JACK SAVORETTI Announces headline Belfast show at THE LIMELIGHT 1, Saturday 25th May 2019

JACK SAVORETTI Announces headline Belfast show at THE LIMELIGHT 1, Saturday 25th May 2019

Jack Savoretti has announced a headline Belfast show at The Limelight 1 on Saturday 25th May 2019. Jack returns on March 22nd with a stunning new album ‘Singing to Strangers’ on BMG Records. Produced by Cam Blackwood (George Ezra), the album follows Jack’s last two gold discs ‘Written in Scars’ (2014) and ‘Sleep No More’ (2016).

Recorded in Rome at Ennio Morricone’s studio this long, hot summer, the 12 track album features Jack’s acclaimed live band: guitarists Pedro Vito and Sam Lewis; bassist Sam Davies, drummer Jesper Lind and musical director Nikolai Torp on keys. “Lucikly Morricone’s studio is in the basement of this huge church so it was cooler,” Jack says. “And the atmosphere down there was essential and that was captured on ‘Candlelight’, which became the calling card of the album and will be the first single.”

As for the title track Jack explains it’s origin: “That’s my job: I sing to strangers. That’s what I’ve spent most of my life doing. Singing to friends and family and fans; they’re already onside, so you can, to some extent sing anything. Strangers need convincing, touching, connection.” Two co-writes on the album are amongst the highlights. ‘Touchy Situation’ was co-written with Bob Dylan. Yes you read that right, Bob Dylan! A contact of Jack’s American manager had some old Dylan lyrics and he was fine with Jack writing music to them.

It may have been because he’d heard Jack’s cover of the Dylan rarity ‘Nobody ‘Cept You’ on ‘Written In Scars’ – a song Jack found in Jackson Browne’s studio. The other collaboration was the Kylie Minogue cowrite ‘Music’s Too Sad Without You’ which appears as a live version recorded in Venice on ‘Singing To Strangers’ and is available as an instant grat from November 23rd with album pre-orders.

Jack recently appeared alongside Kylie on the Jonathan Ross show and they also perform the duet on the Michael McIntyre show November 24th.

Jack Savoretti has partnered with PLUS1 so that £1 from every ticket goes to War Child UK to protect, educate and stand up for the rights of children caught up in war. www.warchild.org.uk

Tickets on sale Friday 23rd November at 9am from www.limelightbelfast.comwww.ticketmaster.ie, Katy’s Bar & Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. Northern Ireland customers 0844 277 44 55.

 

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