IT’S BEEN a long time coming, and we’ve got a bit longer to wait, but Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls will be coming to The Hexagon.
The musician had been due to perform in February but, you know, covid …
He is now due to perform in Reading on Wednesday, September 21, and tickets are now on sale.
For the show, he will explore the intersection between the seemingly opposing camps of folk and punk.
The group say that this could be a “three chords and the truth” back-to-basics approach or it could be the shared principles of protest and activism, but ever since a certain Woody Guthrie-obsessed folkie moved to London, cut his hair and formed The Clash, the relationship has been vital.
Frank Turner is said to be very much in the same socially conscious vein as Joe Strummer, along with other political troubadours such as Billy Bragg and Steve Earle.
When his punk band Million Dead split in 2005, Turner unplugged and delved into folk and country music for his EP Campfire Punkrock.
The reception led to his 2007 debut album, Sleep Is For The Week.
More followed, including the album Love, Ire & Song, and England Keep My Bones, in 2011.
And more recently, Be More Kind used the election of Donald Trump as a rallying cry to combat racism and hatred with kindness and compassion.
Two years ago, Turner teamed up with long-running punks NOFX for a split release which saw each act cover five of the other’s songs, and last year, Turner announced that a new album, FTHC (Frank Turner Hardcore), was on its way in February.
His gig at The Hexagon will no doubt feature some of the songs from this album.
Tickets cost £32, and are on sale now.
For more details, log on to www.whatsonreading.com, or call the box office on 0118 960 6060.
