The Frays Live Tour in 2007
| Published: 6th June 2007 20:02 |
The Fray Meet The Masses
First Major UK Headline Tour Announced
The Fray are one of this year's biggest new acts. Performing at V this summer and already a chart mainstay, the Denver 4-piece continue their unprecedented global success with a 9-date headline tour this autumn - their first ever in the UK.
Featuring special guest Pete Yorn, it opens in Glasgow on October 26th and reaches fever pitch with a show at London's Hammersmith Apollo on November 5th.
Together, the band - Isaac Slade (lead vocals/piano), Joe King (guitar /vocals), Dave Welsh (guitar), and Ben Wysocki (drums/ percussion) - will perform tracks from their smash-hit LP ‘How To Save A Life', which has sold over 2 million copies in the US and a staggering 200,000 here since it's release 12 weeks ago. The forthcoming dates are:
August 18th & 19th - V Festival - Sold Out!
October 23rd Ireland, Castle Bar Royal Theatre
24th Ireland, Dublin National Stadium
26th Glasgow, Academy
27th Leeds, University
28th Newcastle, Academy
30th Birmingham, Academy
31st Nottingham, Rock City
November 1st Manchester, Apollo
2nd Bristol, Academy
4th Portsmouth, Guildhall
5th London, Hammersmith Apollo
New dates announced featuring special guest Pete Yorn
Tickets go on sale Friday, 18th may at 9.30am. tel: 0871 2200 260 or visit www.gigsandtours.com
No strangers to the UK live stage, The Fray were special guests to
The Feeling last year and headlined a packed Shepherd's Bush Empire in March. The eagerly awaited new single ‘Over My Head (Cable Car)' has already been a massive stateside hit, being streamed more than 1 million times on My Space in one month. It was also Number 1 on US i-Tunes for 8 consecutive weeks and is released here June 11th.
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