There has been a swathe of news coming out from Wildwood Kin today, including headline tour dates, new festival shows, a new live EP and livestream show with Birdy.
2020 was a tough year for Wildwood Kin, like so many acts their touring plans were cancelled amidst the coronavirus pandemic. What was shaping up to be a great summer of festivals and shows became an empty schedule.
Putting that behind them the band are now happy to announce the ‘Move On Out’ tour starting on Aug 31st at London’s Omeara and taking in Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds, Southampton, Brighton, Bristol, Scunthorpe, Swindon and a homecoming show at Phoenix in Exeter.
“We can’t wait to get back out on the road and play some shows and see our fans again” says Beth. “It’s been a tough time for everybody, but we are so ready to make music again!”
In addition to their headline shows the girls will also be playing a handful of festivals this year including Black Deer Festival in June, Between The Trees in August and the British Country Music Festival in Blackpool & Westview Live both in September, with more to be announced.
If you need a live fix of Wildwood Kin before these dates then you can see the girls on stage with Birdy as part of her livestream show from Wilton Music Hall in April.
“Birdy asked us if we would sing backing vocals for her on her show” explains Emillie. “It’s not something that we have done before but it was a fantastic experience, and we enjoyed every minute of it”
The girls are no strangers to livestream shows having staged their own Homegrown Sessions show in October of last year.
Filmed at the beautiful Higher Eggbeer Farm in Devon the show was a real success with fans.
May 28th will see the release of The Homegrown Sessions Live EP. A selection of five songs from the show with the bands version of The Stereophonics ‘Dakota’ being the first instant grat release on May 7th.
Meg from the band explains “We’ve had so many requests for the songs from the show to be released so we thought an EP would be the best option. As well as being available digitally we are releasing a special signed CD as well”.
Homegrown Sessions EP – Tracklisting
Headed For The Water (Live)
The Author (Live)
Steady My Heart (Live)
Dakota (Live)
Time Has Come (Live)
Move On Out Tour Dates
31st August – Omeara, London
1st September – Deaf Institute, Manchester
3rd September – Cluny, Newcastle
5th September – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
7th September – Joiners, Southampton
8th September – Chalk, Brighton
9th September – Fleece, Bristol
12th September – Phoenix, Exeter
25th September – Christ Church, Swindon
Festival Dates
25th June – Black Deer Festival
29th August – Between The Trees
4th September – British Country Music Festival
18th September – Westview Live Folk Festival
