Nigel Wearne will headline at Manchester gig at The Castle as part of his 9 date UK tour which includes sets at Cambridge Folk Festival.
The Australian singer and songwriter returns to the UK on the back of his highly successful tour in January.
2023 opened with a co-bill UK tour alongside the award-winning Lauren Housley followed by showcases at UK Americana Music Week and Folk Alliance International. Add a tour of the US new music, it’s certainly been a busy period.
Multi-instrumentalist Nigel Wearne draws influence from artists as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Gillian Welch as he merges blues, folk and Americana-noir, with his experimentation with music even drawing him to invite listeners to comment on what genre they think his tracks may be. He takes on human frailty, grace and the cosmos, delving deep in to thought and longing for all things peculiar.
He’s toured Australia, New Zealand, the UK, USA and Canada and performed at a long list of music festivals, including MerleFest (USA), UK Americana Music Week, Port Fairy Folk Festival (AUS) and the Adelaide Guitar Festival (AUS). His sophomore album, Black Crow garnered wide critical acclaim, a nomination for Best Country Album at the Music Victoria Awards and debuted at #1 on Australia’s AMRAP Charts.
When does Nigel Wearne headline at Manchester’s The Castle?
Nigel Wearne headlines at Manchester’s The Castle on 22 July 2023. The Manchester gig is one of nine UK dates he is performing:
20 July – York, Black Swan Folk Club
22 July – Manchester, The Castle
23 July – Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Balmoral Blues Club
25 July – Leamington Spa, Temperance
26 July – London, Aces and Eights
27 July – Cambridge, Cambridge Folk Festival
28 July – Brighton, Folklore Rooms
29 July – Cambridge, Cambridge Folk Festival
30 July – Oxted, The Ginistry
Image of Nigel Wearne courtesy Ian Laidlaw
