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Richard Thompson to tour the UK in October and November

Richard Thompson has announced that he’ll be heading out on an extensive tour of the UK in October and November 2018.

The 13 Rivers Tour will kick off on Thursday 11th October at the Liverpool Philharmonic. Thompson will visit 19 venues across the jaunt, bringing things to a close at The New Victoria in Woking on Saturday 3rd November.

The tour is in support of Thompson’s new studio album, which will be released on Proper Records later this year.

That album is the follow-up to 2017 releases Acoustic Classics Vol. II and Acoustic Rarities. Between them the collections featured acoustic renderings of classic songs from his catalogue and new recordings of some of the more obscure songs in his repertoire.

Last year also marked the 50th anniversary of Fairport Convention, who performed together at the annual Cropredy Festival last August.

The full list of tour dates is:

October

Thu 11 – Liverpool Philharmonic
Sat 13 – Perth Concert Hall
Mon 15 – Canterbury Marlowe
Tue 16 – London Barbican
Wed 17 – Bath Forum
Thu 18 – Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Sat 20 – Stoke on Trent Victoria Hall
Sun 21 – Manchester Opera House
Mon 22 – York Grand Opera House
Tue 23 – Hull City Hall
Wed 24 – Gateshead Sage
Fri 26 – Birmingham Town Hall
Sat 27 – Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Sun 28 – Oxford New Theatre
Tue 30 – Cambridge Corn Exchange
Wed 31 – Salisbury City Hall

November

Thu 1 – Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
Fri 2 – High Wycombe Swan
Sat 3 – Woking The New Victoria

Support on the shows will be Joan Shelley. Tickets can be purchased from 10am on Friday 18th May from www.serious.org.uk/Thompson.

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