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Badly Drawn Boy Confirms UK Tour

Badly Drawn Boy Confirms UK Tour

Singer Damon Gough, the cat in the (woolly) hat, also known as Badly Drawn Boy, has scheduled a full UK tour.

The UK tour is to promote his fifth album “Born In The UK”, which is out this week on his new label EMI.

Gough will be joined on the dates by his live band; Alex Thomas (Drums), Sean McCann (Bass), Cameron Miller (Guitar), and Steve MaGuire (Keyboards/Guitar).

They will play the following dates this Autumn:

OCTOBER
Glasgow, ABC (25)
Newcastle, University (26)
Sheffield, Leadmill (27)
Keele, University (28)

NOVEMBER
Wolverhampton, Wulfrun (1)
Cambridge, Junction (2)
Portsmouth, Pyramids (4)
London, Bloomsbury Ballroom (5)
London, Bloomsbury Ballroom (6)

2006 Mercury Prize nominee Isobel Campbell will support on the dates.

Prior to the UK tour Badly Drawn Boy appears at a Serge Gainsborg tribute concert alongside Javis Cocker, Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys, Mick Harvey and Stereolab. The tribute takes place this Saturday at London’s Barbican


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