27 March 2019

Fresh from being announced as one of the headliners for The Long Road Festival, Kip Moore has also announced three full band dates in the UK for September. The US singer-songwriter will be performing in the UK for four dates in May to support his ‘Room to Spare’ acoustic tour, which sold out immediately, but has now announced a selection of full band shows for the second half of the year. In addition, Moore’s ‘Room to Spare: The Acoustic Sessions” EP will be released on vinyl for Record Store Day, with the vinyl featuring five additional tracks that weren’t on the initial release. Kip Moore will be playing: September 2 – Roundhouse, London, England September 4 – O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland September 5 – Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Brothers Osborne will be returning to London to play O2 Academy Islington on June 14 ahead of their debut appearance at Download Festival. The critically acclaimed duo were only in the UK as recently as December 2018 – with the group ending that tour with a sold-out show at O2 Kentish Town Forum in London – but will be returning to England’s capital before they become the first country rock band to play both Country to Country (C2C) and the nation’s biggest rock festival in Download. Speaking about returning to this side of the Atlantic, the Nashville based duo stressed the importance of the UK and that they are humbled to be appreciated so much on these shores. “The UK is quickly becoming our second touring home,” Brothers Osborne said in a joint statement. “So much of our favourite music comes from there, so it’s an honour to be embraced by such great music lovers.” Tickets go on sale at 9:00am on March 29, though there is a Live Nation presale that is on March 28 at 9:00am. The link for both is here.

Country in the Afternoon has announced that their TBA slot is Robert Vincent, with the singer-songwriter to take to the stage on June 1. Vincent, who won the inaugural Bob Harris Emerging Artist Award at The UK Americana Awards in 2016, completes a line-up that also has Jesse Dayton, Morganway, Russ Tolman, Zoee, Katee Kross, The Blue Highways and Two Ways Home on the bill. The Liverpool based artist has also won UK Album of the Year at The Americana Awards in 2018 for ‘I’ll Make The Most of My Sins’ and is currently working on his third studio album. Vincent has also supported the likes of Beth Nielsen Chapman, Duane Eddy and Roger Waters amongst others. Country in the Afternoon is a new two-day mini-festival that is ran by Cumbrae Promotions, who organise Millport Country Music Festival in Scotland. The event is to take place on June 1-2 at The Half Moon in Putney, London. Saturday and Weekend tickets are available here, while Sunday and Weekend tickets are available here.