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Colin MacIntyre takes Island On Tour

• 17th Sep 2009

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Colin MacIntyre can confirm a full UK Tour for his album ‘Island’ for October 2009. He has preceded this tour with a memorable ‘Homecoming 2009’ gig back home on the Isle of Mull, a truly special night, which bodes well for the tour. Album launch shows in New York have been confirmed for 6th & 8th October. ‘Island’ was released in Europe on 7th Sept and is out in the USA on 29th Sept.

Mojo have said of it: “Island is an eerie folk-rock mystery with compelling melody lines.”

His most stripped-back album to date, MacIntyre crafted ‘Island’ in St Augustine, USA and recorded it back home on Mull in his old school. It includes contributions from King Creosote, the Mendelssohn On Mull string players, local musicians, & members of his own family. This will be a different kind of tour says MacIntyre: “It will feature only acoustic instrumentation. It will be a unique experience for me & the audience I hope, feat. string players with sideburns (the men) including violin and double bass players, from Mull and beyond, taking off on the road for some of the UK dates. We'll be playing the new album in this way, MHS songs, and tracks from The Water album too.”

Meanwhile, MacIntyre is back creating: he will be contributing words & music to a BBC Radio 4 Play for b/cast on 30th Oct, called ‘Zero Degrees of Separation’. And now that Island, his ‘home’ project, is realised, he is working on his next ‘electric’ set, to follow 2008’s ‘The Water’, for 2010

Dates as follows:

15th Oct EDINBURGH The Voodoo Rooms

16th Oct GLASGOW Stereo

18th Oct INVERNESS Hootenanny

19th Oct SHEFFIELD Leadmill

20th Oct BRISTOL The Thekla

21st Oct LONDON The Lexington (Fleur-de-Lys Club)

22nd Oct MANCHESTER Night & Day

23rd Oct NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms

27th Oct BRIGHTON Latest Music Bar

28th Oct BIRMINGHAM Glee Club

29th Oct MINEHEAD (Somerset) The Hobbyhorse

6th Nov LIVERPOOL Zanzibar (Liverpool Music Week)