FANNY LUMSDEN MAKES TRIUMPHANT UK DEBUT AT GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
Headline Shows Across The UK/Ireland Begin This Week – London & Kinsale Sold Out, Limited Tickets For All Other Shows
Latest Preview – ‘When I Die’ – From Highly Anticipated Upcoming Album ”Hey Dawn‘ Out Now
Credit: Mark Pickthall
LONDON, U.K. – (27 June, 2023) – Multi-award-winning Australian artist, Fanny Lumsden made a triumphant UK debut alongside her band, the Prawn Stars, this past weekend at Glastonbury Festival.
In addition to her performance at Glastonbury, Fanny will be headlining three shows in Ireland this week – June 28th in Kinsale (sold out), June 29th in Ballydehob and June 30th in Clonakilty – and a sold-out show in London (July 6th). Limited tickets are available here.
Lumsden, who played the Field of Avalon Stage on Friday afternoon (23/6), said of the festival and performance: “I cannot believe that our first ever gig in the UK was to a full Avalon Stage at Glastonbury. The Audience was so amazing and sang along and did all the designated dance moves and brought a lot of joy – it was an incredible experience. We are really excited to be here and sharing our songs and stories all the way from Australia, with these beautiful audiences and can’t wait to do more!”
Fanny’s highly anticipated fourth studio album Hey Dawn is set to drop on August 4th. The latest preview of the album, ‘When I Die’, released on May 31st, followed ‘Millionaire’ and the album’s title track, ‘Hey Dawn’.
The album is a rich character study, with the singer-songwriter reflecting on the stories that have shaped her and those around her. It’s also a more sonically diverse outing than Lumsden’s previous records, incorporating elements such as guitar-based indie-pop into her trademark world of gorgeously crafted, emotionally rich acoustic songwriting.
“I wanted it to feel good, I wanted to have fun,” she smiles. “I didn’t want to think too hard about it – I just wanted to feel.”
Hey Dawn is, in short, Lumsden’s most complete offering to date. Having focused inward lyrically on Fallow, Lumsden was once again interested in telling detail-rich stories – both her own, and other people’s. In particular, she found herself drawn to her childhood, “when obviously I felt no weight of anything”.
“I think that might have been a reaction to the last few years, which were heavy for everyone,” she offers.
The tour continues on Weds, June 28:
June 28 – Kinsale, IE – Prims Book Shop (SOLD OUT)
June 29 – Ballydehob, IE – Levis Corner Hose
June 30 – Clonakilty, IE – De Barras
July 6 – London, UK – Green Note (SOLD OUT)
ABOUT FANNY LUMSDEN:
ARIA Award, 8x Golden Guitar, and AIR Award winning Australian artist Fanny Lumsden released her third studio album, Fallow, on Cooking Vinyl Australia/Red Dirt Road Records, in 2020. It debuted at #10 on the all-genre ARIA charts, going to #1 on the Country ARIA charts for two consecutive weeks, was named Best Country Album at the 2020 ARIA Awards, and swept the field taking home five Golden Guitar Awards including Album of the year, Female artist of the year, Single of the year (‘Fierce’), Video clip of the year and Alt Country Album of the year. Fallow was shortlisted for the prestigious Australian Music Prize top 9 albums of 2020 with her Variations album also making the longlist. Fallow also won the AIR (Australian Independent Record Awards) Country Album of the Year, along with an Album of the Year nomination, and finished it off with an APRA award nomination for one of the top 5 most played country songs for 2021 for Dig.
Fanny has made multiple TV appearances and was one of 12 Aussies in Global Music Match. She is a Support Act Advocate, a Volunteer firefighter, she wrote and produced a documentary telling the story of Fallow through the summer of bushfires – and managed to pull off a sold-out theatre tour across Australia in the wake of the first wave of the pandemic. Fanny was also named 2021 Albury Local Woman of the Year for the Hume Shire for her work with regional communities, was the Country Ambassador for BIGSOUND Country in 2022 and is a leader within the CMAA (Country Music Association of Australia) community.
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