Frank Turner marked the release of his debut album with five gigs in one day yesterday (Jan 15), with four record shop gigs and one north London pub on the tour schedule.
The marathon session started at Fopp's Western Grove store at 12 PM, before moving on to Camden and Covent Garden throughout the afternoon.
A hard-core group of fans followed him during the day with many more gathering at the Tottenham Court Road Fopp at 6 PM.
Despite the PA in the Flagship Fopp not working the short set went down a storm. The setlist included 'Real Damage', 'Romantic Fatigue' and 'Worse Things Happen At Sea' from 'Sleep Is For The Week' and 'Thatcher Fucked the Kids' and 'Nashville Tennessee' from the 'Camp Fire Punk Rock' EP.
The gig climaxed with 'The Ballad of Me and My Friends' which closes the new album and a cover of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'.
The fifth performance came at a North London pub, and saw Frank Turner joined by many musician mates including Sam Duckworth.
Those at Nambucca on Holloway Road heard a play back of the new album with the final track 'Ballad of Me and My Friends' being played live. Turner also played 'Thatcher Fucked the Kids' and 'Real Damage' before introducing a number of guests on stage most notably Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, who's set included a cover of Hot Chip's 'Over and Over'.
The promotional mission continues this week with Frank Turner playing two more record shop gigs in London, Puregroove in Holloway (Jan 16 at 5 PM) and Banquet in Kingston (Jan 17 and 6 PM. His UK tour starts next week where he'll be joined by Dive Dive as support and backing band.
The dates are below and are said to be selling fast:
January:
Leeds Joseph's Well, 24.
Preston 53 Degrees, 25.
Carlisle Brick Yard, 26.
London XFM All-dayer, 27 (solo show).
Nottingham Social, 28.
Manchester Night and Day, 29.
Aberdeen Tunnels, 30.
Newcastle Academy 2, 31.
February:
Liverpool Korova, 2.
Bristol Thekla, 6.
Cambridge Loft, 7.
Bath Moles, 8.
York Fibbers, 11.
Birmingham Bar Academy, 12.
London Borderline, 13.
Southampton Joiners, 14.
Oxford Zodiac, 15.