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You Could Be The B-Side To Frank Turner's New Single

• 20th May 2010

In what is already a jam packed summer of UK, European and American festival appearances as well as a support slot with Green Day at Wembley Stadium, Frank Turner is also finding time to release his new single ‘Try This At Home’ on 2nd August 2010.

The fourth song to be lifted from Top 40 album ‘Poetry Of The Deed’, ‘Try This At Home’ is a raucous call to arms. Embodying the true spirit of punk rock – it is all about the DIY ethos that drives the punk scene and encourages anyone and everyone to pick up a guitar, jot down some words, and just give it go.

And it is with this spirit that Frank is offering the chance for a new, unsigned act to be on the B-side of the single.

In a fantastic, one-off competition Frank, together with labels Xtra Mile Recordings (UK) and Epitaph Records (rest of the world) is asking for new and original music to be sent to him for consideration for the b-side. There will be two winners chosen by Frank together with Kerrang! in the UK and Alternative Press in the USA – with both winning tracks included as the B-Sides of a limited edition coloured vinyl – 1000 copies each for the UK and the rest of the world.

For more information and details of how to enter the competition go to:
www.xtramilerecordings.com and link

Having just completed his first ever tour of Australia and China Frank returns to play a staggering array of festivals over the summer months including headlining Wood and 2000trees, main stage performance at Latitude, two sets at Glastonbury and the NME/Radio1 Stage at Reading and Leeds. And that’s not to mention being invited by Green Day to play at their Manchester and Wembley Stadium shows in June. Incredible. All tour dates are as follows:

MAY
23 Wood Festival, Oxfordshire
27 Club Kerrang at Birmingham Academy, Birmingham (solo show)
28 Mandela Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Tickets)
29 Academy 2, Dublin, Eire
30 Cypress Avenue, Cork, Eire

JUNE
4 Sublime, Tel Aviv, Israel
6 Syncopa, Haifa, Israel
10 Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, TN, USA
16 Manchester Cricket Ground, Manchester (with Green Day)
18 Hurricane Festival, Germany
19 Wembley Stadium, (with Green Day)
20 Southside Festival, Germany
25 Glastonbury Festival
26 Glastonbury Festival

JULY
11 T In The Park Festival
15 Larmer Tree Festival, Salisbury
16 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham
17 Latitude Festival
22 Calgary Folk Festival, Canada

AUGUST
1 Osheaga Festival, Montreal, Canada
2 The Webster Underground, Hartford, CT, USA
3 Lost Horizon, Syracuse, NY, USA
4 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, USA
5 Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ, USA (supporting The Gaslight Anthem)
6 Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY, USA
7 Magic Stick, Detroit, MI, USA
8 Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL, USA 20 Highfield Festival, Germany
21 Area 4 Festival, Germany
22 Winterthurer Musikfestwochen, SZ
27 Leeds Festival (NME/Radio 1 Stage)
28 Reading Festival (NME/Radio 1 stage)

DECEMBER
12th O2 Academy Brixton, London