Tom Robinson on Tour 2018

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TOM ROBINSON: 18-date tour in October


18-date UK tour now confirmed, performing the 1978 debut TRB album Power In The Darkness all the way through. As usual the band lineup is Adam Phillips (gtr), Andy Treacey (drums), Professor Jim Simmons (keys) and TR (bass) - wth Lee Forsyth Griffiths as special guest on all dates.

Wed 03 Oct NORWICH: Epic Studios
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Norwich

Thu 04 Oct GREAT TORRINGTON: Plough Arts
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Torrington

Fri 05 Oct LYME REGIS: Marine Theatre
http://bit.ly/PITD2018LymeRegis

Tue 09 Oct BARTON ON HUMBER: Ropery Hall
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Barton

Wed 10 Oct BIRMINGHAM: Glee Club
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Birmingham

Thu 11 Oct MANCHESTER: Band On The Wall
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Manchester

Fri 12 Oct DUBLIN: Whelans
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Dublin

Sat 13 Oct BELFAST: Elmwood Hall
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Belfast

Tue 16 Oct LEEDS: Brudenell
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Leeds

Wed 17 Oct GATESHEAD: Sage
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Gateshead

Thu 18 Oct GLASGOW: King Tuts
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Glasgow

Fri 19 Oct LIVERPOOL: Philharmonic
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Liverpool

Sat 20 Oct SOUTHAMPTON: The 1865
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Southampton

Tue 23 Oct CANTERBURY: Festival
https://www.canterburyfestival.co.uk

Wed 24 Oct BRISTOL: The Fleece
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Bristol

Thu 25 Oct CARDIFF: The Globe
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Cardiff

Fri 26 Oct OXFORD: Bullingdon
http://bit.ly/PITD2018Oxford

Sat 27 Oct LONDON: Shepherds Bush Empire
http://bit.ly/PITD2018London


The Tom Robinson Band’s debut album Power In The Darkness was first performed 40 years ago in Victoria Park, London in front of 80,000 people at Rock Against Racism’s Carnival Against The Nazis alongside Steel Pulse, The Clash and X-Ray Spex. The album was certified gold resulting in a landmark UK tour supported by Stiff Little Fingers in the Autumn of 1978. To mark the 40th anniversary of those shows, Tom will once again be performing Power In The Darkness on an 18-date UK tour – culminating in a headline gig at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Saturday October 27th.

Tom Robinson first became known in 1977 as a musician, LGBT activist and anti-racist campaigner with the Tom Robinson Band (TRB) whose debut release 2-4-6-8 Motorway became one of the landmark singles of the UK punk era. Other well-known songs at the time included Glad To Be Gay, Up Against The Wall and Too Good To Be True.

Tom later co-wrote songs with both Peter Gabriel and Elton John and had further solo hits in 1983 with War Baby and Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio. His 15th studio album Only The Now (2015) included guest appearances by Billy Bragg, Nadine Shah, John Grant, Ian McKellen, TV Smith, Lisa Knapp and Martin Carthy.

As a radio broadcaster Tom hosts three shows a week on BBC Radio 6 Music, served for 10 years on the Ivor Novello Awards committee and was awarded a fellowship of LIPA in recognition of his support for new music with BBC Introducing.


Hope & Glory T-shirts
T-shirts with either TRB fist logo or War Baby: Hope and Glory sleeve can now be ordered anywhere worldwide for £13.99 + shipping from http://bit.ly/trtshirts

And finally...
There's one festival appearance for the band this summer:
Sat 04 Aug WICKHAM:Festival
https://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/artist/tom-robinson-band
01329 231942

And tthe War Baby: Hope & Glory album has been temporarily removed from Spotify and iTunes. The reason for this is that all my solo albums 1982-2015 (including Home From Home) are due to be launched on all streaming services this summer. In the meantime, they are all still available on my Bandcamp page. We will also be announcing a new live double album for release this Autumn. Watch this space....

Finally, in case you know anyone who might be struggling with depression or other mental health issues in these difficult times, I've posted an article on this subject (with a link to Mind, the mental health charity) at Fresh On The Net here: http://freshonthenet.co.uk/depression-mental-illness


Get Checkout7 "Have a Nice Day" on Amazon


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