Beth Orton To Embark On A 10 Date UK Headline Tour
Following the release of her critically acclaimed new album ‘Kidsticks’, Beth Orton is to embark on a 10 date UK headline tour including an appearance at o2 Institute in Birmingham on 28th September.
Having relocated to California a couple of years ago, Beth began experimenting with a series of electronic loops that would eventually come together as her career-redefining new album; a record inspired both by the wide-open nature of Los Angeles and the spirit of Beth’s earliest recordings (electronic work with producers like William Orbit, Andrew Weatherall and Kieran Hebden as well as groove-based music with Red Snapper).
Kidsticks repositions Beth’s unmistakable voice inside ten pure, audacious, playful and kinetic songs. A resolutely focused album, it represents a rare chance to hear an established artist get plugged in and completely rework the songwriting process with wide-eyed, open-minded glee.
Kidsticks was co-produced by Beth and Andrew Hung from F*ck Buttons. It was recorded with various musician friends of Beth’s in California (including George Lewis Jr. from Twin Shadow on electric guitars, Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor on backing vocals and bass guitar and Dustin O’Halloran from A Winged Victory for the Sullen who provided piano and string arrangements). Vocals were recorded by Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age/Mark Lanagan Band) and mixed by David Wrench (Caribou/Hot Chip).
Beth Orton has been one of the most unique and beguiling voices in music for the past two decades. Her debut LP – Trailer Park – pioneered a synthesis of electronic and acoustic songs to huge acclaim. The follow up – Central Reservation – brought international success and the Brit Award for best British female. Further albums like the Jim O’Rourke produced Comfort of Strangers and 2012’s Sugaring Season deepened the breadth of her craft (Sugaring Season was described by Pitchfork as “ten songs of sweet resilience delivered by a voice of seemingly effortless expression”).
Beth Orton Tour Dates
July 23rd CHESHIRE Blue Dot Festival (Jodrell Bank Observatory)
July 24th NORTH YORKSHIRE Deershed Festival, Topcliffe
August 6th LONDON Caught by the River Thames Festival
Sept 24th NORWICH Waterfront
Sept 25th CAMBRIDGE Junction
Sept 27th GATESHEAD Sage 2
Sept 28th BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute 2
Sept 29th BRISTOL Anson Rooms
Oct 1st OXFORD O2 Academy 1
Oct 2nd GLASGOW Saint Lukes
Oct 3rd LEEDS Beckett Students’ Union
Oct 4th MANCHESTER Cathedral
Oct 6th LONDON O2 Forum Kentish Town
Tickets available at bethortonofficial.com/tickets