Bare Essence b/w Meet In A Dream (featuring Hanna)

It is currently available at iTunes and Spotify (in the UK) and will be released there on VINYL in June!

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Don’t forget to catch Simon with *his* band ON TOUR in between UK WHO dates this JUNE

“Simon Townshend Talks Quadrophenia – And More”

Hi, Who and ST fans,

After the excitement of playing Quadrophenia in North America recently with The Who, I’m really looking forward to performing it on home turf in the UK June and July, the place where it all began and inspired a generation. This new production of Quadrophenia is amazing. The use of old live Who footage syncing to the live band on stage is incredible. We almost bring Keith Moon and John Entwistle back to life! Roger and Pete have been awesome, too. They’re both in great shape and are really enjoying themselves on stage. Audiences are in for a treat.

What’s also exciting in June is that I’m playing with my own band the following nights after Who shows in the same cities, giving you the opportunity to have two nights of great music. With my new album due in November, I have a lot of new music to get out there, the best of and a few classics to get the clubs rocking. My band is killer, featuring: the legendary Phil Spalding on Bass, Tony Lowe on Guitar and Chris Granger on Drums. Plus we have some fantastic acts joining us along the way.

After all the solo acoustic work I’ve been doing recently, I’m looking forward to putting the electric on and cranking it up.

Hope some of you guys will come and check it out. You won’t be disappointed.

You can still listen to the program (for the next 7 days) at the BBC’s website

Simon’s segment starts around 00:30:15 in and runs about 10 minutes!

Celebrate the May Bank Holiday at the Burslem Festival (Stoke-on-Trent) where Simon will appear on Monday May 6th (stage time approx 4pm)!

http://www.simontownshend.com/shows/may-6-burslem-festival-stoke-on-trent/

Simon arriving at Joe’s Pub 2012-09-11

For the fourth time since Sept 2012, Simon is returning to play JOE’S PUB in NYC on Friday,  July 26th.

Again this is an early show – 7:00pm and will no doubt sell out like the last three have!

Tickets on sale now!

full details on the gig page

Tickets on sale via Joe’s Pub

The final stop! This one in front of the largest crowd yet – 5000+

Heart and me. Or me with heart. These girls are amazing. Had a great time touring with them. Amazing. Wonderful team of people working with them, too. Gonna miss them all. One last thing…. A HUGE thanks to Shaun Walker (tour manager) and Mark Piddington (guitar tech) for being there with me – the whole way.

Bell Centre

Set List:
Electric Friend
Comeback
She Asked Me
Bare Essence
Bed of Roses
The Way It Is
Denial
I’m The Answer
Forever And A Day

The crew arrived early morning Friday the 22nd and enjoyed two days off – resting and exploring.

March 24 – National Arts Centre

See some AMAZING shots from Lori Hoddinott in the PHOTO SECTION !

Set List: Electric Friend, Comeback, She Asked Me, Bare Essence, Bed of Roses, The Way It Is, Denial, I’m The Answer, Forever And A Day

Job done in Ottawa

From the review in The Ottawa Citizen by David Kawai:

“The strong, supple voice wrapped itself around emotion-filled lyrics, and was bolstered by a deft hand, especially on the 12-string guitar.

… Townshend threw himself into his show, and by the end of his set won over a good chunk of the audience with the passion of his performance. A highlight of the set was a new song called Denial, from an upcoming album, that indicated that even more of his soul will be bared on his next batch of tunes.”

As reported by Shaun:

Arrived at Massey Hall in Toronto.  A beautiful old theatre.
Simon on vocals, Shaun on drums and Mark on guitar took to the stage along with Dan the bass player from Heart to treat the gathered team to an inpromptu version of Pinball Wizard which went down a storm.

After all that hard work Mr Townshend needed a well earned lie down. Sleep tight!!

… Zzzzzz

Massey Hall

©2013 T-MAK World (www.tmakworld.com)

A fantastic show to a super crowd!!

Set List: Electric Friend, Comeback, She Asked Me, Bare Essence, Bed of Roses, The Way It Is, Denial, I’m The Answer, Forever And A Day

The reviewers liked it as well!

Simon Townshend – Concert Review March 2013 -T-Mak World

“This has got to be one of the best “opening” shows of all time and as such we are declaring it as a Best of T-Mak World gig.”

Sound check – London, ON

Simon hard at work on stage – London ON

Set List: Timebomb, She Asked Me, Bare Essence, Bed of Roses, The Way It Is, Denial, I’m The Answer, Forever And A Day

“After an excellent acoustic warm-up set from the immensely talented Simon Townshend, who’s song writing talent and singing equals, and at times, surpasses that of his more famous brother, Heart took the stage to an impassioned roar from the full house.” – Keith McTaggart, Heart Rocks Calgary, The Music Express