RICHARD HAWLEY Releases ‘Don’t Stare At The Sun’
Another of WithGuitars Festive 50 choices Richard Hawley releases the fourth and final single to from the hugely acclaimed seventh album, to coincide with his February tour
10” vinyl version b/w a new, exclusive track available through the Richard Hawley Singles Club. Release date: February 18th, 2013
‘Don’t Stare At The Sun’ will be released in February as the fourth and final single from Hawley’s remarkable seventh album, Standing At The Sky’s Edge.
The song is one of the more reflective tracks from the album, a keynote performance suffused with a sense of cosmic serenity. It covers a huge distance: a meditation that took inspiration from – on one hand – a woozy morning shared by young son and sleep-deprived father flying a kite in the park and – on the other – the fate that met Isaac Newton when he decided to stare into the sun. “He burnt the retinas in his eyes,” explains Hawley, “so that, from that moment on, everything he saw was gold.”
Don’t Stare At The Sun will be available as a digital download and as the fourth release through the Richard Hawley Singles Club (also available from all good music retailers), on limited edition 10” vinyl b/w a new, exclusive track (also available as a download). More information available soon at: www.richardhawley.co.uk
2012 proved to be Hawley’s most successful year yet. The Sheffield troubadour released his hugely acclaimed and highest charting album-to-date, played to sold out venues across Europe – including his first ever show at London’s Brixton Academy – performed a one-off, historic concert with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at former Sheffield steel works Magna, and was shortlisted as ‘An Album Of The Year’ at the prestigious Mercury Music Prize as well as inclusion in Best Albums 2012 polls in Q Magazine, Mojo, Uncut, NME, The Sun and Shortlist, amongst others.
Richard Hawley tours the UK in February:
FEB 2013
17 Buxton Opera House www.buxtonoperahouse.co.uk
18 Edinburgh Picturehouse www.gigsinscotland.com
20 Bristol Colston Hall www.gigsandtours.com/tour/RICHARD-HAWLEY/
21 Leamington Spa Assembly Hall www.gigsandtours.com/tour/RICHARD-HAWLEY/
22 Cambridge Corn Exchange www.gigsandtours.com/tour/RICHARD-HAWLEY/
23 London Troxy www.gigsandtours.com/tour/RICHARD-HAWLEY/
25 Liverpool Philharmonic www.gigsandtours.com/tour/RICHARD-HAWLEY/
26 Hull City Hall www.gigsandtours.com/tour/RICHARD-HAWLEY/
Tickets on sale now. http://www.gigsandtours.com/?a=richard+hawley&site=gat-RICHARD-HAWLEY
For further information, please contact Scott Steele in EMI Artist Publicity: scott.steele@emimusic.com/ 020 7752 5557.
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