With his second album, PERMANENT WAY, out now on BMG, CHARLIE CUNNINGHAM has unveiled an exclusive session video for his latest single, DON’T GO FAR. Shot in black and white, the video features Charlie accompanied by a minimal band as he performs an intimate rendition of this stand out moment from the album.
DON’T GO FAR is signature Cunningham; swooping and diving to capture the deftest melody and the deepest emotion. The unique combination of agile guitar – the result of a two-year sojourn in Seville – and distinctive, spectral melodies has, via three EPs and a debut album [LINES, released to widespread acclaim in 2017] seen Cunningham amass over 170 million Spotify hits to date.
On PERMANENT WAY, Cunningham laughs in the face of the ‘difficult second album’ syndrome and ‘acoustic-singer-songwriter’ imagery with boosted dynamics, while retaining the essence of the man’s achingly personable appeal. The album documents life’s uncertainties; the need for intimacy and love but also space and independence.
As PERMANENT WAY continues to win over listeners, CHARLIE CUNNINGHAM and his full live band will travel to Europe this summer for a run of festival dates before embarking on a headline tour of North America in September followed by a lengthy EU and UK tour in October and November.
The UK tour has been extended with a recently announced one-off date at HACKNEY EARTH in LONDON on 26 February 2020, which follows a one-off sold out date at the Southbank Centre at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London in June. Tickets for all dates are on sale now from the official CHARLIE CUNNINGHAM website and full international listings are as follows.
JULY
Sat 20 OSTRAVA CZ Colours of Ostrava Festival
Sat 27 NYON CH Paleo Festival
AUGUST
Fri 02 WOLFSBURG DE Sommer Festival der Autostadt
Sat 03 WURZBURG DE Wurzburger Hafensommer Festival
Sun 04 KARLSRUHE Zeltival Festival
Tue 06 KASSEL DE Kulture Zelt
Wed 07 JENA DE Kulture Arena
Thu 08 DARMSTADT DE Merck-Sommerperlen
Fri 09 REES-HALDERN DE Haldern Pop Festival
SEPTEMBER
Thu 12 LOS ANGELES CA The Echo
Fri 13 SAN FRANCISCO CA Café Du Nord
Sun 15 PORTLAND OR Mississippi Studios
Mon 16 SEATTLE WA Sunset Tavern
Tue 17 VANCOUVER BC Fox Cabaret
Fri 20 FT COLLINS CO Downtown Arter
Sat 21 DENVER CO Globe Hall
Mon 23 MINNEAPOLIS MN 7th Street Entry
Tue 24 CHICAGO IL Schuba’s
Thu 26 TORONTO OR Drake Hotel
Fri 27 MONTREAL QC Phi Center
Sat 28 BOSTON MA Café 939 @ Berklee College
Sun 29 PHILADELPHIA PA Boot & Saddle
OCTOBER
Tue 01 WASHINGTON DC DC9
Wed 02 BROOKLYN NY Rough Trade
Sat 05 MADRID ES Palacio de la Parma
Sun 06 BARCELONA ES Tradicionarius
Tue 08 LAUSANNE CH Les Docks
Wed 09 ZURICH CH Mascotte
Fri 11 PARIS FR Café de la Danse
Sat 12 AMSTERDAM NL Het Zonnehuis
Sun 13 BRUSSELS BE AB Club
Tue 15 COLOGNE DE Gloria Theatre
Wed 16 DRESDEN DE Kulturpalast
Thu 17 PRAGUE CZ Nod
Fri 18 MUNICH DE Muffathalle
Sun 20 BERLIN DE Heimathafen
Mon 21 HAMBURG DE Kampnagel
Tue 22 COPENHAGEN DK Hotel Cecil
Thu 24 GOTHENBURG SE Tradgarn
Fri 25 STOCKHOLM SE Debaser Bar Brooklyn
Sat 26 OSLO NO Parkteatret
Mon 28 UTRECHT NL Hertz
NOVEMBER
Sat 02 BRISTOL Redgrave Theatre
Sun 03 LEEDS City Varieties Music Hall
Mon 04 GATESHEAD Sage 2
Wed 06 MANCHESTER RNCM Concert Hall 2
Thu 07 OXFORD Holywell Music Room
Fri 08 BRIGHTON Old Market
Sun 10 LIVERPOOL Philharmonic Hall 2
Mon 11 GLASGOW Oran Mor
Tue 12 DUBLIN Button Factory