
Chepstow
Chepstow Castle
[NP16 5EY] £22.50
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Sat 17 Sep 2022
Newton Faulkner
Llandrindod Wells
Pavilion Mid Wales
[LD1 5EY] £25.00
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Sun 18 Sep 2022
Newton Faulkner
Bath
Komedia
[BA1 1EP] £25.00
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Tue 20 Sep 2022
Newton Faulkner
Cheltenham
Town Hall and Pittville Pump Room
[GL50 1QA] £27.50
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Thu 22 Sep 2022
Newton Faulkner
Newark
Palace Theatre
[NG24 1JY] £27.50
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Fri 23 Sep 2022
Newton Faulkner
Bridlington
Spa Theatre and Royal Hall
[YO15 3JH] £27.50
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Sat 24 Sep 2022
Newton Faulkner
Lytham St Annes
Lowther Pavillion
[FY8 5QQ] £25.00
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Sun 25 Sep 2022
Newton Faulkner
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle Exhibition Park
[NE2 4PZ] £25.00
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Tue 27 Sep 2022
Newton Faulkner
Wolverhampton
Robin 2
[WV14 7LJ] £25.00
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Wed 28 Sep 2022
Newton Faulkner
Shrewsbury
Theatre Severn
[SY3 8FT] £27.50
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Thu 29 Sep 2022
Newton Faulkner
Northampton
Roadmender
[NN1 3AH] £25.00
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Fri 30 Sep 2022
Newton Faulkner
Barnsley
Birdwell Club
[S70 5UY] £25.00
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Sun 2 Oct 2022
Newton Faulkner
Blackburn
King George's Hall
[BB2 1AA] £25.00
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Tue 4 Oct 2022
Newton Faulkner
Buxton
Opera House
[SK17 6XN] £27.50
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Thu 6 Oct 2022
Newton Faulkner
Holmfirth
The Picturedrome
[HD9 7DA] £25.00
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Fri 7 Oct 2022
Newton Faulkner
Glasgow
Oran Mor
[G12 8QX] £25.00
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Sat 8 Oct 2022
Newton Faulkner
Edinburgh
Queens Hall
[EH8 9JG] £26.50
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Sun 9 Oct 2022
Newton Faulkner
Stockton-on-Tees
Princess Alexandra Auditorium
[TS15 9EJ] £26.50
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Tue 11 Oct 2022
Newton Faulkner
New Brighton
Floral Pavillion Theatre
[CH45 2LH] £26.50
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Wed 12 Oct 2022
Newton Faulkner
Exeter
Exeter Phoenix
[EX4 3LS] £25.00
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Thu 13 Oct 2022
Newton Faulkner
Bexhill on Sea
De La Warr Pavillion
[TN40 1DP] £26.50
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Sat 15 Oct 2022
Newton Faulkner
Southend-on-Sea
Palace Theatre
[SS0 9LA] £27.50
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Sun 16 Oct 2022
Newton Faulkner
Cambridge
The Junction
[CB1 7GX] £25.00
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Tue 18 Oct 2022
Newton Faulkner
Islington
Islington Assembly Hall
[N1 2UD] £27.50
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