The Civil Wars Prepare For Autumn UK Tour As 'Barton Hollow' Album Goes Silver
Monday, 24 September 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
Double Grammy winners, The Civil Wars return to the UK for a nationwide tour that starts in Belfast on October 28th and includes a sold-out show at London’s historic Roundhouse on November 6th. The tour comes as the band’s acclaimed debut album ‘Barton Hollow’ passes 500,000 sales in the US and has been awarded Silver in the UK with sales fast approaching 100,000 copies.
Based in Nashville, The Civil Wars are an enigmatic duo comprised of California native Joy Williams and her Alabaman partner, John Paul White. They are a huge DIY success in the USA where, in addition to having independently sold over 500,000 copies of the ‘Barton Hollow’ album, they have performed several highly acclaimed sell-out tours. Their incredible year in the US was rounded off by winning two 2012 Grammy Awards for Best Folk Album and Best Country Performance earlier this year. The band also performed at the ceremony, propelling their album back into the US iTunes Top Five.
To coincide with the UK tour, the band are releasing ‘Poison & Wine’ as a radio single and will be re-issuing their ‘Poison & Wine’ EP as a companion release to ‘Barton Hollow’.
‘Poison & Wine’ EP tracklisting:
1. Poison & Wine
2. Talking In Your Sleep (The Romantics cover)
3. Between The Bars (Elliott Smith cover)
4. Disarm (Smashing Pumpkins cover)
Accompanied by dark and brooding visuals, the bands imagery continues the intimate conversations and understated sparks of the music. The bands tumblr is full of beautiful photography chronicling life on the road.
Mon October 29th 2012 - Olympia Theatre, Dublin
Tue October 30th 2012 - O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester
Thu November 1st 2012 - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Fri November 2nd 2012 - O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow
Sat November 3rd 2012 - The Sage, Gateshead
Sun November 4th 2012 - Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Tue November 6th 2012 - Roundhouse, London
Wed November 7th 2012 - Brighton Dome, Brighton
Thu November 8th 2012 - Warwick Arts Centre Coventry, Coventry
Sat November 10th 2012 - Southampton Guildhall, Southampton
Sun November 11th 2012 - Cardiff University Students Union, Cardiff
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