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On the 5th of April, Paradiso in Amsterdam will host the English singer Frank Turner in concert. It´s part of his 2012 tour, which promises to be a great meeting with his fans, since the tickets are going quickly and the fans are already packing their bags.
Frank Turner, also known as ´Dave´, was born in Meonstoke, Winchester, in 1981. He studied at Eton and in the London School of Economics. Born in a wealthy and traditional family, he quickly became interested in music, especially in composing songs and managing to produce special sounds with his guitar.
Despite his beginnings in music go back to a band from his school that dissolved in 2001, with which he played concerts, toured and recorded with, his true musical career began that same year with the band Million Dead, thanks to the invitation of the bass player Ben Dawson. In 2005 the band broke up due to irreconcilable differences and therefore Turner was back on his own again.
He had already tried to work solo when he recorded with Smalltown America, a London-based independent record label, so without a band he began to see this alternative as a certain possibility of getting into the music industry in a professional way. As he put it in an interview, “it seemed the most logical thing… trying out playing these songs more publicly and in a more arranged way”.
After an EP with the fusion rock band Reuben, in 2006 the EP ´Campfire Punkrock´ was released by the hand of Xtra Mile Recording. That same year Xtra Mile Recordng in the UK and Welcome Home Records in the USA, released a split EP of 12 minutes of length of Jonas Matranga and Turner after a tour.
His debut in LPs was in 2007 with his album ´Sleep is for the Week´, together with the drummer Nigel Powell, Ben Lloyd on guitar and produced by Dive Dive´s Studio. This was how he made his name as a solo performer and the coronation thanks to his systematic effort to achieve the aim of producing good music.
Later on came the tours and his second album, ´Love Ire & Song´ released in 2008, followed by an extensive UK tour accompanied by Andy Yorke and Chris TT.
Turner is an artist that makes a poem from his lyrics. He knows that a song is half music half poetry, and that´s why he strives to give his fans the best of his work, both in the studio and in concert.
His album ´England Keep My Bones´ placed #12 in the UK chart, getting the best ratings of all of his albums up to date. In 2011 he made a compilation of songs that he called ´The Second Three Years´ with Xtra Mile Recording and in January of 2012 with Epitaph Records. It´s an interesting album that takes all those songs that haven´t appeared in the albums and were only recorded as singles or EPs.
For more information: http://www.paradiso.nl/web/Agenda-Item/Frank-Turner-The-Sleeping-Souls.htm
There are always good excuses to take a few days off in apartments in Amsterdam especially when the prospects that are on offer are as good as this Frank Turner concert. Be quick, rent in good time and get your luggage ready!
