Brit nominated, acoustic guitar virtuoso Newton Faulkner has announced a string of live dates this spring ahead of his new album to be released later this year finishing up with an intimate Dublin date at Whelans on May 27th.

Tickets priced €22.50 inclusive of booking fee are on sale from this Friday 17th February from Ticketmaster outlets and online at www.ticketmaster.ie. 

As well as playing his classic hits, Newton will be giving fans the chance to hear new material on the tour as he showcases songs from his forthcoming LP. 

He has sold over 1million albums in the UK alone. His debut ‘Hands Built By Robots’ spent over10 months inside the Top 40 Album Charts and become one of the Top 20 Biggest Selling UK digital albums of all time.

Newton is currently putting the finishing touches to his new album, taking a back to basics approach and recording most of it at home. 

Tour dates are:

• Mon 23-Apr - Falmouth Pavilion
• Wed 25-Apr -  Guildford Glive
• Thu 26-Apr - Bournemouth Old Fire Station
• Sat 28-Apr - Southend Palace Theatre
• Sun 29-Apr - Folkestone Quarterhouse
• Tue 01-May - London Scala
• Thu 03-May - Birmingham O2 Academy 2
• Sat 05-May - Bristol O2 Academy (Bristol Folk Festival)
• Tue 08-May - Newcastle Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre
• Wed 09-May - Cardiff Coal Exchange
• Thu 10-May - Oxford O2 Academy
• Sat 12-May - Norwich Open
• Sun 13-May - Leamington Spa Assembly
• Tue 15-May - Holmfirth Picturedome
• Wed 16-May - Leeds Cockpit
• Thu 17-May - Sheffield Leadmill
• Sat 19-May - Manchester Academy 2
• Sun 20-May - Liverpool Uni Stanley Theatre
• Tue 22-May - Aberdeen Lemon Tree
• Wed 23-May - Dundee Fat Sams
• Thu 24-May - Glasgow Oran Mor
• Sat 26-May - Belfast The Limelight
• Sun 27-May - Dublin Whelan's 

For more see: www.newtonfaulkner.com / www.mcd.ie / www.ticketmaster.ie