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Alan Bonner UK Tour March 2013

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Alan Bonner

Alan Bonner, who is currently offering his single ‘Talia‘ away as a free download, will be touring the UK in March, and you’ll be able to catch him at the following venues:

MARCH 2013
7th West St Live, Sheffield
12th The Shed, Leicester
18th Mr Wolf’s, Bristol
21st The Brunswick, Hove
27th The Underbelly, Hoxton, London 8.30pm

Alan Bonner is to release his debut album ‘Balladeer‘ on March 4th, and is an absolutely fantastic up and coming UK singer songwriter.

Alan Bonner’s ‘Talia’ Available for Free Download

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Alan Bonner

With a UK tour coming up in March, Alan Bonner has made his beautiful ballad ‘Talia‘ available for free download.

‘Talia‘ is a track that holds significant importance and meaning to Alan Bonner, and he had the following to say about it:

‘Talia’ is an ode to my best friend of the same name. We met at on the first day of University and have been thick as thieves ever since The Lyric written in panic on her birthday one year when I was on the dole and too skint to buy her a birthday present. It was only ever meant to be a silly gift for her and I never intended to release it originally but when I played the demo to my old band members they convinced me to start playing it live when we were touring with my first album.

It’s funny because it’s one of the songs that people seem to respond to the most, and now I think it’s one of my best songs. I like to imagine that she is out there in the crowd each night when I play it at the end of the show cheering me on, even on the nights when I know that she’s not there. If there was ever anyone worthy of being immortalised in song it’s her.

Stone Sour – Do Me A Favor

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Stone Sour - Do Me A Favor

2008 was the last time Slipknot released a new studio album, since then Corey Taylor has still kept himself busy with two Stone Sour studio albums however in ‘Audio Secrecy‘ and ‘House of Gold & Bones – Part 1‘, and later this year Stone Sour will follow these up with another album in the form of ‘House of Gold & Bones – Part 2‘. ‘Do Me A Favor‘ is the lead single from ‘House of Gold & Bones – Part 2‘, a track that perhaps provides us with a taste of what’s to come when the band unleashes its new album in April.

As Corey Taylor growls through the opening lyrical lines, you could be forgiven for thinking you were actually listening to a Slipknot record here, as ‘Do Me A Favor‘ reaches its chorus however it becomes very clear that what we actually have here is a Stone Sour release. The chorus here is a real driving one; Corey Taylor powers through it and I could definitely imagine a packed arena singing along to every word. This is a mainstream rock song done well, and if you like your rock music to have a bit of bite but also a lot of pop appeal then you may well love what you hear with ‘Do Me A Favor‘.

There’s absolutely fantastic musicianship on display here, the track demonstrates supreme pop sensibilities, and this is most definitely a brilliant first single to be chosen from the ‘House of Gold & Bones – Part 2‘ studio album. April 8th can’t come around quick enough in my opinion, and I personally can’t wait to hear what Stone Sour has to offer with studio album number five.

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