Photo credit: Andrew Newiss
Gretchen Peters returns to the UK in May for a final run of shows following her announcement that she will retire from full-scale touring this year. The singer-songwriter has been incredibly well-received by UK audiences over the years, building a considerable fan base the old-fashioned way by touring regularly and releasing quality records. Speaking from personal experience, I’ve been lucky enough to see Gretchen a couple of times over the years, so I’d highly recommend popping along to a show. More about Gretchen and the tour follows:
“It’s important to me to have the opportunity to let UK fans know just how much their support has meant to me. I literally don’t think I’d have a touring career without them. They were always there for me, steadily growing in numbers year by year, even when I wasn’t touring or doing much in the US. And around the time Hello Cruel World and Blackbirds came out, things really amped up and our UK audience seemed to grow by leaps and bounds. I’m grateful for the chance to express my gratitude to them directly; to say thank you for decades of support and love. I expect it to be emotional, to say the least”
Beloved of UK audiences, US singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters has been gracing stages on these shores for over 25 years. She marked her silver anniversary in style in 2022 with the release of The Show: Live from the UK on Proper Records, to glowing reviews. Widely praised by fans and critics alike, the beautifully presented, double-CD was recorded during a 2019 UK tour with Peters’ band and an all-female Scottish string quartet. CD 1 captures 10 tracks Gretchen and her band performed with the string quartet and CD 2 highlights 8 tracks from Gretchen and her band. The package is supplemented by a collection of evocative live photographs documenting the concerts at which the recordings took place.
2023 UK Tour:
03-May-23 BELFAST - THE MAC – SOLD OUT
04-May-23 LYTHAM ST ANNES - LOWTHER PAVILION
05-May-23 GATESHEAD - THE SAGE 2
06-May-23 LIVERPOOL - THE PHILHARMONIC
16-May-23 MILTON KEYNES – THE STABLES
17-May-23 BURY ST EDMUNDS - THE APEX
19-May-23 BUXTON - OPERA HOUSE
20-May-23 BIRMINGHAM - TOWN HALL
21-May-23 BEXHILL-ON-SEA - DE LA WARR PAVILION
23-May-23 CARDIFF - LEVEL 3 / ST DAVIDS HALL
24-May-23 SWINDON - WYVERN THEATRE
25-May-23 EXETER - CORN EXCHANGE
26-May-23 LONDON - CADOGAN HALL
Tickets on sale: Shows | (gretchenpeters.com)
