COMPETITION TO BE OPENING ACT ON THE FRANK TURNER & SLEEPING SOULS UK APRIL TOUR

FRANK TURNER and The Sleeping Souls have announced a UK tour for April 2025 and he is looking for local unsigned acts to open the shows and join Amigo The Devil on the supporting bill.
For all the information from Frank himself - please read on.

Thanks for searching out more information about the competition to be a local, unsigned opener on the April tour. Please read all of the below before sending your stuff in. Thank you!

  1. I’m looking for local people - so people from the towns we’re playing, or nearby. If you live in Southampton, please don’t apply for the Newcastle show.

  2. I’m looking for unsigned people - people who are right at the start of their journey. If you have a couple of albums out already through a label, this isn’t the spot for you. If you’ve put some stuff out DIY, that’s fine, keep reading.

  3. I’m looking for solo acts - in the interests of keeping my crew sane and the production running smoothly, I’m interested in people who play one instrument and sing please. No guest saxophone players I’m afraid.

  4. Please apply for ONE show only.

  5. All performers and accompanying people need to be 18 years old or older.

  6. The slots on offer are for a 20 minute opening slot before Amigo the Devil, after doors. We can’t guarantee that everyone will be in the room by then, but we won’t put you on 5 minutes after doors either, you’ll get a good crowd.

  7. We can offer payment of £100 for the set plus 5 guest list spots (which means tickets, not backstage). You can bring one person with you to help set up / hang out. You can sell merch (1 music item, 1 cloth item, so like 1 CD and one shirt) at the merch desk on the night. Some venues you’ll need to sell yourself, some will sell for you, we’ll let you know.

  8. We will totally say hi on the night, never fear.

  9. If you’re not an artist entering, please don’t send an email bigging up your mate. I’ll be picking based on personal taste alone.

  10. I obviously can’t choose more than one person per show. If you don’t get picked, please don’t be discouraged. It’s important to shoot your shot in life, so do get involved, but if it doesn’t go your way this time, keep at it!

So! Now you’re ready to submit yourself for the competition. Here’s how you do it.

1. Please send an email to frankturner@xtramilerecordings.com

2. Please put the town you want to play as the subject. Nothing else. Just the town.

3. Please send links to websites like Bandcamp / Soundcloud or similar. Please do NOT send attachments, big music files and so on.

4. Tell me a little about yourself, but I don’t need a big professional bio or fancy press shots. I will be picking based on the music alone.

5. The cut-off date for submissions is March 18th 2025. Winners will be announced March 25th 2025.

If you do get picked, we’ll be in touch!

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Welcome to the Frank Turner Classic Merch SALE 2023!!

We have various t-shirts and hoodies available at a lovely price just for you!

***VERY LIMITED ITEMS! (now SOLD OUT)***

Included in the first one hundred orders, we have a limited amount of tour laminates available from various tours over the years.  (Only 1 laminate per order). And a free FTHC keyring & ‘Tape Deck Heart’ sticker set with orders over £25! (Only 1 per order). ***SOLD OUT!!***

FTHC Black Hoodie – £20. Med, Large & XL only

FTHC Black Hoodie

FTHC Black hoodie

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Lost Evening 4 Black Hoodie - London 2021 - £20. Small, Large, XL, 2XL only.

Lost Evening 4 - London 2021 hoodie

Frank Turner - Lost Evenings 4 - London 2021

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'Always On Tour' – Black ZIP Hoodie Black - £20. Small, Med, Large, XL, 2XL.

Frank Turner - Always On Tour - zip hoodie

Frank Turner - Always On Tour - zip hoodie

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'I Want To Dance', Black t-shirt - £10. Small, Med, Large, XL, 2XL & 3XL.

Frank Turner - ‘I Want To Dance’ black t-shirt

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Lost Evenings IV - London 2021 - Black t-shirt

Lost Evenings IV - London 2021 - Black t-shirt

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‘We Can Only Get Better’ - Black t-shirt - £10. Small, Med, Large, XL, 2XL, 3XL.

Frank Turner - 'We Can Only Get Better' - black t-shirt

Frank Turner - ‘We Can Only Get Better’ - black t-shirt

Only 1 left!

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Frank Turner - FTHC - Black t-shirt

Frank Turner - FTHC - Black t-shirt

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Frank Turner - FTHC - 2022 UK tour - V neck black Tee

Frank Turner - FTHC - 2022 UK tour - V neck, slim fit black t-shirt

BLACK TOUR T-SHIRT - V NECK SLIM FIT - UK Tour Dates 2022
Small left chest FTHC logo and UK tour dates on the back
V Neck - womens / Slim fit
Colour: Black

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2023 UK tour - black t-shirt - £15. Small, Med, and Large only.

Frank Turner - 2023 UK tour - Black t-shirt

Frank Turner - 2023 UK tour - Black t-shirt

BLACK TOUR T-SHIRT - UK Tour Dates 2023
Small left chest FTHC logo and UK tour dates on the back
Unisex Fit
Colour: Black

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The Gathering - black t-shirt - £10. Small, Large, XL, 2XL & 3XL. NO MEDIUM.

Frank Turner - The Gathering - black t-shirt

Frank Turner - The Gathering - Black t-shirt

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Frank Turner - 'Haven't Been Doing So Well' baseball t-shirt

Frank Turner - 'Haven't Been Doing So Well' baseball t-shirt

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UK Neverending Tour 2021 - Red t-shirt - £10. MEDIUM & LARGE ONLY.

Frank Turner - Neverending UK tour - Red t-shirt

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2014 European tour - Black t-shirt - £10. Large, Xtra Large and 2XL.

Frank Turner - 2014 European Tour 'Tape Deck Heart' - Black t-shirt

Frank Turner - 2014 European Tour 'Tape Deck Heart' - Black t-shirt

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Frank Turner - Made In England - Skinny black t-shirt

BLACK T-SHIRT – SLIM FIT – Made In England (2011)
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Frank Turner - 2017 UK Arena tour - black t-shirt

Frank Turner - 2017 UK Arena Tour - black t-shirt

BLACK TOUR T-SHIRT – UK Arena Tour Dates 2017
Small left chest logo and UK tour dates on the back
Unisex Fit
Colour: Black

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Frank Turner - 2015 European Tour - grey t-shirt

Frank Turner - 2015 European Winter tour - Grey t-shirt

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Frank Turner - Shanking Hands Khaki Green t-shirt

Frank Turner - Shaking Hands Khaki Green t-shirt

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‘FTHC’ Bones - Navy t-shirt. Front Print only - £15. Small, Med, Large ONLY

Frank Turner - FTHC bones - navy t-shirt

Frank Turner - FTHC Bones - Navy t-shirt

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‘FTHC’ - black beanie hat - one size only - £10

Frank Turner - FTHC - Beanie hat

Frank Turner - FTHC Beanie hat

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Frank Turner - Skull cap - snapback

Frank Turner - ‘Skull’ baseball cap

BLACK SNAPBACK CAP – Positive Songs For Negative People (2015)
Frank Turner skull front print
Positive Songs for Negative People + - black & white under-visor print

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Frank Turner scarf

Frank Turner - scarf!

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'Tape Deck Heart' - Sticker set – FREE WITH SALES OVER 25£

Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart - sticker set

4 x stickers
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FTHC’ keyring (Where are my keys!) FREE WITH ORDERS OVER £25!!

Frank Turner - FTHC keyring

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All UK orders are mailed standard post. No tracking available.
EU Post is mailed with tracking.
Rest of the world standard international post. No tracking available.

Bloody big THANK YOU to Tre!!

Missing any music releases from Frank? Catalogue can be found here!

https://www.xtramilerecordings.com/products/all-physical-things-frank-turner

Any questions please do drop us a line – info (@) xtramilerecordings (dot) com

New Xtra Mile compilation on cassette at Lost Evenings IV and digitally from 15 September 2021 // Stream Xtra Mile High Club XIII compilation now

We are very pleased to announce a brand new Xtra Mile compilation - featuring a veritable feast of choice cuts from our label’s 16-year existence - available on limited edition cassette at Lost Evenings IV and our digital shop here.

You can also listen to the digital version upon its release on Wednesday 15 September 2021.

Xtra Mile High Club XIII: Zero Gravity Hangs features 27 songs from artists old and new, from Frank Turner to BERRIES, Skinny Lister to Guise, Million Dead to PET NEEDS, and Chris T-T to deux furieuses. We’ve got lilting folk, ferocious punk, pop-strewn indie and throat-tearing metal all crammed onto two sides of C90. We are proud of just how much this showcases the breadth and depth of our past and present and points ever-so promisingly towards our lovely future.

You’ll also get to hear some of these bands live at Lost Evenings IV. We’ve put an asterisk next to those ones so when you pick up your cassette next week, you can seek those out especially. We’ve written a guide to them here too, so do take a look at that.

Lost Evenings IV takes place at London Roundhouse on 16-19 September. Friday, Saturday and Sunday are all sold out now, with Thursday getting very low on tickets. Give the lineup a look here.

Tracklisting:

Side Z

  1. Xtra Mile Recordings - Intro

  2. Reuben - Freddy Kreuger

  3. BERRIES - Copy

  4. Frank Turner - Photosynthesis *

  5. Brand New Friend - Girl

  6. Skinny Lister - Cathy *

  7. Counterfeit - You Can't Rely

  8. future of the left - sheena is a t-shirt salesman

  9. Oxygen Thief - I Used To Be Elephants

  10. Ducking Punches - God Damn Coward

  11. Million Dead - After the Rush Hour

  12. Crazy Arm - Bandalito

  13. The Xcerts - Young (Belane)

  14. Mull Historical Society - Wakelines

  15. Johnny Lloyd - Next Episode Starts in 15 Seconds *

Side G

  1. Xtra Mile Recordings - Intro

  2. Against Me! - True Trans Soul Rebel

  3. Deux Furieuses - Year of Rage *

  4. Chris T-T - #WorstGovernmentEver

  5. Sean McGowan - No Show

  6. The Riverboat Gamblers - Comedians

  7. PET NEEDS - Tracey Emin's Bed *

  8. Guise - The Fun Part *

  9. Jamie Lenman - Fizzy Blood *

  10. Trapper Schoepp - Shakedown

  11. Get Cape Wear Cape Fly - Always

  12. Esme Patterson - Never Chase a Man

  13. Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun - Warriors

  14. Larry And His Flask - Ellipsis

Skinny Lister release fifth album 'A Matter of Life & Love' on 22 October 2021 // Listen to 'Damn the Amsterdam' featuring The Longest Johns // Video premiere 7 September 2021

Skinny Lister release their fifth studio album ,‘A Matter Of Life & Love’, on 22 October 2021 via Xtra Mile Recordings. Preorder the album here on CD, white vinyl* and digital download.

Listen to new single ‘Damn the Amsterdam’ featuring The Longest Johns. Look out for the video premiere on Tuesday 7 September via the band’s YouTube channel.

A band who shantied long before TikTok ticked, ‘Damn The Amsterdam’ harks a return to the original rootsy Skinny Lister sound. Written about the famous Hastings shipwreck, it’s a straight-up sea shanty which echoes the style and stomp of ‘John Kanaka’ from their first album ‘Forge & Flagon’.

With especially salty guest harmonies coming courtesy of folk pin-ups The Longest Johns, Skinny Lister can confirm that the band will also be joining them on their UK headline tour throughout November and December. Full dates are below.

Written over the past 18 months, Skinny Lister’s new album ‘A Matter Of Life & Love’ is a collection of true stories and feelings that have really mattered to them.

While the album contains all the typically enlivening tales from the road that have made Skinny Lister the stuff of festival legend, from disturbing touring tales of being pulled over by Bavarian police (‘Bavaria Area’) to full throttle airport drinking songs (‘Breakfast At Heathrow’), dig deeper and you’ll find a record that might well be their most personal and profound yet.

Centrepiece and title-track, ‘A Matter Of Life & Love’, is the very heart of the album. Crystallising the record’s core themes with a Madness-esque playfulness, it’s a poppy and poignant reminder to recognise the moments in life that really matter, however trivial or throwaway they may seem at the time. “It’s a sentiment likely borne out of those months of enforced limited social contact endured over the past few months,” says vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Dan Heptinstall. And one not likely to be taken for granted by anyone, or any band for that matter, any time soon.

The Skinnies’ admirable ‘in this together’ ethos is echoed through stirring anthems such as ‘Shout It Out’ and ‘Shoulder to Shoulder’, which offer rousing singalongs primed and ready for a new age of live music. Skinny Lister’s adept ability for a heartstring-plucking ballad also remains evident in tracks such as ‘Embers’, an elegant folky composition led by Lorna and destined to make Skinny fans everywhere crumble. Elsewhere, the Celtic-tinged, string-adorned gem ‘Bonny’s Eyes’ offers a touching tribute to the wonder of being a new parent.

Bringing together all their influences and styles, from ska to rock and from folk-punk to traditional shanty, throughout its 12 tracks ‘A Matter Of Life & Love’ is in many ways the distillation of everything that has seen the world fall for Skinny Lister’s charms. And yet, as the first record to be entirely written, produced, recorded and mixed by Skinny Lister themselves, it finds a band with a bolstered sense of confidence and a gleeful skip in their stride. Proving a unique opportunity for the band to create, experiment, and hone music of their own volition, it’s a process that finds a band in liberated form and realising the full Skinny Lister vision as they have always intended it.

Opening-up about recording the new record and what to expect, Dan says:

“It’s great to have made it to album number five, and we can’t wait to see what further adventures lay in store for us as we get it out there on the road and into the world! This has been a very liberating experience, not only allowing us to employ all that we’ve learnt from the top producers of our previous four albums, but also truly realise our own vision of the tracks. We’re very proud of the results.”

An album about camaraderie and companionship through thick and thin, and cherishing the simple things freedom brings, ‘A Matter Of Life & Love’ finds a band brimming with a zest for life, love, music and good times.

* Please note that vinyl preorders will be ready and shipped from April 2022.

‘A Matter of Life & Love’ tracklist:

  1. Shout It Out

  2. Tough Stuff Like Us

  3. Like It’s The First Time

  4. Damn the Amsterdam (ft. The Longest Johns)

  5. A Matter Of Life & Love

  6. Embers

  7. Shoulder to Shoulder

  8. Bavaria Area

  9. Bonny’s Eyes

  10. Life at a Loose End

  11. Breakfast at Heathrow

  12. History

Live shows

Supporting Frank Turner

September 2021

03 Hull @ Bonus Arena
19 London @ The Roundhouse (Lost Evenings IV)

Headline tour with special guests The Longest Johns supporting (except #)

November 2021

11 Oxford @ Academy 2

12 Norwich @ Art Centre

13 Cardiff @ Globe

18 Bristol @ Fleece #

19 Manchester @ Gorilla - SOLD OUT

20 Birmingham @ Institute 2

24 Leeds @ The Wardrobe

25 Nottingham @ Rescue Room

26 Newcastle @ Cluny

27 Glasgow @ King Tuts '#

December 2021

10 Southampton @ 1865

11 London @ The Garage - SOLD OUT #

Supporting Less Than Jake in 2022

March 2022

31 Glasgow @ O2 Academy

April 2022

01 Newcastle @ O2 Academy

02 Leeds @ O2 Academy

03 Manchester @ O2 Ritz

05 Leicester @ O2 Academy

06 Birmingham @ O2 Institute

07 Bournemouth @ O2 Academy

08 Bristol @ O2 Academy

09 London @ The Forum

Germany headline tour

June 2022

01 Cologne @ Luxor

02 Munich @ Strom

03 Berlin @ Hole44

04 Hamburg @ Knust

skinnylister.com // facebook.com/skinnylister // Twitter: @SkinnyLister // Instagram: @SkinnyLister // youtube.com/user/skinnylister

BERRIES release new single 'The Expert' on flexi disc 3 September 2021 // Featured on new KillRockStars compilation covering Sleater-Kinney // Listen to 'Dance Song '97'

BERRIES release a flexi disc double A-side containing new single ‘The Expert’ and a cover of Sleater-Kinney’s ‘Dance Song ‘97’ on 3 September 2021. Buy it here.

The Sleater-Kinney cover celebrates the 30th anniversary celebration of legendary label Kill Rock Stars (KRS) and features on the digital-only compilation Stars Rock Kill (Rock Stars), a compilation of 40 bands and artists covering tracks from the extensive KRS catalogue. Buy the compilation here.

Speaking on their involvement with the compilation, BERRIES say: “It was such a big moment for us when Kill Rock stars asked if we would like to record a cover for their 30th anniversary. We are so excited to have the opportunity. They have launched so many of our favourite bands’ careers including Sleater-Kinney, who have always been such a huge inspiration.”

Three minutes of BERRIES’ trademark off-kilter guitars, softened through a more poppy lens than we’ve come to expect from the three-piece, it’s both true to the original while maintaining BERRIES’ angular and occasionally abrasive nature.

Steadily, BERRIES’ profile has been rising, and it’s not just offstage that the band have impressed. Working regularly with national promoters DHP, recent notable shows include Cherry Glazerr and Porridge Radio at Electric Brixton, Ex Hex at Village Underground and supporting Frank Turner in Liverpool, not to mention a Radio X Live Session for respected DJ John Kennedy. BERRIES recently added to this with a headline show at The Grace above the legendary Garage in London, as well as a show supporting Frank Turner at Hull Zebedees Yard with label mates Skinny Lister, PET NEEDS and Guise on 3 September and a slot at Frank Turner’s latest instalment of his award-winning festival, Lost Evenings IV, at Roundhouse London on 19 September.

BERRIES are:

Holly – Guitar/Vocals
Lauren - Bass
Lucie – Drums

Tour Dates:

03 September – Zebedees Yard, Hull (Gathering Show w/Frank Turner, Skinny Lister, Guise, PET NEEDS)
19 September – Lost Evenings IV Festival, Roundhouse, London (supporting Frank Turner).

berriesband.co.uk // facebook.com/BerriesBand // Twitter: @berriesbanduk // Instagram: @Berriesband // YouTube: youtube.com/Berriesband

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