With talk about a third solo album being on its way, Chris Helme has headed out on the road again for his 2016 tour, which sees him calling in on 16 locations in total starting out at Fred’s Ale House in Manchester. You can see all of the dates below to catch the new material live, but we’ll be keeping an ear to the ground fro the latest on upcoming single, You’re Too Bad.
2016 UK tour dates:
Friday February 12th 2016 – Fred’s Ale House – Manchester
Saturday February 13th 2016 – Ashcroft Arts Centre – Fareham
Friday February 26th 2016 – Ukrainian Centre – Doncaster
Saturday February 27th 2016 – Soundhouse Leicester – Leicester
Saturday March 12th 2016 – St David’s Hall – Cardiff
Saturday March 26th 2016 – The Loft – Greenock
Sunday March 27th 2016 – The Duchess Of Kirkcaldy – Kirkcaldy
Friday April 15th 2016 – The Spa Hotel – Saltburn By The Sea
Friday May 20th 2016 – Theatre Severn – Shropshire
Friday June 3rd 2016 – Acoustic Festival Of Great Britain – Uttoxeter
Saturday June 4th 2016 – Enjoy Music Festival – Aberdeen
Sunday June 5th 2016 – TBC – Falkirk
Friday June 17th 2016 – The Tavern – Blyth
Saturday June 18th 2016 – The Tufted Duck – Aberdeen
Sunday June 19th 2016 – The Backstairs – Wick
Saturday June 25th 2016 – Apollo Festival – York
2012:
On the back of the brilliance of his second solo album, The Rookery, Chris Helme kick started his 2012 tour with a show at the Surya in London on the 2nd October 2012. Returning from a long break since his last release with The Yards in 2009, Helme took to the road with another 12 dates following the Surya gig.
There weren’t all that many locations on the tour, so if you did manage to catch him play tracks from The Rookery around its release then you may have had to do a little travelling to get there.
The occassionally also plays a few of the tracks from the Seahorses days, so old school fans will have probably put in the effort to hear the likes of Love Is The Law and Blinded By The Sun live all over again. If you haven’t had a chance to hear any of the material from his second album, you can get a listen to preview track, Good To Be In Love, at our initial write up of Chris Helme’s return with The Rookery. You can also read our review of the album at www.tuppencemagazine.co.uk/chris-helme-the-rookery-review/.
The tour dates included a fly-by into Herne Bay with Simon and Oscar from Ocean Colour Scene supporting, as well as a few gigs with Mark Morriss of Bluetones fame.
Chris Helme 2012 tour dates:
- 2nd Oct 2012, Surya, London
- 7th Oct 2012, Rock Your Mind Festival, Middlesborough
- 12th Oct 2012, Kings Hall (with Simon & Oscar of Ocean Colour Scene), Herne Bay
- 3rd Nov 2012, Venue Cymru (with Turin Brakes), Llandudno
- 4th Nov 2012, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
- 9th Nov 2012, Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
- 10th Nov 2012, Tollbooth, Stirling
- 23rd Nov 2012, The Square (with Mark Morriss of The Bluetones), Harlow
- 29th Nov 2012, Compass, Chester
- 30th Nov 2012, Helmsley Arts Centre, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
- 1st Dec 2012, The Junction, Oldham
- 6th Dec 2012, Chapel Arts Centre, Bath
- 21st Dec 2012, The Blue Room (with Mark Morriss of the Bluetones), Blackpool
