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Daniel Merriweather UK Tour

• 22nd Jul 2009

Daniel Merriweather’s critically acclaimed and highly anticipated album ‘Love & War’ debuted at No. 2 in the Official UK album chart and has now shipped in excess of 180,000 copies, certifying it gold. Meanwhile, ‘Red’, the anthemic follow-up single to the airplay smash ‘Change’, was a top 3 airplay hit, entered the chart at No. 5 where it stayed for over four weeks and has now sold over 200,000 copies. Daniel’s forthcoming single ‘Impossible’, (the third cut to be taken from ‘Love & War’ due for release on August 17th) is already Radio 2’s ‘Record of the Week’.

Now, following a recent sold-out gig at the Bloomsbury Ballroom on June 3rd 2009, Daniel Merriweather is set to embark on his first nationwide headline UK tour. Dates as follows:

2nd Oct 2009 Bristol O2 Academy
4th Oct 2009 Oxford O2 Academy 6th Oct 2009 Birmingham O2 Academy
7th Oct 2009 Glasgow ABC
9th Oct 2009 Manchester Academy
10th Oct 2009 London O2 Shepherds Bush Epire

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Tickets go on sale at 9am Friday 24th July 2009 and are priced at £13.50 (£16.00 for London)

“Indisputably soulful (Daniel Merriweather) comes across in the music as unstintingly honest and expressive” GUARDIAN

“(Daniel Merriweather) channels Stevie Wonder by way of Billy Joel” MOJO

“(Daniel Merriweather) is so naturally gifted just opening his mouth in the vocal booth can let loose some laryngeal magic” THE SUNDAY TIMES

“Daniel Merriweather is a soul singer with an ear-tingling voice but a dark heart and bloody knuckles” WORD