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Sunday 12th May 2013 

Below are listed the remaining dates of Beth’s North American tour

May 14 – St Stephen’s Uniting Church – Sydney, Australia

May 17 – Old St. Paul’s – Pipitea, New Zealand

May 18 – Holy Trinity Cathedral – Auckland, New Zealand

Jun 10 – The Chapel - San Francisco, CA

Jun 13 - Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA

Jun 14 – Pappy And Harriets Pioneertwown Palace - Pioneertown, CA

Jul 28 - Newport Folk Festival - Newport, RI

Jul 29 - Iron Horse - Northampton, MA

Jul 30 - Le Poisson Rouge - New York, NY

Jul 31 - Bell House - New York, NY

Aug 02 - South Orange Performing Arts Centre - South Orange, NJ

Aug 03 - Bearsville Theatre - Woodstock, NY

Aug 04 - The Stephen Talkhouse -Amagansett, NY

Aug 06 - World Cafe Live – Downstairs -Philadelphia, PA

Aug 07 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC

Sep 06 - Ottawa Folk Festival - Ottawa, Canada

Friday 19th April 2013

Amsterdam and Brussels gigs cancelled

Unfortunately the gigs at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands on 20th April and Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium  on 22nd April have been cancelled - Beth explains:

“I’m very sorry to report that I have had to cancel my gigs in Amsterdam and Brussels. I have been fighting a serious cold for the last 4 weeks and have finally been told by my Dr I have to rest for the next 10 days to get rid of it once and for all before it becomes worse. I hope to reschedule these gigs for July. Please accept my sincere apologies for not being there.”

Wednesday 27th March 2013

Up to date list of shows announced

Apr 04    The Electric Palace, Bridport, United Kingdom  Tix

Apr 06    JunctionCambridge, United Kingdom Tix

Apr 08    Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK    Tix

Apr 09    Liquid Room, Edinburgh, United Kingdom    Tix

Apr 10    Leeds Irish Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom    Tix

Apr 12    Liverpool The Kazimier,Liverpool, United Kingdom    Tix

Apr 13    O2 Academy 2 Oxford,Oxford, United Kingdom    Tix

Apr 15    St George's, Bristol, United Kingdom    Tix

Apr 16    Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, United Kingdom    Tix

Apr 17    Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom    Tix

Apr 20    Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands    Tix    CANCELLED

Apr 22    Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium    Tix    CANCELLED

May 06    St Joseph's, Subiaco Wa, Australia    Tix

May 08    St Michaels Church, Melbourne, Australia    Tix

May 10    St Johns Cathedral, Brisbane, Australia    Tix

May 14    St Stephens Uniting Church. Sydney, Australia    Tix

May 17    Old St. Paul's, Wellington, New Zealand    Tix

May 18    Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, New Zealand    Tix

May 27    Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO    Tix

May 31    Aladdin Theater , Portland, OR    Tix

Jun 01    Wow Hall, Eugene, OR    Tix

Jun 04    Mystic Theatre, Petaluma, CA    Tix

Jun 05    Harlow's Restaurant and Nightclub, Sacramento, CA    Tix

Jun 08    Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley, CA    Tix

Jun 10    The Chapel, San Francisco, CA    Tix

Jun 13    Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA    Tix

Jun 14    Pappy and Harriets Pioneertown Palace, Pioneertown, CA    Tix

Jun 15    Irenic, San Diego, CA    Tix

Jul 18    Henham Park, Beccles, United Kingdom    Tix

FRIDAY 15th MARCH 2013

Australia and New Zealand shows announced 

May 06 St Joseph's, Subiaco Wa, Australia Tickets

May 08 St Michael’s Church, Melbourne, Australia Tickets

May 10 St Johns Cathedral, Brisbane, Australia Tickets

May 14 St Stephens Uniting Church, Sydney, Australia Tickets

May 17 Old St. Paul's, Wellington, New Zealand Tickets

May 18 Holy Trinity Cathedral,Auckland, New Zealand Tickets

SATURDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2013

After a wonderful show at Dublin’s Pepper Cannister Church last December,
Beth has announced she will return to Ireland this March to play 4 shows in
Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny and Cork. She will then embark on a UK tour in April.

SUNDAY 9th DECEMBER 2012

Singer songwriter Ryan Adams kicks off the 2013 Teenage Cancer Trust Royal Albert Hall shows with special guest Beth Orton.

Ryan Adams’s critically and commercially successful albums both as a solo artist and with the Cardinals have included Heartbreaker (2000), Gold (2001), Love Is Hell (2004), Cold Roses (2005), Easy Tiger (2007), and most recently Ashes & Fire, released last year to his highest UK chart numbers to date and supported by a sold out UK tour.
 
BRIT Award-winning English singer-songwriter Beth Orton was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s. Orton developed a devoted audience with the release of the albums Central Reservation (1999) and the 2002 UK top 10 album, Daybreaker. After six years away, two children, a marriage and returning to Norfolk, the twice Mercury Music Prize-nominated singer is back. Sugaring Season, her sixth album, is the culmination of Orton finding herself as a guitarist and a songwriter.
 
For more information on Teenage Cancer Trust please visit www.teenagecancertrust.org
 
This year’s shows are supported by The Body Shop, Ben Sherman, XFM and NME. American Airlines will be providing transatlantic flights for the show’s artists.
 
Ticketing information
 
There is a ticket limit of 6 tickets per person for each show
 
No under-5s



WEDNESDAY 7th NOVEMBER 2012

Terry Callier Memorial @ Islington Assembly Hall - London, UK

Islington Assembly, London, 28th November 2012

AGMP, Positive Management and Mr Bongo present a Terry Callier Memorial   Featuring Terry Callier's band, Beth Orton, Marc Mac (4Hero), Dr. Bob Jones, Russ Dewbury, Chris Bangs, Eddie Pillar + more TBC

All profits to charity (organisation TBC)

Tickets and further info from https://agmp.ticketabc.com/events/terry-callier-memori/



WEDNESDAY 3rd OCTOBER 2012

Official video for the single Magpie



Beth Orton - Magpie from Arni & Kinski on Vimeo.

TUESDAY 2nd OCTOBER 2012

Sugaring Season released today in North America!

To buy via itunes

Sugaring Season

Sugaring Season (Deluxe Version)

or via Amazon.com

Sugaring Season

Sugaring Season (Deluxe Version)





MONDAY 1st OCTOBER 2012


Sugaring Season released today in UK!!

Beths long awaited follow up the the 2006 album Comfort Of Strangers is now available. To get your copy follow the links below:

To buy via itunes

Sugaring Season

Sugaring Season (Deluxe Version)

 or via Amazon

Sugaring Season

Sugaring Season (Deluxe Version)



WEDNESDAY 11th JULY 2012

BETH ORTON TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM IN SIX YEARS, 'SUGARING
SEASON,' OCT 1 (U.K) AND OCT 2 (U.S) ON ANTI-
 

GO HERE TO LISTEN TO NEW TRACK "SOMETHING MORE
BEAUTIFUL": http://youtu.be/028lDfUo5MQ

Beth Orton will release 'Sugaring Season,' her first album in six
years and her Anti- Records debut, on October 2. Recorded in
Portland, Oregon, with producer Tucker Martine (My Morning
Jacket, The Decemberists), the album bears the fruits of a
period of introspection & renewal: deeply lyrical songwriting, a
newfound expressivity of voice, and, more than ever before, a
daring synthesis of her broad musical influences into a powerfully
individual artistic vision. "I stretched myself as a singer on this
record and used voices I never have before as a writer," she
explains. "A lot of the writing on this record happened in the dead
of night, when spiders mend their webs, with an infant asleep in the
next room... as a result, my writing became a secret again: illicit
and my own."

For 'Sugaring Season," Orton and Martine have brought together a
dream band of new and old friends: keyboardist Rob Burger, bassist
Sebastian Steinberg, and legendary jazz drummer Brian Blade,
along with guitarists Marc Ribot and Ted Barnes and folksinger Sam
Amidon. The album was recorded predominantly live on the floor
as the band reflected and internalized Beth's disparate inspirations,
from Roberta Flack's 'First Take' album to Pentangle's folk-jazz
collisions. The songs range across styles from deeply soulful to
effortless and breezy, with open-tuned guitars, pensive pianos, and
modal grooves underpinning her emotional weathervane of a voice.

While Orton has shifted away from the electronic textures that
dominated her early work, her music is still built upon an implicit
groove, even if it emanates from her acoustic guitar rather than
from a sequencer. "It may not be a 'dance' beat," she says, "but it's
definitely there and it's earthed and primal and insistent."
 
Beth Orton is a BRIT Award-winner and two-time Mercury Prize
nominee who has collaborated with Bert Jansch, Emmylou Harris,
Beck, Jim O'Rourke, Terry Callier, and Ryan Adams among others.
Her last album, 2006's 'Comfort of Strangers,' was called "unerringly
lovely" by SPIN and "her most accomplished record to date" by
Uncut.

'Sugaring Season' Tracklist
1. Magpie
2. Dawn Chorus
3. Candles
4. Something more Beautiful
5. Call me the Breeze
6. Poison Tree
7. See through Blue
8. Last Leaves of Autumn
9. State of Grace
10. Mystery
 
Beth Orton U.S Fall Tour Dates:
9/20 - Nashville, TN @ The Belcourt Theatre
9/21 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
9/22 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
9/24 - Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater
9/25 - Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre
9/27 - Washington, DC @ Sixth and I Historic Synagogue
9/28 - Somerville, MA @ Somerville Theatre
9/28 - Montreal, QB @ L’Astral
9/30 - Toronto, ON @ Virgin Mobile Mod Club
10/4 - New York, NY @ Town Hall
10/8 - Chicago, IL @ Antenaeum Theatre
10/9 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
10/10 - Minneapolis, MN @The Varsity Theater
10/12 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre & Café
10/13 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
10/15 - Seattle, WA @ The Market
10/16 - Vancouver, BC @ Venue
10/17 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
10/19 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
10/22 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues-San Diego
10/23 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre

UK Autumn Tour Dates

Sunday, November 25 - Leamington Spa  - Assembly Rooms – Tickets

Monday, November 26 - Birmingham - Glee Club - Tickets           

Tuesday, November 27 - Sheffield - Memorial Hall – Tickets                        

Thursday, November 29 - Ashford Kent - St. Mary's Church – Tickets      

Friday, November 30 - Brighton - St Georges Church – Tickets    

Sunday, December 2 - Norwich - Arts Centre – Tickets   

Monday, December 3 - Milton Keynes - The Stables – Tickets                    

Wednesday, December 5 - London - Union Chapel – Tickets                         

Thursday, December 6 - Nottingham - Rescue Rooms – Tickets 

Friday, December 7 - Bristol – Thekla –Tickets

Sunday, December 9 - Manchester – RHCM – Tickets

Monday, December 10 - Portsmouth - Wedgewood Rooms - Tickets      

Tuesday, December 11 - Cardiff - Glee Club – Tickets

Thursday, December 13 - Glasgow - Oran Mor – Tickets                

Friday, December 14 - Dublin (IE) - Pepper Canister Church – Tickets

Pre-Order 'Sugaring Season':
http://bethortonofficial.tumblr.com/



WEDNESDAY 20th JUNE 2012

 Beth Orton will play the Caught by the River stage at Port Eliot Festival next month (July 19th – 22nd).

Caught by the River first met Beth nearly twenty years ago. Back then, she was a constant at our club night – the Heavenly Sunday Social. You’d usually find her dancing on the bar as the lights went up, head seemingly holding up the ceiling. After a few weeks of nods and acknowledgements, she told us that she wrote and performed her own songs. When we heard them – Carole King meets Bert Jansch meet Spector meets Screamadelica. It was like someone turned the light on in a very dark , very boring room (if that sounds like an over-enthusiastic exaggeration, bear in mind that at the time Suede were massive).

The club finished in November 1994 and Jeff signed her to Heavenly shortly afterwards. Heavenly released Beth’s first three hugely acclaimed and well loved LPs – Trailer Park, Central Reservation and Daybreaker. Her fourth album, Comfort of Strangers, came out on our (then) sister label EMI and we’ve stayed close friends ever since.
 
When Beth’s on stage, something truly magical happens. If you’ve seen her, you’ll know what we mean – if not, you’ll just have to trust us. It’s the reason why we’ve asked her every year to come and play Port Eliot. Thankfully, summer 2012, she was able to say yes.
 
Beth is going to play on Saturday night. She’ll be playing a little earlier on the same stage as Andrew Weatherall, the man responsible for the sound of Galaxy of Emptiness, one of the most jawdropping moments on Trailer Park. She’ll be playing songs old and new; firm favourites and future classics.
 
Suffice to say, we’re ridiculously excited about this gig, a UK festival exclusive. Hell, we might even get up and dance on the bar for it.
 
Tickets are still available for Port Eliot Festival here

WEDNESDAY 20th JUNE 2012

more dates

AUGUST 8th-11th, 2012

The FMQB TRIPLE A CONFERENCE
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JULY 27th 2012

Beth is opening for Bon Iver in the Poble Espanyol of Barcelona

MONDAY 2nd APRIL 2012

US dates announced

MONDAY 14th May 2012 – Brighton Music Hall, Boston MA

SUNDAY 25th MARCH 2012

Beth confirmed for Winnipeg Folk Festival

Woody Guthrie is having a birthday party at this year's Winnipeg Folk Festival.
 The late folk music legend would have turned 100 years old on July 14, so artistic director Chris Frayer has ensured the songwriter's legacy will be honoured throughout the weekend at workshops and a special mainstage show featuring artists performing his material.
Tickets for the Winnipeg Folk Festival are already on sale. Earlybird five-day adult passes are $206, including GST and convenience fee, at Ticketmaster and the Folk Festival Music Store. Youth and senior passes are $122.
Five-day passes with camping are $281 for adults and $197 for youths and seniors. "Quiet" camping is $40 cheaper.
Adult day tickets are $51 and $70, while youths and seniors tickets are $39 and $52.
New this year is a separate $10 RV pass valid for trailers, campers and camping vans to help regulate the amount of finite space available in the RV area north of the festival campground.
 

The 6,000 available festival camping tickets sold out by April 11 last year.

Click HERE for more info

 

LINEUP

Artist (Origin, Style)
 
Aaron Burnett (Manitoba, Family/Bluegrass)
Abigail Washburn (Illinois, Folk/Bluegrass)
Adam Cohen (Quebec, Singer-Songwriter)
Asani (Alberta, A'cappella / Folk)
Atomic Duo (Texas, Old Time/Americana)
Bahamas (Ontario, Indie-folk)
Belle Starr (Ontario, Roots)
Besh O DroM (Hungary, Balkan/Gypsy)
Beth Orton (England, Folktronica)
Bill Frisell-Songs Of John Lennon (Washington, Jazz/Americana)
Billy Bragg (England, Folk)
Black Sea Station (Manitoba, Klezmer/Balkan)
Blitzen Trapper (Oregon, Folk Rock)
Carolina Chocolate Drops (North Carolina, Stringband)
Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires (New York, Soul)
Chic Gamine (Manitoba/Quebec, Roots/Soul)
David Bromberg Quartet (New York, Folk/Americana)
De Temps Antan (Quebec, French-Canadian)
Devotchka (Colorado, Indie-World)
Doug Paisley (Ontario, Singer-Songwriter)
Dry Bones (Manitoba, Folk)
e.s.l (Vancouver, Folk Roots)
Eliza Gilkyson (Texas, Folk)
Elliot Brood (Ontario, Folk/Rock)
Ellis Paul (Virginia, Folk)
Emmanuel Jal (Sudan, World)
Feist (Ontario, Indie-Folk)
Fish & Bird (Manitoba/BC, Indie-Folk)
Good Old War (Boston, Indie-Folk)
Grant Lawrence (British Columbia, MC)
Gustavo and the Green Fools (Alberta, Family Theatre)
Iron & Wine (North Carolina, Indie-Folk)
Jake Chenier Band (Manitoba, Family/Children's)
James Vincent McMorrow (Ireland, Indie-Folk)
Jimmy Lafave (Texas, Folk)
Junior Brown (Oklahoma/Texas, Swing/Country)
Justin Rutledge (Ontario, Singer-Songwriter)
K'Naan (Somalia/Ontario, Hip Hop/World)
Kim Churchill (Australia, Singer-Songwriter)
Madison Violet (Ontario, Folk)
Martyn Joseph (Wales, Singer-Songwriter)
Mary Gauthier (Tennessee, Folk)
Matt Andersen (New Brunswick, Blues)
Natalia Zukerman (New York, Folk/Americana)
Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou (Benin, Afrobeat-Voodoo Funk)
Ozomatli (California, Latin/Funk)
Pharis & Jason Romero (British Columbia, Folk/Roots)
Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three (Missouri, Country Blues)
Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem (New England, Roots/Family)
Royal Wood (Ontario, Folk Rock)
Ruthie Foster (Texas, Blues/Soul)
Sam Amidon (New York, Indie-Folk)
Sarah and Christian Dugas (Manitoba/TN, Roots/Soul)
Shelley Bean & the Duckety Muds (Newfoundland, Family)
Sidi Toure (Mali, World)
Sketch (Scotland, Celtic-Electronic)
Snowblink (Ontario, Indie Folk)
Steep Canyon Rangers (California, Bluegrass)
Tedeschi Trucks Band (Florida, Blues/Rock)
The Barr Brothers (Quebec, Indie-Folk)
The Beauties (Ontario, Folk Rock)
The Head and The Heart (Washington, Indie-Folk)
The Steeldrivers (Tennessee, Bluegrass)
Todd Snider (Oregon, Singer-Songwriter)
Walking Woody's Road feat. Mary Gauthier, Jimmy Lafave, Ellis Paul and Eliza Gilkyson (United States, Folk)
Willy Porter (Wisconsin, Folk)
Yves Lambert Trio (Quebec , French-Canadian)

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition March 24, 2012 G1
 

WEDNESDAY 21st MARCH 2012

Beth to play South Burlington

SUNDAY 18th MARCH 2012

Latest Festeaval news

WEDNESDAY 15th MARCH 2012

Westport Date confirmed

WEDNESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2011

Beth to tour Australia in 2012

WEDNESDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2011

Bert Jansch: 1943-2011

Remembering the great and inimitable folk guitarist

by Graeme Thomson http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/bert-jansch-1943-2011

  
The great folk guitarist Bert Jansch died early this morning, aged 67.

Whether as a prime mover in London's 1960s folk scene, or as part of pioneering folk-jazzers Pentangle, or as a songwriter and solo artist, his influence on everyone from Paul Simon, Donovan, Led Zeppelin and Neil Young to, later, Johnny Marr, Graham Coxon and Beth Orton is simply immeasurable. Young compared Jansch's impact on the possibilities of the acoustic guitar as comparable to that of Jimi Hendrix's on the electric.
Right up until his illness (he died after a struggle with lung cancer) Jansch remained one of music's relatively small band of genuine boundary pushers.

I interviewed him a couple of times, on both occasions – tellingly – to discuss the merits of other artists rather than his own considerable legacy. Lugubrious, taciturn, a little wary, Jansch was immune to self-aggrandisement and wasn’t much of a talker – or a singer, really, come to that – but get him onto music and musicians and he could be warm, generous and relatively expansive.

In January 2009 I caught up with him the day after his friend John Martyn died. He was, first and foremost, very giving and perceptive in his technical analysis of Martyn’s gifts as a musician and singer. “His guitar playing was such a winner," he said, and he would know. "Very lazy and blues-ish, easy and quite laid back, never harsh or brittle. With John the singing and guitar playing came as a package. His voice was like another instrument, which was fantastic. Later he moved away from the acoustic guitar but the instrument doesn’t really make a difference – it doesn’t change the way you think about music. He wanted to embrace all different kinds of music, as much out of curiousity as anything else.”

Though the two differed dramatically in their styles, he could easily have been describing aspects of his own adventurousness: blues, folk, jazz, country, Middle Eastern scales, Jansch's playing seemed to envelop them all without acknowledging a single boundary between genres or cultures. He was clearly cut up about Martyn’s death, but it was a personal sadness that he preferred not to share. He was more comfortable expressing his love and admiration through musical appreciation.

The other time we talked was a couple of years previously, in praise of the wonderful English folk singer Anne Briggs, who had disappeared to the Highlands in the 1970s and had rarely been seen since. The pair were old friends and collaborators from way back and Jansch had, gently, attempted periodically to bring her out of her retirement. “I’d be really over the moon if she started again,” he said. “A lot of people have been trying to coax her back into it. I gave her a mini disc player to record with, but she’s not very good with hi-tech. I probably should have given her a cassette player...”

He simply wanted, he said, to hear her sing again. It was his love of music that was so evident in these conversations, and that same love of music which was so evident in his own work. For all his dazzling technical virtuosity, his writing and playing flowed directly from the heart - which is why, perhaps, there wasn’t always much room left for mere words. Today, too, words seem singularly ineffective in capturing just how gifted he was. So let's take a leaf from Bert's book and concentrate on the music.

THURSDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2011 

Maldives’ Six Senses Laamu to Host Ocean Conference
September 19, 2011 10:25 PM

Six Senses Resorts & Spas will host Six Senses Water/Wo/Men, the Maldives’ first gathering of water sports icons, world’s leading water conservationists such as Fabien Cousteau and celebrity activists including actress Daryl Hannah, Foo Fighters’ Rami Jaffee and singer Beth Orton from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 at the company’s newest resort, Six Senses Laamu.

Global industrial growth, most of it very far away, has brought the Maldives to the frontline in the battle against rising sea levels. What happens to the Maldives and its 400,000 inhabitants may foretell the future of coastal regions around the globe, and for 15 years, the resort company has led the effort to protect the 1,190 islands of the Maldives. DuringWater/Wo/Men, Sonu Shivdasani, founder and CEO, Six Senses Resorts & Spas, and ocean conservationists will lead dialogues and debates on the most pressing marine and drinking water issues facing the planet today.

One of Hollywood’s leading film actresses, Hannah, noted for her mermaid role in Ron Howard’s “Splash” and her environmental activism, is dedicated to ecological sustainability and will also participate in the panels. Surfers and divers will offer clinics to guests while musicians jam on the sandbanks. Award-winning chefs will keep guests sustained with ethically sourced gourmet food, best enjoyed with biodynamic wines from Australia’s Margaret River. For more information, visit www.sixsenseswaterwomen.com.

TUESDAY 2nd AUGUST 2011 

Beth is set to perform on the Fringe Stage @ the Split Festival, Ashbrooke Sports Club, Sunderland on Sat 17th Sep (click here for tickets) and 

at St Georges Church, Brighton on Saturday 24th September 2011 (Click here for tickets)

SUNDAY 21st May 2011 

The Age of Not Believing Orchestra & The Real Tuesday WeldMusic / Saturday, 11 June 2011 - 8:00pm / Hall One

Price: £12.50 £14.50 £19.50 Saver Seats £9.50
Part of Fairy Tales & Monsters

Critically-acclaimed The Real Tuesday Weld present 'The London Monster' with accompanying visuals and music drawn from The Last Werewolf and Tales of the Lost City albums. Influenced by 1930s jazz, Serge Gainsbourg, Ennio Morricone and minimalist electronica, their live performances are accompanied by extraordinary atmospheric visual projections. 'Warm and welcoming as well as arty... a gypsy knees-up, a psychedelic bossa with the polite reeds of a '30s dance band crushed by booming hip-hop bass..."Q

The Real Tuesday Weld are joined for this performance by Marcella Puppini’s lyrical Weimar Baroque’n’Roll ensemble, Marcella and The Forget Me Nots. She prowls about the stage, crooning a lullaby to the lover she has just murdered. Yet she is not afraid to show vulnerability or heartfelt emotion, singing gently of lifelong love.

Fairy Tales & Monsters finishes in epic style with Arctic Circle’s new ensemble the extensive Age of Not Believing Orchestra features members of The High Llamas, The Red Clay Halo, Homelife, Dollboy and Beth Orton accompanist Ted Barnes, alongside an array of vocalists including Adrian Crowley, Emily Barker, Stephen Coates, Dale Grundle (The Sleeping Years) and a narrator, Dom Coyote. Together, they perform a suite of “spine-tingling music that delves into people’s dreams and memories”, comprising beloved children’s songs and specially commissioned compositions, arranged by composer Harry Escott. In addition, artist Louise Phillips will be making ‘live’, instinctual drawings in direct response to the evening’s musical performances.

On Saturday the foyer will be transformed to accompany the Hall 1 and 2 events. Come and enjoy a range of free activities aimed at the young and the young at heart. Discover your inner monster through face painting, storytelling and a paper creature workshop, all accompanied by a live performance from sonic soundsmith Sone Institute.

Fairytales & Monsters Ticket Offers
Book a Pass
Book a Pass for all Fairy Tales & Monsters events for £34 (excludes Paper Cinema Workshop)
Evening Concerts
Book all three 8pm Hall One performances for £27
Friday Family Offer
8pm performance in Hall One £28.50 for a family of four
Offers are not applicable to Premium and Saver Seats. Not available online. Call Box Office for these offers.

www.tuesdayweld.com
www.myspace.com/marcellaandthefmn

SUNDAY 15TH MAY 2011

Beth is to appear at Voewood Festival on Saturday 27th August 2011

The inaugural Voewood Festival will be held over the August Bank Holiday weekend Friday 26th (evening performance), Saturday 27th, Sunday 28th and Monday 29th August.

Dates Fri 26th August to Mon 29th August 2011
Location Holt, North Norfolk
Website www.voewoodfestival.com
Voewood, in Holt, North Norfolk, is an outstanding example of Arts & Crafts architecture, with grounds of 9 acres and dedicated parking and camping areas.

Writers confirmed:
Diana Athill
Damian Barr
Louis de Bernieres
Billy Childish
Dan Cruickshank
DBC Pierre
Misha Glenny
Jane Harris
John Niven
Rowan Pelling
Meg Rosoff
D J Taylor

Musicians confirmed:
Beth Orton
Shakespears Sister
Cleveland Watkiss

Festival details will be announced soon!

SATURDAY 16TH APRIL 2011 - THE TOUR!

For all the latest info on Beth's current UK tour please go to my blog at http://bethorton.wordpress.com/

The gigography part of this site will be updated in due course!!

TUESDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 2011 - IRELAND DATES

Beth is to play the following dates at the Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots Festival:

Saturday 30th April 2011    9.00pm   @ Cleeres    €15

Sunday 1st May 2011   9.00pm   @ Cleeres    €15

Since 1998, The Kilkenny Rhythm and Roots Festival has attracted some of the finest names in the Americana canon; acts like Calexico, Giant Sand, Ryan Adams,Alejandro Escovedo, Mark Eitzel, Guy Clark, Chuck Prophet, Ray LaMontagne,Richmond Fontaine, Rodney Crowell… The list is very long, and these are but a small few names who have been drawn to the magnet of the Marble City Mardi Gras in the past. Country, folk, blues, bluegrass, rockabilly, cajun etc…

All forms of what we like to call Americana are well represented over the four days. From midday to midnight audiences wind their way through the medieval streets sampling the huge range of music in the 30 plus venues, hosting over 30 acts from Ireland, USA, Canada, UK and Sweden, with over 80 ticketed and free shows. There’s a mixture of old and new acts on the free pub gig trail and all styles will be catered for, from swing to bluegrass, rockabilly to cajun, folk and the blues.

SATURDAY 15TH JANUARY 2011 - TED BARNES WEBSITE

Ted Barnes, Beth's former guitarist, has unveiled a new website www.tedbarnes.info

Ali Friend from the band Red Snapper introduced Ted to Beth Orton when she was first recording demos. After being signed to Heavenly Records she asked them to be involved in the writing and playing of her first album ‘Trailer Park’. This was released in 1996 to huge critical acclaim. Mercury nominated and Brit awarded it went on to be rereleased in 2009 as a ‘seminal classic album’.

The collaboration continued through the subsequent releases of the ‘Best Bit’ EP, ‘Central Reservation’ and ‘Daybreaker’ albums and Ted became a permanent member of her touring band for over 10 years.

They parted ways before Beths ‘Comfort of Strangers’ album but still continue to write and play together.

Go to his website and buy some music...now!

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WEDNESDAY 15TH DECEMBER 2010 - RESCHEDULED AND NEW DATES FOR 2011

From the south coast to Yorkshire and finishing in Wales! Beth has announced a 7 date tour in the Spring of 2011.

The dates are as follows and include the three dates that she had to cancel due to illness:

Sat       09-Apr Bournemouth  02 Academy                £18.50  
BOX OFFICE: 0844 477 2000    www.ticketweb.co.uk

Sun      10-Apr Nottingham     The Glee Club             £17.00 – £18.00 
BOX OFFICE: 0871 472 0400   www.glee.co.uk

Mon     11-Apr Birmingham    The Glee Club             £18.00 
BOX OFFICE: 0871 472 0400   www.glee.co.uk’

Wed     13-Apr Pocklington     Arts Centre                  £18.00

Fri        15-Apr Leamington     Assembly                     £18.50 
BOX OFFICE: 01926-523001   www.leamingtonassembly.com

Sat       16-Apr Holmfirth        Picturedrome              £18.00 
BOX OFFICE: 0871 230 1101   www.picturedrome.net

Sun      17-Apr Cardiff             The Glee Club             £16.50 
BOX OFFICE: 02920 230130   www.glee.co.uk www.seetickets.com

THURSDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 2010 - DATES CHANGED DUE TO ILLNESS

Beth has been unwell and because of this the first 3 dates of the December tour are being moved to March 2011.

The rest of the dates are unaffected and will stay where they are.

The new dates are as follows:

Wed 02-March Nottingham The Glee Club

Thur 03-March Leamington Assembly

Fri 04-March Holmfirth Picturedrome

If you are unable to make the new dates please contact the your ticket provider for a refund!

WEDNESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2010 - WINNERS OF TICKETS TO NOTTINGHAM GIG!

The lucky winners of a pair of tickets for Beth’s Nottingham gig on Wednesday 1st December 2010 at the Glee Club are:

Neil Weir, Rugby

Mary Robinson, Mansfield

Thanks to all that entered and better luck next time!

TUESDAY 11th OCTOBER 2010 - WIN TICKETS TO BETH'S NOTTINGHAM GIG!

Win tickets for Beth’s Nottingham gig on Wednesday 1st December 2010 at the Glee Club!

www.beth-orton.co.uk has been given 2 pairs of tickets to give away for this gig

Simply sign up to either the website newsletter and/or the blog.

Once you have done that email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your name, address and the answer to the following question:

Beth kicks off her UK tour in which city?

The first two answers drawn out of the hat will each win a pair of tickets!

Closing date for entry is 1st November 2010