Thurs 2nd July
Viewers in Canada can see Craig and Charlie perform an acoustic song live on CTV's Canada AM, scheduled for 8.50am on Friday 3rd July.
Weds 1st July
See Craig and Charlie in acoustic action doing a Biz Session for The Sun.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/
26th June
Craig and Charlie perform an acoustic session and chat for Hometime with Geoff Llyod on On Absolute Radio, catch footage at
http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/player/7066/zoo_session.html
22nd June
Hear Craig and Charlie chatting on BBC Radio 2 Steve Wright Show (2hr 27min in) available for next 7 days at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l8nfd
Also The Proclaimers appearing on BBC 1 TV political magazine programme This Week can be viewed at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/this_week/8109247.stm
Friday 19th June
You can listen for the next 7 days to Craig and Charlie's interview with Mark Lawson on BBC Radio 4's Arts magazine programme, Front Row at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kwp11
Two songs live acoustically at The Fly's Courtyard Session can be seen at http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/news/top-news-stories/5331/flytv-in-the-courtyard:-the-proclaimers
Orange The Music Show interview at http://web.orange.co.uk/p/music/orange_play
Holy Moly interview http://www.holymoly.com/video/when-hm-met/we-would-walk-500-yards-meet-proclaimers15500.html
GMTV performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jJnTX-kM-s
The Proclaimers have been added to Ottawa Bluesfest on July 10th on a new downtown stage at Byward Market and this will be a free show www.ottawabluesfest.ca
Tuesday 16th June
See Craig and Charlie interview on TuneTribe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YnVfq3GKMQ
The Proclaimers appear at BBC World Service Trust Charity Concert
on 17th June
click here to open press release (PDF)
The Proclaimers are delighted to return to Shetland for a gig at the Clickimin Centre on Saturday 29th August
Tickets on sale 9am Saturday 20 June at Shetland Box Office, Islesburgh Community Centre, 01595 745555
and at www.seetickets.com
Friday 12th june
The Proclaimers are delighted to be returning to Australia and New Zealand for a November & December tour. See The Gigs section for dates and venues.
Tickets on sale 22nd June
www.adayonthegreen.com.au
www.adayonthegreen.co.nz
11th June
Amazon UK are offering a track 'I Know' from the new Notes & Rhymes album as a free mp3 at http://www.amazon.co.uk/MP3-Music-Download/
Tuesday 9th June
The Proclaimers will be making a number of UK TV/Radio appearances over next couple of weeks including: Fri 12th 7pm BBC 1 The One Show - Sun 14th 7pm to 10pm Craig and Charlie will be co-hosting on the entire three hours of The Billy Sloan Show on Clyde 1FM www.clyde1.com - Mon 15th 5pm STV The Hour Show - Weds 17th ITV 1 GMTV (due on air 7.40am) - Thurs 18th 5pm Absolute Radio Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show - Fri 19th 12.30pm ITV 1 Loose Women - 2.30pm BBC Radio London Robert Elms Show - 7.15pm BBC Radio 4 Front Row - Mon 22nd 2pm BBC Radio 2 Steve Wright In The Afternoon
Sunday 24th May
Catch Craig and Charlie in various UK radio stations this week including first couple of days in Scotland. Monday 25th, May 9am – 10am, MFR 1 – Breakfast – Breakfast with Ginno and Nicky,
1pm - Northsound 1 Live on Air with John Milne, 3.30pm, Tay Fm.
Tuesday 26th, 8.00am – Clyde 1, 11.15am West FM live with James Pllu, 11.30am West Sound 1035 with Kevin Devine
11.45am West Sound with Gavin Wallace, 1.30pm, BBC Radio Scotland, Tom Morton Show.
21st May
The Proclaimers have confirmed Canadian tour dates for July.
Saturday 4th July - Mariposa Festival
Monday 6th July – Hamilton Convention Centre
Wednesday 8th July - Peterborough Festival of Lights
Thursday 9th July - Toronto Mod Club
Sunday 12th July - Quebec Festival D'ete
Monday 13th July - Winnipeg McPhillips Street Station Casino
Wednesday 15th July – Edmonton Century Casino
Thursday 16th July – Calgary Deerfoot Casino
Saturday 18th July – Vancouver Folk Festival
Also confirmed are gigs on August 1st, a free event Croydon Summer Festival, August 17th at Belfast Mandela Hall and August 18th at Dublin National Concert Hall.
All ticket info in section above The Gigs
14th May
Further summer festivals confirmed as The Proclaimers appear at Vancouver Folk Festival on 18th July, http://thefestival.bc.ca/ (full Canadian July dates announced at start of next week).
Also confirmed in UK is Stockton International Riverside Festival on 2nd August (a free event) http://www.sirf.co.uk/
Wednesday 6th May
The new Proclaimers single Love Can Move Mountains has rolled out across Scottish radio stations today and you can hear it's UK national debut featured around 6.10pm on BBC Radio 2, The Chris Evans Show.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/chris-evan
Tuesday 5th May
Following the first play of new song 'Love Can Move Mountains' tomorrow (Weds) on Forth 1 where Craig and Charlie are on between 8 and 8.30am, Craig will be talking with Paul Harper at Real Radio Scotland at 10.30am as the station has it's first play of the single.
Craig and Charlie will be doing telephone chats between 8.45 and 10.00am with Clyde2, Northsound, West Sound, West FM, MFR, Tay FM and Radio Borders as the song airs across Scotland.
Monday 4th May
You can tune in to hear the first play of the single Love Can Move Mountains on Forth 1 www.forthone.com as Craig and Charlie join Boogie In The Morning breakfast show between 8 and 8.30am on Wednesday 6th May.
Full info coming soon, the single has a UK release on 8th June with the new album Notes & Rhymes following on 15th June.
27th April
The Proclaimers are delighted to confirm they will be making their third V Festival appearances on the 4Music Stage at V Festival Staffordshire on Saturday 22nd and V Festival Chelmsford on Sunday 23rd August.
23rd April
The Proclaimers have added a second show at Philadelphia PA Tin Angel
on their May East Coast US acoustic tour, with the additional gig on Sunday 17th May.
http://ev15.evenue.net/
20th April
The Proclaimers are confirmed to perform at Cleethorpes Rocks, Meridian Park Cleethorpes on Saturday 15th August, ticket info at www.solidentertainments.com/rocks/tickets.html
1 4th April
Craig and Charlie thoroughly enjoyed their visit to BBC Radio 2 on Saturday with David Tennant and Catherine Tate standing in on The Jonathan Ross Show.
You can hear the three songs performed live at http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Craig and Charlie appear at 25.54 ,1.28.44 and 2.21.10 over the three hour programme.
4th April
2 short videos from The Proclaimers in Austin last month, a tour diary
of their acoustic performances at SXSW and then see Craig and Charlie
suffer as they taste a few samples at the suitably named hot sauce
emporium, Tears Of Joy.
(Warning - the hot sauce tasting features strong lanaguage)
See The Proclaimers SXSW Tour diary
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXFJRvm3fR0
Blender Magazine - Hot Sauce Test
www.blender.com/SXSW2009TheProclaimers
On Saturday 11th April, David Tennant and Catherine Tate will be standing in as the presenters of Jonathan Ross's BBC Radio 2 show, live from 10.00am to 1pm. Special guests will be The Proclaimers (playing live), and John Barrowman. The programme will also be broadcast live, and available to listen to again for one week following transmission, on the BBC iPlayer. This applies internationally, BBC radio programming being freely available outside of the UK.
27th March
The Proclaimers are delighted to announce a batch of acoustic shows in
the US North East coast for May. Craig & Charlie then hit the road
with their live band Stevie, Garry John, Zac and Clive as they kick
off another World tour to coincide with the June release of their new
studio album ‘Notes & Rhymes’ (W14/Universal) with three regional
Scottish gigs visiting the Isle of Skye, Oban and Kelso. A Canadian
tour follows in July with full gig info coming soon.
USA – May
Thu 14 - Northampton MA Iron Horse - On Sale 3/24
www.nbotickets.com/load_event_1.asp?event=6482
Fri 15 - Philadelphia PA Tin Angel - On Sale 3/24
http://ev15.evenue.net/
Sat 16 - New York NY City Winery - On Sale 3/30
www.citywinery.com
Tue 19 - Sellersville PA Sellersville Theatre - On Sale 3/24
http://www.st94.com/music/2009_05.html#proclaimers
Wed 20 - Annapolis MD Rams Head On Stage - On Sale 3/24
http://tickets.ramsheadonstage.com/
Fri 21 - Teaneck NJ Mexicali Live - On Sale 3/28
http://www.ticketweb.com/
Scotland – June
Fri 26 - Portree Isle Of Skye Community Centre
07900 390255 and venue box office
Sat 27 - Oban Corran Halls
01635 67333 and venue box office
Sun 28 - Kelso Tait Hall
01573 224269 and from Browns The Newsagents, Kelso
All June shows on sale Monday 30th March at 10am
Online www.seetickets.com
Hotline (24hrs) 0871 220 0260
October/November 24 date UK Tour info at
www.proclaimers.co.uk/2003/the_gigs.html
Special Guests for the England & Wales shows will be Miles Hunt &
Erica Nockalls of The Wonder Stuff
18th March
A double whammy of acoustic shows from SXSW on Saturday 21st March
with a live online broadcast from The Bedford at Hilton Garden Inn,
Austin at 11pm (CST) at www.whereitsat.tv/bblive.html and at 12am
Midnight (EST) on The Network/Direct TV a one hour special recorded in
Austin on 3/20 info at www.directv.com/
9th March
To tie-in with their imminent debut at the SXSW Festival, where they will perform a number of acoustic showcases, The Proclaimers release a digital-only acoustic EP ‘17’, released exclusively by W14 on 9th March on www.LostTunes.com (as 320k DRM-free MP3's) then on general UK digital retailers release on 16th March 2009. In USA the '17' EP is also available from iTunes from 10th March.
The EP opens with The Proclaimers’ version of Kings Of Leon’s ‘17’ from their ‘Only By The Night’ album followed by live versions from a BBC Radio Scotland Tom Morton Show session of three tracks from 2007’s album ‘Life With You’, In Recognition, The Long Haul and S-O-R-R-Y. Craig and Charlie are joined on this session by band members Stevie Christie on accordian and Zac Ware on acoustic guitar.
This release precedes the arrival of a new studio album by The Proclaimers who have been back in Rockfield Studios the past few weeks with producer Steve Evans recording their new studio album ‘Notes & Rhymes’, which is scheduled for a June 15th 2009 UK release.
As well as performing at a few private parties at SXSW, The Proclaimers have 3 official SXSW slots:
3/20 2:00pm Direct TV, SXSW Live, The Lone Star Lounge, Austin Convention Centre
3/20 10:30pm Showcasing Scotland at SXSW, La Zona Rosa
3/21 11:00pm The Bedford @ SXSW, Creekside, EMC at Hilton Garden Inn
 Friday February 27th
The Proclaimers are delighted to
announce a 24 date
October/November UK tour.
Tickets go on sale at 10.00am on Monday 2nd March.
See 'The Gigs' section for full details & ticket links
Click image to download tour poster as PDF
Feb 17
Hello,
A new album, tour dates and much more to come this year and here's a few new things on the go so far.
To coincide with their acoustic performances in March at SXSW in Austin, LA & NY, The Proclaimers will be releasing a digital download EP where Craig and Charlie have covered the Kings Of Leon song '17'.
The EP will aso feature three acoustic tracks from a BBC Radio Scotland session from 2007, In Recognition, The Long Haul and S-o-r-r-y. The songs can be purchased as high-quality MP3s which will work on any player
in digital format exclusively at www.losttunes.com from 9th March and then available at all UK digital download platforms from 16th March.
See a wee video shot in rehearsal rooms of 17 at www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4UD-yaItHc
We have also launched a US micro site for exclusively American news at www.proclaimersusa.com and Twitter and Facebook pages at http://twitter.com/The_Proclaimers and
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Proclaimers/46727363062
Craig and Charlie along with band members, Stevie, Garry John, Zac and Clive are currently having a great time recording songs for the new studio album 'Notes & Rhymes' where they have re-united with Life With You producer Steve Evans.
Finally, we have teamed up with independent store Townsend Records where all The Proclaimers albums are available on CD and also Persevere Records tracks are available as digital downloads. The store can be accessed from The Shop at www.proclaimers.co.uk or at http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/
We will be adding more tracks and merchandise in the months ahead.
More news coming very soon.
Cheers,
Persevere
22nd January
US March Acoustic Shows
Fresh from recording their new studio album 'Notes & Rhymes' in Wales during February/March , Craig and Charlie head straight over to Austin,
Texas to make their debut at South By Southwest where they will perform a series of acoustic showcases. Their official SXSW headline show will be at The Bedford at Creekside EMC, Hilton Garden Inn on Saturday 21st March.
They then follow up their SXSW appearances with two acoustic shows on 24th March at Hotel Café, Los Angeles and on Thursday 26th March at Joe's Pub in New York. Tickets for LA & NY on Sale from Saturday 24th January (10am EST / 10am PST) at www.hotelcafe.com/tickets and www.joespub.com
Final dates for the mega successful Sunshine On Leith - A Musical - Aberdeen His Majesty's Theatre - 13 to 24 January, Inverness Eden Court - 27 January to 7 February,Glasgow King's Theatre - 10 to 21 February
and Coventry Belgrade Theatre 24 - 28 February.
Further gig info coming soon.
24th December
Seasons greetings,
Since coming off the road this summer after a 12 month, 130 date World tour, Craig and Charlie have been writing briskly.
They are delighted with the songs written and will be recording a new studio album in February.
We will be announcing tour dates as the new year progresses and have confirmed appearing at the Mariposa Festival in Southern Ontario on 4th July.
www.mariposafolk.com
The award winning, Sunshine On Leith - A Musical has been packing them in on it's second run, (see dates below) and the cast and musicians have made a fabulous recording of all the songs from the show. The CD can be purchased from the theatres on the day of performances. The CD will be released commercially in the new year and we will update with full info as soon as available.
The second last gig of the 'Life with You' tour was at Edinburgh Castle on 19th July. Here is a link to the song being performed on the Castle Esplanade.
Life With You - LIVE at Edinburgh Castle
A very happy new year
and we look forward to new music and more shows in 2009.
2nd November 2008
Since coming off the road at the end of July after a 13 month tour,
Craig and Charlie have been writing to great effect and now plan to
record their 8th studio album early next year.
We will be announcing dates in the new year as The Proclaimers go back
out live from summer 09.
The award winning and hugely successful musical is back for a second run
with some new cast members and a few tweaks.
Scottish Theatre Consortium presents the Dundee Rep Ensemble production of SUNSHINE ON LEITH - A musical featuring the songs of The Proclaimers, written by Stephen Greenhorn.
Dundee Rep Theatre - 1 to 22 November ALL DATES SOLD OUT
Edinburgh The Festival Theatre - 5 December to 3 January
www.eft.co.uk/festival_theatre/event.aspx?evtid=109
Aberdeen His Majesty's Theatre - 13 to 24 January
www.boxofficeaberdeen.com/prod-productions_details.asp?VenueID=87&pid=1456
Inverness Eden Court - 27 January to 7 February
www.eden-court.co.uk
Glasgow King's Theatre - 10 to 21 February
www.theambassadors.com/tickets/glasgow/kings/3457/sunshine-on-leith.html
Coventry Belgrade Theatre 24 - 28 February
www.belgrade.co.uk/site/index.php
LINKS
Programme forward from James Brining, Director click here to read
A word from the writer, Stephen Greenhorns programme notes click here to read
Friday 25th July
That's all folks! Thanks to everyone who made it along to a show over the last 12 months on The Proclaimers 129 date World tour. Everyone in The Proclaimers camp is thrilled to have had such a successful and enjoyable year.
Craig and Charlie will now spend the rest of the 2008 working on new songs.
See clips from Edinburgh Castle -
Scotland Today STV 6pm News 21/07/08
The Proclaimers-Edinburgh Castle feature
http://wm.stv.tv/proclaimers240708.wmv
Merchandise from the final two gigs of the year at Edinburgh Castle and Inverness Bught Park are available in The Shop.
Sunday 6th July
The award winning and hugely successful musical is back for a second run. Scottish Theatre Consortium presents the Dundee Rep Ensemble production of SUNSHINE ON LEITH - A musical featuring the songs of The Proclaimers, written by Stephen Greenhorn.
Dundee Rep Theatre - 1 to 22 November www.dundeereptheatre.co.uk/w_sunshine02.htm
Edinburgh The Festival Theatre - 1 to 31 December www.eft.co.uk/whatson/events_display.asp?articleid=592
Aberdeen His Majesty's Theatre - 13 to 24 January www.boxofficeaberdeen.com/index.asp?VenueID=87
Inverness Eden Court - 27 January to 7 February
www.eden-court.co.uk/index.php
Glasgow King's Theatre - 10 to 21 February www.theambassadors.com/tickets/glasgow/kings/3457/sunshine-on-leith.html
Tuesday 17th June
BBC Radio Scotland listen again
Songlines celebrates as the Proclaimers' I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) turns 20.
John Cavanagh talks to famous fans including Matt Lucas, David Tennant and Chris Evans (30 mins).
www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/programmes/features/#songlines
Wednesday 21st May
Having spent the last 2 months enjoying a fantastic USA & Canadian tour (many thanks to all who made it along to the concerts), Craig, Charlie and band Stevie, Garry John, Zac and Clive continue on the final stretch of a year long tour with the following shows.
All ticket info in The Gigs section.
May
29 Durham Gala (SOLD OUT)
30 Wychwood Music Festival
June
05 Muscat Intercontinental
06 & 07 Dubai The Music Room at Majestic Hotel
20 Bridlington Spa Theatre
21 Blackpool Winter Gardens
22 Southsea Kings Theatre
27 Torquay Princess Theatre
28 Glastonbury Festival (Headlining The Avalon Stage at 11pm)
29 The Hague Parkpop (Free Festival)
July
05 Rudolstadt Festival
08 Dunfermline Carnegie Hall (SOLD OUT) Fundraiser for Ivan's Dolphin Dream
13 Henley Festival
19 Edinburgh Castle + Special Guests The Dykeenies (SOLD OUT)
20 Inverness Big Top at Bught Park + Special Guests Vincent, Vincent & The Villains & This R 2 Tone
Inverness will be the final concert this year, Craig and Charlie then get their heads down to the writing and subsequent recording of next album and hope to be back out live in second half of 2009.
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Tuesday 6th May
The Proclaimers pop down to the Middle East to squeeze in 3 shows in June 05 Muscat Intercontinental Jabrin Ballroom (box office +968 24680606) 06 & 07 Dubai The Music Room at Majestic Hotel (tickets available from venue on sale 10th May)
Sunday 20th April
Fans in USA with access to Comcast network CN8 channel, can see The Proclaimers performing 3 songs live on 'Backstage With Barry Nolan broadcast on Thursday May 1st between 8.00 and 9.00pm E.T.
We are delighted to confirm The Proclaimers appearing at Rudolstadt 2008, Germany's biggest folk, roots and world music festival on Saturday 5th July
www.tff-rudolstadt.de/english/index.htm
07 March - Final extra USA date added
20th May - Solano Beach - Belly Up (Tickets on sale now)
28 February - Extra USA gig added
April 26 Pittsburgh Rex Theatre (Tickets on sale from 03/01)
Just Announced
26 February 08 NORTH AMERICAN APRIL/MAYTOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
See The Gigs section for all ticket info also for March Europe Tour info.
April
11 Halifax Marquee,
12 St. Johns NF Club One,
13 Saint John NB Imperial Theatre,
16 Brantford Jackhammers,
17 Toronto The Mod Club,
19 Hamilton Convention Centre,
20 Buffalo Tralf,
22 Cambridge Middle East,
24 New York BB King’s,
25 Philadelphia World Café Live,
26 Pittsburgh Rex Theatre
27 Alexandria Birchmere,
29 Cleveland House Of Blues,
30 Ann Arbor The Ark
May
01 Chicago Double Door,
03 Minneapolis Fine Line,
04 Winnipeg Pyramid,
05 Regina Casino,
07 Edmonton Century,
08 Calgary Deerfoot,
10 Vancouver Commodore,
12 Seattle Tractor Tavern,
13 Portland Aladdin Theatre,
15 San Francisco Slim’s,
16 Los Angeles El Rey,
17 Las Vegas Canyon Club,
18 San Juan Capistrano Coachhouse
20 Solano Beach - Belly Up
19th February 08
The Proclaimers are delighted to announce they will headline Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday 30th May. www.wychwoodfestival.com
and...
The Proclaimers are delighted to announce these 2 very special shows in Edinburgh and Inverness, which will be a great way to conclude a year long tour which began in June 2007. These will be the last gigs of 08 as the band will then come off the road as Craig and Charlie concentrate on writing their next album, with a view to being back out live in second half of 2009.
Click below to purchase tickets (9am Friday 1st Feb)
www.ticketmaster.co.uk
EDINBURGH CASTLE-SOLD OUT
Inverness tickets on sale at www.ticketmaster.co.uk
and at The Ironworks, Inverness.
17th January 2008
Spanish dates announced.
March
05 Madrid Heineken Club www.salaheineken.com
07 Murcia Auditorium www.auditoriomurcia.org
08 Valencia Mirror Club www.discomirror.es
Tickets for Spanish shows are on sale through:www.ticktackticket.com
The Proclaimers have also added another show to their March Scandinavian leg in Norway on 27th at Haugesund Byscenen
http://www.byscenen-haugesund.no/page_nn.aspx?id=1
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