18 FEBRUARY 2008
NEWS RELEASE No: 10365
THE ZUTONS ANNOUNCE SUMMER FOREST TOUR
The Zutons, who are currently recording their new album in LA, the follow-up to the multi platinum selling albums Who Killed The Zutons? and Tired Of Hanging Around, have announced their first UK tour in two years at seven unique forest locations across the UK. The dates are:
June
Thu 5th High Lodge, Thetford Forest, Near Brandon, Suffolk
Sun 8th Bedgebury Pinetum & Forest, Near Goudhurst, Kent
Fri 13th Delamere Forest, Near Linmere, Cheshire
Fri 20th Westonbirt - The National Arboretum, Near Tetbury, Glos
Sat 21st Sherwood Pines Forest Park, Near Edwinstowe, Notts
Fri 27th Dalby Forest, Near Pickering, North Yorks
Sat 28th Cannock Chase Forest, Near Rugeley, Staffs
Tickets are priced at £26, subject to booking fee, and are available from 9:00am on Friday 22nd February. Forestry Commission ticket/info hotline: 01842 814612, and ticket hotlines: Ticketmaster (0870 1602837) or Gigs and Tours (0871 2200260) or online: www.forestry.gov.uk/music & www.gigsandtours.com & www.ticketmaster.co.uk
As previously announced, The Zutons are at Sunset Sound Studios in LA, with producer George Drakoulias (The Black Crowes/Primal Scream/Tom Petty) recording their, as yet to be titled, third album, which is due to be released in the Spring. They will also be appearing at this years Isle of Wight Festival which runs from the 13th – 15th June.
The Forestry Commission is committed to taking woodlands to new audiences, and making them relevant to people in new ways. The forest tour is self-sustaining, paying for itself, and providing valuable revenue to plough back into the woodland in a variety of environmental and social projects.
e-mail:
jo.fowler@forestry.gsi.gov.uk