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Andy to tour!

Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders will be touring opening shows for Eric Clapton on the UK / Ireland leg of his 2024 tour.

 

The dates will be:

May 9th Utilita Arena, Newcastle
May 11th M & S Bank Arena, Liverpool
May 13th Resorts World Arena, Birmingham
May 16th 3 Arena, Dublin
May 18th Co-op Arena, Manchester
May 20th Royal Albert Hall, London
May 21st Royal Albert Hall, London
May 23rd Royal Albert Hall, London
May 24th Royal Albert Hall, London

 

The Low Riders will be Paul Beavis – Drums, Ian Jennings – Bass, Nick Pentelow – Tenor / Baritone Sax & Clarinet, Richard Milner – Organ & Backing Vocals, Pete Cook – Baritone Sax

These are currently the only dates Andy is planning this year

AFL Announcement

We are pleased to announce that Andy will be resuming performances as a member of Eric Clapton’s band in September this year for the USA tour and as a guest at the Crossroads Festival.

 

The dates are:

Sep 8, PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
Sep 10, Scotia bank Arena, Toronto
Sep 12, Enterprise Center, St Louis
Sep 14, Xcel Centre, St Paul
Sep 16, Ball Arena, Denver
Sep 23, Crossroads, Crypto Com Arena, Los Angeles
Sep 24, Crossroads, Crypto Com Arena, Los Angeles

 

*At this time we have no other information in respect of any other performances and will be making subsequent announcements if and when appropriate

Well, what a start to 2023!

Kicking off on Jools Annual Hootenanny show on New Year’s Eve and following that trending on @Twitter and the Wikipedia page was the 2nd busiest page in the UK on New Year’s Day!

If you missed the action from New Year’s Eve, click on the link below for the highlights on iPlayer.

Jools Annual Hootenanny 2022/23 (iPlayer)

Wait there’s more! You can now pre-order copies of FLANG DANG, Andy’s first solo album since 2006!

After an interval of sixteen years, here he is again at his sweet and soulful musical best with the kind of record that will surely delight his fans. Every song on the album was written by Andy and oozes with the blues and gospel style that he has made his own. He recorded it all at Kingsley Ward’s Rockfield studio in Wales, with drummer Paul Beavis providing the healthiest of heartbeats for this new body of Andy’s work. The whole album has the patina of maturity that you would expect from someone with such a huge wealth of experience as a musician and a gentleman.

Pre-Order Album Here

Tour Cancellation *UPDATE*

Further to our announcement in early October, it is with great regret and our sincere apologies that we now have to announce all planned dates for AFL & The Low Riders up to September 2023 will have to be cancelled as of today.

Andy’s situation has not changed and in order to give everyone time to react and rearrange we can no longer leave this decision.
There will not be any further announcements until, in due course, we are in a position to announce a rescheduling of all shows we will miss.

Guitarist review…

Guitarist Review

Flang Dang. A sparkling solo album from esteemed sideman. It’s been a long wait since Andy Fairweather Low’s last solo album, Sweet Soulful Music, was released in 2006, but Flang Dang is a notable return to form…

Guitarist review – Dec 2022 edition.

 

Tour Cancellation

It is with deep regret we announce that, with immediate effect, the remaining dates on the Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders tour have been cancelled.

Andy now must be home to give full-time 24 / 7 care to his wife who is battling a terminal illness.

There will not be any further announcements until, in due course, plans for 2023 become clear.

Eric Clapton European Tour Dates added!

Andy and his extended big band The Hi Riders have been invited by Eric Clapton to open shows on his European Tour.

Unfortunately, we have had to rearrange some dates this summer (Crickhowell, Neath, Wokingham, Burnley and Henley), see tour dates for more information.

We will be opening Eric’s European Tour at:

The Royal Albert Hall, May 7th + 8th
Hallen Stadion, Zurich, May 17th
Mediolanum Forum, Milan, May 18th
Unipol Arena, Bologna, May 20th + 21st