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Bellowhead To Call it A Day In 2016

• 3rd Jun 2015

Not just the critic’s favourite but a firm fan favourite too, folk-troupe Bellowhead have announced they will sadly draw the curtain on the band in 2016.

The band have a string of remaining festival dates and headline shows over the summer and will be announcing details of their final run on Friday 5th June 2015; a split tour between November 2015 and April 2016.

In a statement on their official website, the band said:

This is a sad message to send but after 11 amazing years we’ve decided to call it a day.

It’s been an incredible journey for us all and we’ve loved every minute of being Bellowhead but Jon has decided the time has come for him to stand down as lead singer and the rest of us don’t feel that we wish to continue without him. We have therefore decided that we should give Bellowhead the send off it deserves and go out with a bang.

So we will be performing a two-part farewell tour (in November 2015 and April 2016) finishing as we started all those years back, with an intimate gig at Oxford Town Hall (on May Day 2016) – the very first venue we ever played as a band.

The tour dates will be announced in full on Friday June 5th and tickets will go on general sale on Friday 12th June. Mailing list members will be given the chance to pre-order on Wednesday 10th.

We are all looking forward to the remaining gigs and intend to make them our best shows yet so we hope you can come along for the party.

We hope you will not be too upset with us for calling time on the band. Of course Bellowhead would have been nothing without the support of our amazing fans over the last decade. We are all incredibly grateful to you for coming with us on this journey and want to thank you all for being part of the Bellowhead story.

Love

Bellowhead x

LIVE DATES 2015

JUNE
26 GRASSINGTON Arts Festival

JULY
16 LARMER TREE FESTIVAL
17 STOKE-ON-TRENT VICTORIA HALL
18 POCKLINGTON – PLATFORM FESTIVAL
19 FOLK BY THE OAK
24 WOMAD FESTIVAL
25 CARDIGAN CASTLE – SOLD OUT

AUGUST
27 CHEPSTOW CASTLE
28 TØNDER FESTIVAL – DENMARK
29 TOWERSEY FESTIVAL
30 CARFEST SOUTH – SOLD OUT