Punch Brothers Tour 2008
Punch Brothers have announced a series of UK and Ireland tour dates July 2008, in support of their critically acclaimed debut album Punch. The band - composer-singer-mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile's new venture - includes Chris Eldridge (guitar), Greg Garrison (bass), Noam Pikelny (banjo), and Gabe Witcher (fiddle).
This tour follows sold out concerts in Glasgow and London in January 08, and this latest UK leg comprises seven dates, beginning in Dublin on July 11 and ending in Manchester on July 18. Also included is a London date at the Arts Theatre on Monday July 14.
The line-up of Punch Brothers is formidable. Chris Thile released the first of five solo albums when he was just thirteen and, by the time he was 20, he was attracting a following among pop, country, and alternative-rock audiences as a member of the Grammy Award-winning Nickel Creek. NPR's Bob Boilen recently said "I've seen many musicians in my day, but my jaw dropped listening to and watching Thile play... The command he had of his instrument, from frenetically fast strumming to tasty quiet fills, it was just first-rate." His band-mates are also among the most in-demand performers in the worlds of bluegrass, folk, and traditional music.
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