The tour kicks off at Ireby Music Festival on Saturday 25th May followed by the first leg of the walk from Cumbria arriving at Heddon on the Wall, Northumberland on June 1st.  Steve will then take the tour to Derby and Southwell Folk Festival before returning north for a grand finale at the Folkalpoint festival at The Sage Gateshead on November 30th 2013.

The tour has been inspired by Steve’s long term musical buddy Tim, who developed the neurological condition ataxia which curtailed his ability to perform. Steve wrote and recorded the song Steady, which features Stephen Doherty’s hauntingly beautiful whistle-playing, to raise awareness of ataxia and to support the charity Ataxia UK’s 2020 campaign to find a cure.

Ataxia is a progressive neurological disorder for which there is no cure. It affects motor co-ordination, walking, vision and speech. There are 10,000 adults with the condition in the UK and it can affect any age group including children. Ataxia UK supports people affected by the condition as well as funding vital research into finding a cure. www.ataxia.org.uk/

Steve Bonham says “I want to do something about this ataxia thing and I want to make more people aware of it - so people don’t think those affected are drunk or stupid. I want people to see beyond the stumble and the uncertainty to the still strong person within. And I want to raise some dosh so that good research by clever people can go on.” 

Steve will be show casing Steady along with songs from his 2012 critically acclaimed album ‘The Moon’s High Tide’ and some new pieces. He will be joined by the “Bishop” (keyboards, tuba and percussion) and special guests to create some exhilarating performances of contemporary folk music.  Steve is a folk veteran and has collaborated with folk royalty such as ex-Saw Doctor Pearce Doherty, Jimmy Higgins (Irish band Altan) and Fairport Convention’s legendary Dave Pegg.

Steady is now available for free download with donations to Ataxia UK. http://www.stevebonham.net/steady or to view http://youtu.be/eHg-x4ubk3g

 Hadrians Wall Walk Tour Dates

Hadrian’s Wall Path is a national trail stretching from the Solway coast in Cumbria to Wallsend in Tyne and Wear, crossing the North Pennines area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and following the roman wall built by the Emperor Hadrian as a frontier of the Roman Empire.

May 05 – Sunday, Tour Launch BAAfest Bellingham

May 26 – Saturday, Ireby Festival

May 27 – Monday, Robin Hood Bar and Restaurant, Eastwell Houses

May 29 – Wednesday, Twiced Brewed Inn Twice Brewed

May 30 – Thursday, Boatside Inn, Warden

May 31 – Friday, The Angle Inn Corbridge

June 01 – Saturday, The Swan Heddon on the Wall

Midlands de Tour

June 8 – Saturday, Southwell Folk Festival

June 5 – Wednesday, Derby The Quad

Folkalpoint Festival Finale

November 30 – Saturday, Folkalpoint Festival Gateshead Quays

December 01 - Finally reach Wallsend for rendition of “Steady”

For more information, interview requests or MP3 please contact:

Trish on bootsontour@aol.com or 01434 240428 or

Ellis on north1@quitegreatmusicpr.co.uk or 01422 399430

The boyband took North America by storm last year, with their arrival in the country likened to the Beatles.

Murs supported the 'Kiss You' stars on some of their American dates and it helped the fellow Brit to make inroads into a US career.

Speaking to the Mirror, the 'Army of Two' star admitted that he won't get as big as One Direction in the US - but he'll make a good fist of it. He said:

"In the UK, people don’t give X Factor contestants that much credit. Over in the States, they're listening to my music instead of saying 'Oh, he's from the X Factor...whatever'. I don't get the credit I deserve."

He continued: "So it's a really good thing for me. I'm able to come over here and be an artist – people are judging me on my abilities and my talent for my music. I don't ever expect to reach the heights of One Direction over here, but I believe I can be a success. And so far it's going well. It's been brilliant."

The 69-year-old icon told The Sun that he used to frequent his local library in Dartford many years ago.

However, the paper says he owes the book lending service around £20,000 after not paying back old fines.

Speaking about the Kent library, Richards said:

"It was a place where you get a hint there was a place called civilisation."

However, he added: "I still owe fines from about 50 years ago."

The Rolling Stones are currently on their 50 And Counting tour in North America, which will later take them to the UK for shows at the Glastonbury Festival and London's Hyde Park.

The 27-year-old beauty penned a track entitled 'I'm Fine' and has now released it onto the Internet for her fans to check out and told the Mail Online that it was a cathartic experience: "I wrote this song because I quite simply didn't know how to express myself in any other way. It was the easiest way to get my emotions out at what has become an absolutely heartbreaking time."

"What is amazing is that this has been a total release for me emotionally. This is how a song should be written. I quite simply went to see my manager Mark and my old engineer James at the Sanctum and ended up at a piano with a microphone where it all came out."

Waissel also gave an exclusive interview to Now magazine, in which she confessed that losing the man she loved almost broke her: "It began to sink in that we were now responsible for each other. The financial situation between us caused a lot of stress too. It was hard for him that I had more money, but paying for things didn't bother me."

"I was humiliated. I'd completely lost the man I loved. I feel tricked, conned and stupid. That's why I've been hiding away - I don't want to face it at the moment. I went through so much crap with The X Factor - it sucked the life out of me. I finally thought i had a clean slate in America. Then this happened. I keep thinking, 'What's wrong with me?'"

Speaking to E! News about the north American jaunt, the 'Little Bird' hitmaker explained that he spends most of his downtime with Swift and they get along really well so their relationship has made the run of dates very enjoyable:

"I go there, hang out with Taylor, I play a show, do my duet with her, then I hang out a bit more and then I go. So, really, it's a nice tour. Six months is a long time to go on tour and leave your family and friends and if you haven't got a friend on the road it can get quite lonely."

Sheeran also recently told Parade.com that performing to arenas full of people each night is nothing short of a dream come true: "I'm loving the 'Red Tour'. It's fun. Singer/songwriters always say they prefer smaller venues, but there's nothing like playing to 15,000 people a night and having them scream lyrics that you've written back to you."

Watch one of Sheeran's latest tour diary updates here:

The US indie-rockers augmented their schedule with three new shows in August and nine fresh dates in September.

The news comes after the group performed the same song for six hours straight in New York.

The National teamed up with artist Ragnar Kjartansson to play the song 'Sorrow' a reported 105 times in a row on Sunday (May 5).

The band's new tour dates meanwhile are as follows:

• August 4 - Murat Theater, Indianapolis, IN
• August 4 - Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI
• August 11 - Hollywood Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
• September 8 - Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
• September 9 - Cobb Energy Centre, Atlanta, GA
• September 11 - The Fillmore Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
• September 12 - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC
• September 13 - Iriquois Amphitheater, Louisville, KY
• September 15 - Orpheum Theater, Madison, WI
• September 20- Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA
• September 21 - Edgefield Winery, Portland, OR
• September 22 - PNE Amphitheatre, Vancouver, Canada

The flamboyant singer announced last month that she would be touring North America alongside the 'Give Me Everything' star from May to June.

Speaking to MTV, Ke$ha said the idea of a joint tour came about whist they were drinking. The 'Tik Tok' singer said:

"One day, [Pitbull and I] were backstage, drinking tequila, kind of f***ing around, and we're talking hypotheticals 'We should go on tour together; I'll sing a song in Spanish, how about that?' And he said 'Okay'. And then, like a month later, it happened in real life...so, how's it going to work? I have no f***ing idea! But is it going to be fun? Yeah. F*** yeah."

The 'Warrior' maestro added that she grew to learn that she and Pitbull were actually quite similar - meaning that a tour made even more sense. She said:

"I think that the reason I decided to tour with Pitbull is because we've worked together, and the first time we met, we had a very cool thing happening, but I was like 'Aw, I'll never see him again.' And then I kept on seeing him! And the more we saw each other, I realised that actually, we're incredibly similar; he just likes to have a good time and he's a super positive person, and I'm a really positive person who likes to get weird and wild."

The band have pulled forthcoming support slots with Muse in the US and Canada as well as an appearance at the Coachella Festival.

In a statement, their label said that Neil had been struggling with the problem in their last couple of concerts and that the dates have been shelved to preserve his long-term health. They said:

"Biffy Clyro have today been forced to cut short their North American tour and return to the UK immediately; Simon Neil has been struggling with a serious respiratory problem on the shows, including two nights supporting Muse at Madison Square Garden on Monday and Tuesday of this week, and was advised by doctors that he was endangering his long term health if he chose to continue performing on this run. Thus, further dates with Muse across the US and Canada, plus a second weekend performance at the Coachella Festival this coming Saturday, have now been cancelled."

The statement continued: "The band wish to express how sorry they are that they aren't able to carry out the full run of shows, and hope to confirm a new run of North American shows shortly. All UK and European dates this Summer should, however, remain unaffected."

The veteran band recently confirmed plans to tour North America in May and June before hitting London's Hyde Park on July 6.

The UK date comes after a headline slot at the famous Glastonbury Festival in June.

Speaking to Absolute Radio, guitarist Keith Richards revealed that they might surprise fans by playing an intimate warm-up show in London. He said:

"We usually do play [play small venues] at the beginning of tours here and there throwing a club thing in to touch base with everybody really and with ourselves I guess. Hopefully that'll maybe happen while we're in London. I don't know, I'm not promising anything by the way. There's always the possibility, I never rule these guys out of anything."

The band, who have told fans that the record features a collaboration with Courtney Love, are set to hit the road in September for a full run of dates that will take them across North America.

The shows will kick off on September 5 in Connecticut and will end several weeks later with a concert at the USF Sun Dome in Florida on September 29. Tickets go on sale on April 5 and April 6.

Fall Out Boy's new single, 'My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark', has been well received by fans and yesterday (March 26) Taylor Swift told her followers that she hasn't turned it off: "I've listened to "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark" by @FallOutBoy 43 times today.

September 5 - Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun
September 6 - Lowell, MA – Tsongas Arena
September 7 - Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
September 8 - Philadelphia, PA – Liacouras Center
September 10 - Fairfax, VA – Patriot Center
September 11 - Cleveland, OH – Wolstein Center
September 14 - Auburn Hills, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills
September 15 - Toronto, ON – Echo Beach at Molson Canadian
September 18 - Broomfield, CO – First Bank Center
September 20 - Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
September 21 - San Francisco, CA – Americas Cup Pavilion
September 22 - San Diego, CA – Valley View Casino Center
September 25 - The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 26 - Grand Prairie, TX – Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie
September 28 - Alpharetta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
September 29 - Tampa, FL – USF Sun Dome

Watch the newly announced tour's promotional video here:

Entitled the Summer Stampede 2013 tour, the band are set to head out to Canada and the U.S. on May 21 with their first date taking place in Calgary, Alberta. The final show will come a month later on June 20 in Colorado.

In addition to this exciting update, Mumford & Sons will also be performing on the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover tour in August. Speaking about this run of dates, frontman Marcus Mumford said:

"The Gentlemen of the Road Stopovers are all about live music. We get to put them on in towns not normally frequented by touring bands in busses or splitter vans. We deliberately look for towns that have something unique, or some vibe of which they are proud, explore them and enjoy what they have to offer.”

Tickets for the group's shows will go on general sale on April 5 and their full list of tour dates can be seen below:

May 21 - Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
May 22 - Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place
May 24 - Surrey, BC – Holland Park
May 26 - George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
May 27 - Portland, OR – Rose Garden Arena
May 29 - Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre
May 30 - Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre
May 31 - Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre
June 02 - San Bernardino, CA – Glen Helen Regional Park
June 03 - Chula Vista, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre
June 05 - Phoenix, AZ – Desert Sky Pavilion
June 06 - Taos, NM – Kit Carson Park
June 08 - Austin, TX – Austin 360 Amphitheater
June 09 - Austin, TX – Austin 360 Amphitheater
June 11 - Dallas, TX – Gexa Energy Pavilion
June 12 - The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 13 - New Orleans, LA – Mardi Gras World
June 15 - Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 17 - Bonner Springs, KS – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
June 20 - Telluride, CO – Telluride Bluegrass Festival

Watch the band's video for 'Whispers in the Dark' here:

The music star is currently on a massive North America tour to promote her 2012 record 'Red', but it seems she is spending her spare time productively.

Photos have emerged of Swift filming material for what looks like a new music video, with the singer seen sporting a number of different outfits.

She was also pictured sitting on a roof with friends, as well as reacting to some shocking news.

Swift's last video - for her track '22' - was released just last week (March 13) as she continues to plug the 'Red' album.

The 'A Team' star is currently traversing North America as Taylor Swift's support act on her 'Red' tour.

It seems he is using his spare time wisely, however, with Sheeran tweeting last night (March 17) that he is penning new material on the road. He said:

"Right back into songwriting today, very exciting."

The 'Lego House' star added: "It's been over a year since I wrote a song like this. When songs write themselves, that's an amazing feeling."

It has been reported that Sheeran has been busy over the past number of months working on the follow-up to his 2011 debut record '+'.

Sheeran's US jaunt meanwhile is due to end in Nashville on September 21.

The country-pop star is kicking off her massive North American tour tonight (March 13) in promotion of her 2012 album 'Red'.

Speaking to MTV, the '22' singer revealed that she is gunning for a more "mature" feel to her stage show, telling fans to "expect the unexpected". She said:

"I think that the visuals kind of portrayed on this tour will be, I guess, more grown-up and a little more mature than things we've done in the past. And I think on my previous albums and my previous tours I've really liked to operate in the element of fantasy and I think that this tour will incorporate a little more reality into the visuals, which is nice."

Swift added: "I think from the Red Tour fans can expect the unexpected. I think I really like the element of surprise and I love incorporating that into the shows. I like for these tours to be completely different from every single one we've done."

Collaborator and friend Ed Sheeran meanwhile is due to provide support on her North American dates.