To coincide with the start of the UK leg of his Be More Kind world tour, Frank Turner has released a new EP, Don’t Worry in support of his new single of the same title, lifted from the UK Top three album, Be More Kind. Following the forthcoming UK arena tour run - culminating at Alexandra Palace on February 3 - Frank will also DJ and co-curate Xtra Mile Recording’s event at London Omeara on February 15 as part of War Child BRITs Week 2019.

The new EP release draws together ‘Dont’ Worry’ alongside a brand new track - the brassbacked ‘Bar Staff’ - and previous vinyl-only release ‘How It Began’. The EP is rounded out with a very special new stripped back arrangement of ‘Little Changes’, which Turner recorded live with Toronto-based community charity, Choir! Choir! Choir!

Whilst 2018 was a characteristically busy year for Turner - playing to over 200,000 people worldwide as part of the first legs of the Be More Kind tour alongside the release of his seventh studio album - 2019 promises a raft of new projects, including the much-anticipated release of Frank’s memoir ‘Try This At Home’ and the first year on American soil for his AIM Award-winning festival Lost Evenings, to be held in 2019 at Boston’s House of Blues. 

Don’t Worry EP Tracklisting:

Don’t Worry

Bar Staff

How It Began

Little Changes (with Choir! Choir! Choir!)

Fresh from a stunning appearance at Eurosonic Festival last weekend, the Manchester four-piece have announced an extensive European tour for April and May, following their huge UK headline tour starting in March. Coming hot on the heels of their sold-out headline gigs, the band will be playing 16 dates across Europe ahead of their shows at Bearded Theory Festival in Derbyshire, Neighbourhood Weekender in Warrington and Mad Cool festival in Madrid.

“We’ve had plenty of fans making contact asking us to play all over Europe so it’s great to finally be able to do so,” says singer Aaron Starkie. “We had a great response at a few European festivals last year (Reeperbahn, Kaltern pop and Haldern pop) and think there will be a lot of people out there that would be into us.”

2018 saw a huge rise for the band, with their album Build A Tower going straight into the Official UK album chart Top 20. Closing the year, the band played three huge headline shows at London’s Scala, Glasgow’s School Of Art and a triumphant hometown show at Manchester’s O2 Apollo, all of which were sold out. And now, with a mammoth 32-date headline UK tour and their first-ever European headline tour, alongside a fast-growing list of festival appearances lined up, The Slow Readers Club look set to ascend to even greater things in 2019.

THE SLOW READERS CLUB TOUR DATES

02/03 – Kendal, Brewery Arts Centre **SOLD OUT**

03/03 – Carlisle, The Brickyard

04/03 – Inverness, The Ironworks

05/03 – Aberdeen, The Tunnels

07/03 – Dundee, Beat Generator

08/03 – Edinburgh, The Liquid Room

09/03 – Sunderland, Independent

10/03 – York, Fibbers

12/03 – Hull, The Welly

13/03 – Wakefield, Warehouse 23

14/03 – Blackpool, Bootleg Social **SOLD OUT**

15/03 – Liverpool, Arts Club **SOLD OUT**

16/03 – Sheffield, The Leadmill

18/03 – Stoke, The Sugarmill

19/03 – Wrexham, The Live Rooms

20/03 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 2

21/03 – Derby, The Venue

23/03 – Leicester, The Shed

24/03 – Gloucester, Guildhall

25/03 – Swansea, Sin City

26/03 – Bristol, Fleece

28/03 – Truro, Old Bakery

29/03 – Exeter, Phoenix

30/03 – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms **SOLD OUT**

31/03 – Reading, Sub 89

01/04 – Oxford, O2 Academy 2

03/04 – St Albans, The Horn **SOLD OUT**

04/04 – Bedford, Esquires

05/04 – Norwich, Open

06/04 – Southend-on-Sea, Chinnerys

08/04 – Tunbridge Wells, Forum

09/04 – Brighton, The Haunt 

25/05 – Bearded Theory Festival, Derbyshire

26/05 – Neighbourhood Weekender, Warrington

12/07 – Mad Cool Festival, Madrid ES