The Bad Flowers And Federal Charm To Co-headline UK Tour
- by Cameron Arndt
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The latest Planet Rock Presents tour will be a co-headline affair featuring Midlands-based hard-rocking three piece The Bad Flowers and 70s-influenced blues rockers Federal Charm who hail from Stockport. Support will come from Welsh five-piece These Damn Crows
The trek starts in Bristol on September 19th and covers much of the UK with stops including Pontypridd, Glasgow, Newcastle and Birmingham before it all concludes at London’s famous Borderline venue on Sunday 30th September. Here are all the dates:
Thekla, Bristol - Wednesday 19 September
Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd - Thursday 20 September
Rock City Basement, Nottingham - Friday 21 September
Classic Grand, Glasgow - Saturday 22 September
The Live Rooms, Chester - Sunday 23 September
The Deaf Institute, Manchester - Monday 24 September
The Parish, Huddersfield - Wednesday 26 September
Think Tank, Newcastle - Thursday 27 September
Corporation, Sheffield - Friday 28 September
O2 Institute 2, Birmingham - Saturday 29 September
Borderline, London - Sunday 30 September
THE BAD FLOWERS
The Bad Flowers released their full-length debut album ‘Starting Gun’ in February of this year, following their acclaimed self-titled EP in 2016. The new record boasted rock radio hits Hurricane and Thunder Child. The trio (Tom Leighton, vocals & guitar, Dale Bollard Tonks, bass and Karl Selickis, drums) toured as support to Stone Broken and Jared James Nichols that month, and played festivals this summer including Steelhouse, Stone Free and Hard Rock Hell. They will also appear at Planet Rockstock in December.
FEDERAL CHARM
Since a line-up change in 2017 – which saw 23 year old Southampton vocalist, Tom Guyer, and top Manchester drummer, Josh Zahler joining founders Paul Bowe (guitar) and L.D. Morawski (bass) - Federal Charm have been revitalized. The group spent the ensuing months writing and recording, as well as opening shows for legends like UFO, Y&T and Thin Lizzy’s Brian Downey. The tour with The Bad Flowers will see the band playing material from their much anticipated new album, Passenger, which is slated for release on September 14th. The album can be pre-ordered now on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify – fans will receive first single Choke as a free download when ordering.
THOSE DAMN CROWS
The heavy five piece from Bridgend in South Wales recently performed at festivals including Camden Rocks , Steelhouse, Hard Rock Hell and Ramblin’ Man. They also signed a worldwide deal with Earache Records and their debut single Fear The Broken premiered on Kerrang.com. They say their mission is simple, ‘To write great songs, play as many shows as possible and become another successful Welsh export.’
The Planet Rock Presents… The Bad Flowers/Federal Charm with Those Damn Crows tour kicks off September 19th at Thekla, Bristol. Tickets are priced at £10 for all shows except London, which is £12. (except £12 for London). The briefs can be booked now at http://www.planetrocktickets.co.uk/
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