Natalie Merchant has today (March 27) announced ‘An Evening With…’ summer tour of intimate and historic venues across the UK. The tour comprises 11 concerts, beginning in St Ives on July 13 and ending in Oxford on July 30. It is set to be her most far-reaching of the country to date.
She will be joined by her longtime guitarist Erik Della Penna and will perform material from the past 35 years of Merchant’s career, which includes both solo material and music from her time fronting 10,000 Maniacs.
Speaking about the tour, Merchant said: “I have always enjoyed performing in the UK but have rarely played outside of the major cities. There’s so much of Britain I’ve never seen; I expect this summer’s tour will satisfy my desire to explore those historic and scenic regions while meeting up with my fans who live there."
In 2017 Nonesuch Records released The Natalie Merchant Collection, a deluxe 10-CD box set compiled by Merchant, comprising all eight of her solo studio albums from the past three decades, as well as a new studio set, Butterfly, a disc of rare and previously unreleased tracks, Rarities, and a 100-page lyric book and pictorial history of her solo career.
You can read our interview with Merchant here.
Natalie Merchant – UK Tour July 2018
Fri Jul 13 St Ives, St Ives Guildhall
Sat Jul 14 Exeter, Exeter Phoenix
Mon Jul 16 Bath, Komedia
Tue Jul 17 Cheltenham, Pittville Pump Room
Wed Jul 18 Hebden Bridge, The Trades Club
Fri Jul 20 Edinburgh, The Queen’s Hall
Tue Jul 24 Ilkley, King’s Hall
Wed Jul 25 Buxton, Opera House
Fri Jul 27 Brighton, St Georges Church
Sat Jul 28 Cambridge, Emmanuel United Reformed Church
Mon Jul 30 Oxford, St John The Evangelist
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