2019 will see London-based independent record label XTRA MILE RECORINGS come of age and celebrate its *16th anniversary of operations.
A milestone worthy of celebration and Xtra Mile will be doing just that throughout the year with a host of special events, releases and more that will mark this occasion in style.
The first events to be announced are a label night in accordance with the charity War Child as part of their BRITs Week run of shows. Taking place on 15th February at London’s Omeara venue, Frank Turner will be doing one of his now legendary DJ sets alongside live performances from Johnny Lloyd and others. The prize draw is open now and closes at 23:59 pm, Monday 4th February. To enter the prize draw and win tickets to the show, you can make a £5 donation to War Child at www.britsweekwarchild.co.uk. To maximise the chance of winning, you can enter as many times as you like. There will also be a limited number of tickets for sale from Friday 18th January.
Frank Turner soon sets off on his UK arena tour which culminates at London’s prestigious Alexandra Palace on February 3rd. Xtra Mile will be taking over the nearby infamous Boogaloo Bar for an afternoonpre-party party with live music and DJ sets from Xtra Mile acts. More information to come.
During February, March and April the label will be organising after-show parties at Seán McGowan’s headline show at the Borderline (with fellow rising stars Brand New Friend supporting), London on 2nd March, and two Skinny Lister shows from their 2019 world tour – after their Stollwerk show in Cologne (29 March) and Electric Ballroom in Camden, London (11 April) both dates with label-mate Trapper Schoepp supporting.
And in May Xtra Mile travels across the pond to pitch up at Lost Evenings III, Frank Turner’s 4-day festival taking place at House Of Blues, Boston Massachusetts. The Xtra Mile Recordings Label and Friends night is on Sunday 19th May including Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls, Against Me! and many others. Full line-up for the whole festival is still to be announced so watch this space as it’s set to be the best yet.
Further events and releases including all-day festival stage takeovers are to be announced in due course. And the centrepiece of this birthday extravaganza is a truly epic competition that could see the winner jet off around the world to see their favourite Xtra Mile act perform. All details will be unveiled shortly so keep an eye on the Xtra Mile socials for all the news.
We’re proud of our close-knit roster of artists whose hard work, great music and kind souls has kept Xtra Mile going for 16 years. Our planned events for the year are a celebration of them, their fans and the whole Xtra Mile family.
*Please note that Xtra Mile would have celebrated 15 years as is more customary, but in 2018 they were too busy releasing excellent albums from Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Will Varley, Frank Turner, Ducking Punches, Sean McGowan, Brand New Friend, Mull Historical Society, PD Liddle, Oxygen Thief and of course organising Lost Evenings 2.