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Tour Dates
06/23/2017 Pilton UK Glastonbury Festival 08/20/2017 Gampel, Switzerland Open Air 08/27/2017 Portsmouth, UK Southsea Seafront Read More
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“Manchester” wasn’t “by the sea”—
…but instead along the banks of Prior Lake, as Manchester, UK singer-songwriter Tom Walker made a brief stop in the Twin Cities suburb, to perform a short acoustic set and introduce himself during his first time in the area.
The musician, originally from Glasgow and now based in London, recently released his debut EP, Blessings (Relentless/Epic Records) was selected as Elvis Duran’s Artist of the Month appearing on the Today Show and single ‘Just You and I’ has topped 12 million Spotify streams. After a sold out stint opening for George Ezra, Walker is on a brief radio promotional tour and joined local station Cities 97 as part of their Live on the Lake series that features local musicians, developing artists, and some established names, playing at a lakeside establishment on Thursday afternoons over the summer.
“We’ve come all the way from rainy England” Walker remarked, doing some last minute tuning as he and his percussionist started their half hour set with ‘Rapture’, from the EP. The happy hour outdoors crowd was typically over-boisterous but slowly came more around as Walker continued, next with his stripped version of Imagine Dragons’ ‘Radioactive’, something he hopes his songs will become in the States.
‘Just You and I’ would follow, with Walker in hat and sunglasses, taking in the dockside view as the blustery wind swept things about, and swelled water currents. ‘Play Dead’ was originally recorded in the middle of the night (thus being dubbed the 4AM mix) and ‘Me Myself and I’ was not the De La Soul song, but a Walker original that recalls his bus rides in London that took him to mysterious places, sometimes without a way back.
“If you fancy a little moving… why not?!” Walker mentioned before closing with a skiffle sounding ‘Shaking’, a surefire toe-tapper though the crowd found it hard to move on the narrow deck area.
Walker has released a new single, ‘Heartland’ with full-length presumably on the way soon, and plays to a much bigger audience back home in England this weekend, taking part in the massive Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, UK, but we hope to see him back locally for a full-length proper gig, once the album is released.
…but instead along the banks of Prior Lake, as Manchester, UK singer-songwriter Tom Walker made a brief stop in the Twin Cities suburb, to perform a short acoustic set and introduce himself during his first time in the area.
The musician, originally from Glasgow and now based in London, recently released his debut EP, Blessings (Relentless/Epic Records) was selected as Elvis Duran’s Artist of the Month appearing on the Today Show and single ‘Just You and I’ has topped 12 million Spotify streams. After a sold out stint opening for George Ezra, Walker is on a brief radio promotional tour and joined local station Cities 97 as part of their Live on the Lake series that features local musicians, developing artists, and some established names, playing at a lakeside establishment on Thursday afternoons over the summer.
“We’ve come all the way from rainy England” Walker remarked, doing some last minute tuning as he and his percussionist started their half hour set with ‘Rapture’, from the EP. The happy hour outdoors crowd was typically over-boisterous but slowly came more around as Walker continued, next with his stripped version of Imagine Dragons’ ‘Radioactive’, something he hopes his songs will become in the States.
‘Just You and I’ would follow, with Walker in hat and sunglasses, taking in the dockside view as the blustery wind swept things about, and swelled water currents. ‘Play Dead’ was originally recorded in the middle of the night (thus being dubbed the 4AM mix) and ‘Me Myself and I’ was not the De La Soul song, but a Walker original that recalls his bus rides in London that took him to mysterious places, sometimes without a way back.
“If you fancy a little moving… why not?!” Walker mentioned before closing with a skiffle sounding ‘Shaking’, a surefire toe-tapper though the crowd found it hard to move on the narrow deck area.
Walker has released a new single, ‘Heartland’ with full-length presumably on the way soon, and plays to a much bigger audience back home in England this weekend, taking part in the massive Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, UK, but we hope to see him back locally for a full-length proper gig, once the album is released.
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Tom Walker at Charlie's on Prior, Prior Lake, MN (15 June 2017) |
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