Our new playlist of the best new Americana we’ve heard over the last month is out later today exclusively for AUK supporters which includes new tracks by Willi Carlisle, Counting Crows, Icarus Phoenix, Jeffrey Martin and Mary Chapin Carpenter among others – as always we trawl through the best Americana we’ve heard recently so you don’t have to. And our giveaway this month is two tickets for one lucky supporter to acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Fanny Lumsden who returns with her first new music since 2023’s ARIA, AIR and Golden Guitar Award-winning album “Hey Dawn” with new single courtesy of her version of Gotye’s global hit, ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ (featuring Kimbra). The song features Fanny’s full live band, The Prawn Stars – for the first time on a recording – and was produced by Matt Fell, Dan Freeman and Fanny, mixed by Matt Fell and mastered by William Bowden (who mastered the original Gotye version). You can watch the video to it below.
Fanny is set to embark on another huge run of touring, heading back to the UK and Ireland for 21 shows – her fourth time in 2 years following a triumphant Glastonbury debut in 2023. After selling out her Country Halls Tour in Scotland in 2024, marking the Tour’s overseas debut, Fanny and band The Prawn Stars will also bring the intimate series of shows back here again this year, putting on full band, full production shows of original live music in halls off the regular touring circuit and raising funds for communities in the process. At the end of August, she hits the road with Paul Kelly and Lucinda Williams in Australia.
Full dates are below – for tickets and full tour details, visit this link.
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Fanny Lumsden UK and Ireland Dates 2025:
Fri July 25 – TOGETHER AGAIN Festival, Bolesworth
Sat July 26 – Brudenell Club, Leeds
Sun July 27 – Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow
Thu July 31 – Belladrum Festival, Inverness
Fri Aug 1 – Arisaig Hall – Country Halls Tour, Arisaig, Scotland
Sat Aug 2 – Balquhidder Hall – Country Halls Tour, Balquhidder, Scotland
Sun Aug 3 – Three Villages Hall – Country Halls Tour, Arrochar, Scotland
Thu Aug 7 – Coughlans, Cork, Ireland
Fri Aug 8 – Dolans, Limerick, Ireland
Sat Aug 9 – Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland
Sun Aug 10 – Whelans, Dublin, Ireland
Tue Aug 12 – YES (PINK ROOM), Manchester
Wed Aug 13 – Oslo, London
Thu Aug 14 – The Exchange, Bristol
Fri Aug 15 – Beautiful Days Festival, Devon
Sat Aug 16 – Country Calling Festival, Essex
Sun Aug 17 – Komedia Studio, Brighton
Wed Aug 20 – Vinyl Café, York (acoustic show)
Thu Aug 21 – Solfest, Cumbria
Fri Aug 22 – Greenbelt Festival, Kettering
Sat Aug 23 – The Long Road Festival, Lutterworth
