A new UK and Ireland tour for Nick J.D. Hodgson will culminate at Live At Leeds in May.
The former Kaiser Chiefs songwriter is supporting his debut solo album Tell Your Friends, and has lined up gigs in Dublin, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow before playing the Leeds Wardrobe and the city’s one-day festival on May 5th.
“Making a record so indelibly all your own work is a measured risk, not least because of where the buck stops, but also because lazy comparisons are the basic currency of criticism,” our review reads.
“The latter can’t be avoided, but wisely mitigating Hodgson has played to his strengths, choosing to treat subjects with an intimacy which can evade the Chiefs’ more technicolour world; Thank You, written on his sickbed whilst waiting for an email that never arrived, is typical of the outward-facing lyrics, be they sardonic or heartfelt.”
Tour dates:
April
14 – Dublin, Grand Social
15 – Birmingham, Actress And Bishop
17 – London, 100 Club
18 – Manchester, Deaf Institute
19 – Newcastle, Cluny
20 – Glasgow, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut
21 – Leeds, Wardrobe
May
5 – Live at Leeds