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The Weeping Willows UK Tour 2024
3 x CMAA Golden Guitar, 2 x Australian Folk Music and Music Victoria Award Winners The Weeping Willows have released their UK Summer Tour dates!
Sun 23 June: The Snickleway Inn, York
Tue 25 June: Hank’s Dirty, Cambridge
Wed 26 June: The Bedford, London, supporting Tommy Rodger and Jazmine Honey Banks
Sat 29 June: Magic Dragon Brewery Tap, Wrexham, with Rachel Lloyd & Matt Nicholls
Tue 2 July: The Glad Cafe, Glasgow
Thu 4 July: Chapel Arts Centre, Bath
Fri 5 July: Temperance, Leamington Spa
Sat 6 July: The Stables, Milton Keynes
Tue 9 July: Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham, with Matt Joe Gow
Wed 10 July: The Grey Lady, Tunbridge Wells
Thu 11 July: The Folklore Rooms, Brighton
2017-2024 has seen The Weeping Willows nominated for 14 CMAA ‘Golden Guitar’ awards, 7 Australian Folk Music Awards (AFMAs), 4 Country Music Channel (CMC) awards, 2 National Live Music Awards (NLMAs), performing Official Showcases at AmericanaFest (USA) and Folk Alliance International (USA) and appearing at Maverick Festival (UK), Port Fairy Folk Festival, National Folk Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival, Out On The Weekend and the Australian Americana Music Honours.
In recent years they have supported Lukas Nelson & POTR (USA), Hayes Carll (USA), Iris DeMent (USA), Willie Watson (USA), Eilen Jewell (USA), Cory Branan (USA) and Kevin Welch (USA) and completed national and international tours in support of their three LPs, including sophomore album, Before Darkness Comes A-Callin’, which received four-star reviews in Rolling Stone, The Australian and The Music.
A Weeping Willows performance, whether live on location or caught on tape, will always delight.
“...on the way to making some serious waves in Americana.” – AmericanaUK (UK)
“...stunning acoustic guitar work, heavenly harmonies, and a haunting melody rooted in American Gothic.” – Pop Matters (USA)
★★★★ – Rolling Stone, Rhythms Magazine, The Music and The Australian
