Gaz Coombes Announces his biggest solo headline shows to date
Gaz Coombes has announced his two biggest UK headline shows this autumn. He is set to follow his hugely acclaimed second solo album Matador (“his masterpiece” Q), with a series of phenomenal gigs and a summer of festival activity with gigs at:
October 8th Manchester Academy 2
October 9th London The Forum
General sale Friday 24th April at 9am.
Gaz’s new single Detroit is out now – watch a live performance from his recent Queen Elizabeth Hall gig below. A very limited 10” vinyl of Detroit is being released for Record Store Day (April 18th) featuring an exclusive live version of Detroit recorded at The 229 London.
Gaz is due to play a series of already announced shows across the summer:
April 30th Newcastle Cluny
May 1st Glasgow King Tuts
May 2nd Leeds Live At Leeds Festival
May 15th Southampton Engine Rooms
May 16th Brighton: The Great Escape
May 24th Liverpool Sound City
June 7th London Field Day
June 20th Croyde, North Devon Goldcoast Oceanfest
June 26th London, Hyde Park with The Who, Paul Weller & Johnny Marr
July 24th Ashford Revelation St Marys
September 5th Moseley Folk Festival
September 6th Festival No 6
October 8th Manchester Academy 2
October 9th London The Forum
Praise for Matador:
“Matador’s sound textures are from a wide range of sources: gospel, a touch of Neu!… A trace of the Plastic Ono Band… Thrillingly on the edge of hysteria” The Guardian 4 *
“Ambitious and affecting, Matador may well be Coombes’s finest work to date” Evening Standard 4*
“By the end, it feels like a journey through one man’s rawest and real emotions… that likeable Supergrass scamp is shedding his youthful skin to emerge as a serious and fascinating artist” Mojo 5*
“Inventive throughout” The Times
“He’s made his masterpiece” Q 4*
Live Photo credit: Masanori Naruse
Gaz Coombes links: Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Website