Glasswerk.co.uk presents NICK HARPER UK TOUR.
Son of the legendary UK singer-songwriter Roy Harper, Nick was born in London and raised in Wiltshire. Having played the guitar from the age of 10 and surrounded by the likes of Keith Moon, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and Dave Gilmour as he grew up, it was no surprise when Nick made his recording debut on his father's Whatever Happened to Jugula? in 1985.
Nick's talent and energy entranced Roy's fans and it was inevitable that he would begin touring and recording in his own right. The 1994 EP Light at the End of the Kennel was swiftly followed by his powerful 1995 debut long player Seed prompting The Independent to describe him as "hugely talented".
After 6 studio albums, a double live CD and 2 EPs (including Instrumental, a stunning display of his guitar talents), Nick's work is still as fresh and vital as that of his first solo release in 1994. The recently released sixth studio album, Miracles For Beginners, is a return to a more stripped-down acoustic based style, from the folk tale of the meeting of King Henry 8th and Francis 1st in 1520 in The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold. to a beautiful latin tinged paean to the the Bolivian President Evo Morales in Evo. But, as with his highly personal 2004 "family album" Blood Songs, he still has time to sing about the most important things in his world - family, friends, love, life.
Between solo albums, Nick tours with a vengeance. In the first 8 months of 2005 alone, he'd traversed the UK from Devon to the most northerly point in Scotland, along with 2 dates in Holland and acclaimed sets at Glastonbury, Beautiful Days (with his band Sleeper Cell), Oysterband's Big Session and other festivals including 2 tsunami benefit gigs in Thailand.
Plan 9 from Harperspace was the spring tour of 2007 promoting the new DVD 'Love Is Music' - a 'rockumentary' style film with a selection of Nick's best loved songs recorded in 5.1 sound.
Also released this spring was Nick's first single for download on iTunes. Taken from the new CD 'Miracles For Beginners' and called 'Blue Sky Thinking' it quickly went to no.1 in iTunes downloads. All proceeds from the single were donated to the Love Hope Strength Foundation. Nick has just returned from Nepal after setting a new world record for the highest gig on earth at Kala Pattar above Mt. Everest Base Camp on October 21st, whilst helping raise over £200,000 for the fight against cancer, before going on to play as part of the Love Hope Strength all-star band to approximately 20,000 people in Kathmandu.
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Live dates are as follows:
February
Wed 24th Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Fri 26th Reading Plug N Play
Sat 27th Worcester Marrs Bar
March
Mon 1st Cambridge Junction2
Tue 2nd Derby Assembly Rooms
Wed 3rd Glasgow Classic Grand
Thu 4th Manchester Moho Live
Fri 5th Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Sat 6th Birmingham Hare & Hounds
Wed 10th York Fibbers
Thu 11th Sheffield Boardwalk
Fri 12th Liverpool Masque
Sat 13th Selby Town Hall
Thu 18th Wrexham Central Station
Sat 20th Brighton The Freebutt
Sun 21st Isle Of Wight The Bargeman’s Rest
Tue 23rd Wolverhampton Robin 2
Wed 24th Bristol Tunnels
Thu 25th Portsmouth Eastney Cellars
Fri 26th London Union Chapel
Sat 27th Southampton Joiners
Sun 28th Basingstoke Central Studio
Wed 31st Poole Mr Kyps
April
Thu 1st Leamington Spa Assembly Rooms
Sat 3rd Leicester Musician
Sun 4th Hartlepool The Studio
Thu 8th Exeter Phoenix
Fri 9th Guildford The Boileroom
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