Having released his debut album Ripe earlier this year SLUG – AKA Sunderland’s Ian Black, has plotted a brand new set of dates across the coming months. Coming up are appearances at UK festivals and a Manchester date supporting FFS and then on to a headline tour in October
SLUG LIVE DATES
08 Aug – Whickham, Chase Park Festival
21 Aug – Glanusk Park, Greenman Festival
22 Aug – York, The Fulford Arms
24 Aug – Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival Theatre (supporting FFS)
25 Aug – Manchester, Albert Hall (supporting FFS) (fancy free tix)
05 Sep – Portmeirion, Festival No.6
26 Sep – Liverpool, Liverpool Psych Festival
10 Oct – Middlesborough, Twisterella Festival
24 Oct – Leeds, Beacons Metro Festival
26 Oct – Sheffield, The Harley
27 Oct – Birmingham, The Rainbow
28 Oct – Brighton, The Hope
29 Oct – Kent, Ramsgate Music Hall
To coincide with this, SLUG have released a brand new track covering Kate Bush. Ian & co. have reinterpreted ‘The Big Sky.’ Ian Black explains:
“The approach was not try to match the majestic original (for I would have lost… badly) and have some fun with it. It has Rundgren pianos, daft synthesisers, a Led Zeppelin breakdown and myself struggling with the vocal delivery that only Kate would be able to pull off so brilliantly. Hope you enjoy it.”
Check out our live review of SLUG’s performance at The Soup Kitchen, Manchester earlier this year.