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Sarah Blasko Announces November Tour

• 2nd Jul 2010

Australia’s Sarah Blasko will continue to win UK audiences over with her “cinematic visions (and) songs of naked heartbreak” (Mojo) at the following dates:

Tuesday 16th November – Joiners, Southampton
Wednesday 17th November – Electric Ballroom, London
Friday 19th November – King Tut’s, Glasgow
Saturday 20th November – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Sunday 21st November – Deaf Institute, Manchester
Monday 22nd November – Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
Tuesday 23rd November – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
Wednesday 24th November – Audio, Brighton
Friday 26th November – The Louisiana, Bristol

Tickets £8 (£12.50 London) plus booking fee.

Sarah is set for a busy festival season, with performances at Great Escape and Secret Garden Party already confirmed with more to come.

Having previously only played a handful of dates across the UK, the release of her third album As Day Follows Night and subsequent year-long decamping to London has energized Sarah Blasko. Fans of The Temper Trap who saw her as the special guest on their Spring tour will attest that Blasko’s live show has now evolved to the point where she has become an inimitable visual presence, her deceptively fragile voice belying her wistful magnetism. Said Blasko of her decision to move to Europe “I’ve wanted to have my music out here for a long time. I’ve always known it was possible, but I’m a big believer in things happening at the right time. With this album, everything seems to have slotted in to place and the timing feels perfect.”

As Day Follows Night is Sarah’s first album to be released in Europe and came about after a meeting with Bjorn Yttling of Peter, Bjorn & John. Having previously produced Lykke Li’s Youth Novels, Bjorn brought this expertise to bear as Sarah set about recording an entirely acoustic album, free from the electronic influences of her earlier work. The result is an elegant, intelligent collection that is her most lyrically direct, musically simple and emotionally affecting album to date. Rolling Stone claimed it was “as warm as Blasko has ever sounded – immaculate, organic and airy”. The album’s delights are as diverse as the spaghetti-western strains of All I Want, the joyous pop of Hold On My Heart and Over & Over’s prickly, leftfield folk. There’s also the spooky, bluesy shudder of Lost & Defeated’s tribute to Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, the double bass-driven Bird On A Wire’s sizzling, old-school jazz club vibes and the dreamy We Won’t Run.