We’re thrilled to announce that UK folk/punk king Frank Turner is to visit Gloucester for an exclusive live show in the Spiegeltent on New Year’s Eve.

The former Million Dead frontman has been amassing an army of dedicated fans since going it alone in 2005, and his brand of honest, from-the-heart songwriting, catchy melodies and punk passion have seen him become one of the UK’s most distinctive musical exports.
Three years of writing and touring and hard work all clicked at Reading and Leeds Festivals 2008, where inside packed out tents, heaving with adoring fans and intrigued passers-by, Frank led a mass sing-a-long with a stirring set that not only sparked the interest of the British mainstream but resonated in the US as a wealth of American punk bands watched approvingly from the sidelines.

The same year came his second album, ‘Love, Ire & Song’, picked up by just about every self-respecting alternative DJ on the music scene, plus a few of the mainstream ones. The gigs got bigger, and Uncle Sam came knocking. Frank performed at the famous SXSW Festival back in March, signed to legendary US punk label Epitaph, and is now doing really rather well over there as well, don’t you know.

His third studio album, ‘Poetry Of The Deed’, was released in September and saw Frank in rockier mode, tearing up the charts and bringing his music to that wider audience he’s deserved for so long. His UK and European tour was a sell out, and we’re thrilled to be welcoming him to perform an intimate show to a packed Spiegeltent on New Year’s Eve 2009, with special guests, surprises and much, much more.

£25 advance + booking fee, doors 8pm, over 14s, tickets from www.bristolticketshop.co.uk.