Rumer

To Tour UK in November

Rumer has announced details of her biggest UK tour to date, which will take place this winter.

Beginning at Blackpool’s Opera House on November 10, the nationwide trek will also take in stops including Glasgow, Manchester, Nottingham, Cardiff and Sheffield, before concluding with a huge show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on November 22.

Tickets on sale on Friday June 3 at 9am.

Rumer’s November tour comes a year to the month of her debut album’s release: ‘Seasons Of My Soul’ has since garnered significant critical acclaim, and sold over half a million copies in the UK alone. The Anglo-Pakistani singer and songwriter has built up an extensive live following: in London alone, she has already sold out The Royal Festival Hall, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Notting Hill’s Tabernacle and The Bloomsbury Theatre. Rumer’s Royal Albert Hall date is also particularly timely: it is a venue she played in support of Jools Holland last year, and will now return to headline, capping an astonishing twelve months.

Balancing work on new material, Rumer’s summer schedule will see her release a new single, ‘Take Me As I Am’, on July 5. She will also return to Glastonbury – where she performed on the tiny Greenpeace stage last year – to play a huge show at the Pyramid stage on June 25: additional festival slots are confirmed at Hard Rock Calling, Latitude, Cambridge Folk Festival, on top of a headline iTunes Festival date .

Rumer is the professional name of the British female singer-songwriter, Sarah Joyce (born 1979, Islamabad, Pakistan). Her stage name was inspired by the author Rumer Godden. Rumer's voice has been described by The Guardian as being reminiscent of Karen Carpenter. Supported by leading music industry figures including Burt Bacharach, Jools Holland and Elton John, Rumer was nominated for two Brit awards on 13 January 2011.

“An emotional Trojan horse…the most exciting new talent of the moment” Observer

 

“Startling...these are songs of yearning and loss” Q

“Sensationally good...the hype is justified” Sunday Times Culture

“Whatever ‘it’ is, Rumer has it” Independent On Sunday

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