Welsh rockers FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND have had a most full-on year. Winning the ‘Artist Of The Year’ Award at this years BT Digital Music Awards (seeing off competition from the likes of Muse, Razorlight, Bloc Party and Natasha Bedingfield!), the guys have been touring non-stop in support of the release of their third gold-selling album ‘Tales Don’t Tell Themselves’, which hit the Charts at #3!
Quite literally living on the road, they’ve toured the States on The Warped Tour, taken their own tour throughout Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand and hit Europe on numerous occasions.
But what about us? you might ask……Well, now they’re back! The boys are heading home to spread some FFAF love this Christmas with a full UK tour lined up, climaxing with a mammoth homecoming gig at the Cardiff CIA! With an incredibly exciting 2008 planned (juicy details coming soon!) these 5 lads from the Welsh Valleys are very much in the festive mood! Come and join them!!
Support on all the dates comes from Kids In Glass Houses and City Sleeps.
Sat 08 Dec London, Astoria
Sun 09 Dec London, Astoria
Mon 10 Dec Bournemouth, Opera House
Tue 11 Dec Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Thu 13 Dec Sheffield, Octagon
Fri 14 Dec Middlesborough, Town Hall
Sun 16 Dec Glasgow, Barrowland
Mon 17 Dec Dundee, Fat Sams
Wed 19 Dec Warrington, Parr Hall
Thu 20 Dec Liverpool, University
Sat 22 Dec Cardiff, CIA
3 Gold Selling Albums in the UK - new album entered UK Charts at #3
**** 9 Smash Hit Singles
**** 21 Front Covers
** ‘Genuinely towering…’ THE GUARDIAN - Single Of The Week
‘A brilliant collection of anthems’ THE SUN - 5/5′The time is right for this quintet from Bridgend.’ THE TIMES
‘A triumph, a remarkably assured, wonderfully cohesive work, boldly conceived and superbly executed’ KERRANG - 5/5′
… simply demands that you punch the air with glee!’ HEAT 4/5
‘Chorus the size of the Severn Bridge.. stadium size rock’ NEW - 4/5′Full of brilliant rock songs!’ - BIG CHEESE
4/5′Undeniably widescreen, full of gothic pomp and crammed with commercial tunes’ Q
‘The best album they have ever made’ ALBUM OF THE MONTH (9/10), TOTAL GUITAR
‘If the songs were any bigger they’d shift the earth off it’s axis’ ROCKSOUND 8/10
‘They have delivered the record to elevate them to the next level.’ MUSIC WEEK’…
it’s good and still hard as nails!’ NUTS’[single Into Oblivion is] easily the best song FFAF have written’ NME’A must have for all (emo) fans’ MIZZ
‘Kick ass guitars and a lot of rocking out’ (album of the month) TV HITS
‘Stadiums surely await’ CLASSIC ROCK 8/10
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