Benjamin Francis Leftwich will be hitting towns and cities throughout the UK on a huge 29-date October tour. Following his last run of UK shows, he has spent the the Spring stateside and done SXSW, followed by an extensive US and Canadian tour. Then it was back to this side of the pond for festival season in the UK and Europe prior to this massive October tour, then straight back to the US, Australia and New Zealand for the last months of 2012 and to see in the new year.

Following the release of his critically acclaimed debut album ‘Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm’, we are able to reveal that Ben has managed to find time in his busy touring schedule to head into the studio to record new material that will be released later this year – more details coming soon. Ben recently completed a short UK tour and played his biggest show to date at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire with a full band, who he will be bringing with him on his October tour. Speaking of the sold-out show, The Times commented, “Even with the guitars turned up, the poetic sensitivity of the man showed no signs of slacking.” Ben will be returning to London with what promises to be a spellbinding performance at KOKO on October 24th.

Tour Details

 1-Oct-12 Brighton Concorde 2
 2-Oct-12 Bournemouth Old Fire Station
 3-Oct-12 Exeter Phoenix
 4-Oct-12 Falmouth Princess Pavilion
 5-Oct-12 Swansea Sin City
 6-Oct-12 Bristol 02 Academy
 8-Oct-12 Oxford Town Hall
 9-Oct-12 Newcastle Northumbria Uni
 10-Oct-12 Edinburgh Pleasance Cabaret Bar
 11-Oct-12 Aberdeen The Lemon Tree
 12-Oct-12 Inverness The Ironworks
 13-Oct-12 Glasgow Oran Mor
 15-Oct-12 Leeds City Varieties
 16-Oct-12 Sheffield The Plug
 17-Oct-12 Birmingham Irish Club
 18-Oct-12 Cambridge Junction
 19-Oct-12 Norwich Waterfront
 20-Oct-12 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
 22-Oct-12 Carlisle The Brickyard
 23-Oct-12 Liverpool Stanley Theatre
 24-Oct-12 London KoKo
 25-Oct-12 Manchester HMV Ritz
 26-Oct-12 Stoke Sugarmill
 27-Oct-12 York Duchess
 29-Oct-12 Wrexham Central Station