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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Wed 23 Apr 2025
Newton Faulkner
Ilkey
Kings Hall
[LS29 8HB] £30.00
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Thu 24 Apr 2025
Newton Faulkner
Whitley Bay
Whitley Bay Playhouse
[NE26 1LZ] £150.00
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Sat 26 Apr 2025
Newton Faulkner
New Brighton
Floral Pavillion Theatre
[CH45 2LH] £30.00
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Sun 27 Apr 2025
Newton Faulkner
Stoke-on-Trent
The Sugarmill
[ST1 1DR] £30.00
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Tue 29 Apr 2025
Newton Faulkner
Lytham St Annes
Lowther Pavillion
[FY8 5QQ] £30.00
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Wed 30 Apr 2025
Newton Faulkner
Coventry
Warwick Arts Centre & Butterworth Hall
[CV4 7AL] £30.00
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Thu 1 May 2025
Newton Faulkner
Stamford
Stamford Corn Exchange
[PE9 1PX] £30.00
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Sat 3 May 2025
Newton Faulkner
Barnsley
Birdwell Club
[S70 5UY] £30.00
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Sun 4 May 2025
Newton Faulkner
York
The Crescent Working Mens Club
[YO24 1AW] £30.00
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Sun 4 May 2025
Newton Faulkner
York
The Crescent Working Mens Club
[YO24 1AW] £30.00
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Tue 6 May 2025
Newton Faulkner
Bury St Edmunds
The Apex
[IP33 3FD] £30.00
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Wed 7 May 2025
Newton Faulkner
Reading
SUB89
[RG1 1EP] £30.00
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Thu 8 May 2025
Newton Faulkner
Stroud
Subscription Rooms
[GL5 1AE] £30.00
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Sun 11 May 2025
Newton Faulkner
Southampton
The Brook
[SO17 3SD] £30.00
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Mon 12 May 2025
Newton Faulkner
Penzance
Acorn Theatre
[TR18 4BU] £30.00
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