Snarky Puppy and Bill Laurance roll out forUK tour

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Snarky Puppy and Bill Laurance Project roll out for UK tour dates 

Grammy-winning groove collective Snarky Puppy (pictured above) have announced a series of UK tour dates for the autumn while their keyboardist/composer Bill Laurance is also set to return to these shores in May with a tour to support the release of his new album, Swift. Following his sold-out run of eight UK dates in 2014, the keyboardist will once again be joined by Snarky bandleader/bassist Michael League and drummer Robert ‘Sput’ Searight plus members of the Dutch Metropole Orkest
who will accompany the trio as they perform Laurance’s genre-hopping
string-laden blend of dance-fuelled electro jazz-fusion. Their tour
kicks off on 23 May at the Union Chapel in Islington. Further tour dates are: Band on the Wall, Manchester (25 May); Hall Two, The Sage, Gateshead (26 May); Nottingham Contemporary (27 May); Colston Hall, Bristol (28 May); St George’s Church, Brighton (29 May). 

 The full Metropole Orkest also feature on Snarky Puppy’s latest opus Sylva,
which was recorded last year in the Netherlands and is released in the
UK on 20 April on the Impulse! label. The band also recently recorded
the vocal-led Family Dinner Vol.2 in New Orleans, with guests
including Salif Keita and Jacob Collier, with that album scheduled for
release in September, followed by a run of UK dates. With a large UK
fanbase the band concluded their several here visits last year with a
spectacular sold-out night at London’s historic Roundhouse venue,
performing to over 3,000 fans as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival.
Snarky Puppy dates are: Vicar Street, Dublin (29 September); O2 Academy, Leeds (1 October); Ritz Ballroom, Manchester (2 October); O2 ABC, Glasgow (3 October); The Institute, Birmingham (4 October); O2 Academy, Bristol (5 October); Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, London (6 October) and Concorde 2, Brighton (7 October).

from jazzwise magazine

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	Snarky Puppy and Bill Laurance Project roll out for UK tour dates Grammy-winning groove collective Snarky Puppy (pictured above) have announced a series of UK tour dates for the autumn while their keyboardist/composer Bill Laurance is also set to return to these shores in May with a tour to support the release of his new album, Swift. Following his sold-out run of eight UK dates in 2014, the keyboardist will once again be joined by Snarky bandleader/bassist Michael League and drummer Robert ‘Sput’ Searight plus members of the Dutch Metropole Orkest who will accompany the trio as they perform Laurance’s genre-hopping string-laden blend of dance-fuelled electro jazz-fusion. Their tour kicks off on 23 May at the Union Chapel in Islington. Further tour dates are: Band on the Wall, Manchester (25 May); Hall Two, The Sage, Gateshead (26 May); Nottingham Contemporary (27 May); Colston Hall, Bristol (28 May); St George’s Church, Brighton (29 May). The full Metropole Orkest also feature on Snarky Puppy’s latest opus Sylva, which was recorded last year in the Netherlands and is released in the UK on 20 April on the Impulse! label. The band also recently recorded the vocal-led Family Dinner Vol.2 in New Orleans, with guests including Salif Keita and Jacob Collier, with that album scheduled for release in September, followed by a run of UK dates. With a large UK fanbase the band concluded their several here visits last year with a spectacular sold-out night at London’s historic Roundhouse venue, performing to over 3,000 fans as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Snarky Puppy dates are: Vicar Street, Dublin (29 September); O2 Academy, Leeds (1 October); Ritz Ballroom, Manchester (2 October); O2 ABC, Glasgow (3 October); The Institute, Birmingham (4 October); O2 Academy, Bristol (5 October); Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, London (6 October) and Concorde 2, Brighton (7 October). from jazzwise magazine