
Brighton-based artist Ben McKelvey has been announced as the support act for The Overtones 2016 Christmas tour. The singer-songwriter who recently opened 17 arena dates for Wet Wet Wet prepares for 20 dates around the UK with the vocal-harmony group who regularly fill City Hall’s and large theatre’s as they tour.
McKelvey said he was ‘delighted to be joining another high profile tour’ as he gears up to release his 2nd album in 2017. Follow the success of recent album Life & Love in England which hit the top 10 of the iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart there is eager anticipation from fans to hear new music.
Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ben McKelvey grew up in West London on a musical diet of classic songwriters like Springsteen, Dylan, Cash and Joe Strummer. He formed pop-punk group Fluid Lines as a teenager, going on to record and tour the UK with them. After a series of successful tours and radio exposure, the group went their separate ways in 2011. Determined to continue making music, Ben made the switch to guitar and set out as a solo artist.
Tickets on sale Friday 2nd September at 10am
www.gigst.rs/OT / www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Tour Dates:
November:
24th
Glasgow
Royal Concert Hall
25th
Blackpool
Opera House
28th
Manchester
Bridgewater Hall
29th
Reading
Hexagon Theatre
30th
Southend
Cliffs Pavilion
December:
2nd
Oxford
New Theatre
5th
Southampton
O2 Guildhall
6th
Brighton
Dome
7th
Ipswich
Regent Theatre
9th
Sheffield
City Hall
10th
Birmingham
Symphony Hall
11th
Scunthorpe
Baths Hall
12th
Gateshead
Sage
14th
York
Barbican Centre
15th
Bristol
Colston Hall
16th
Greenwich
Indigo at the O2
17th
Greenwich
Indigo at the O2
19th
Guildford
G Live
20th
Cambridge
Corn Exchange
21st
Liverpool
Philharmonic
22nd
Nottingham
Royal Concert Hall
For more information on Ben McKelvey please visit his website, Facebook, and Twitter links below:
https://www.facebook.com/bmckmusic