Originally written by Mike Diver · 15 August 2006
Mr Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, or Sam to his mum, is embarking on a frankly massive UK tour in support of his debut album, Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager.
Said long-player is due for release on September 18, preceded by a single of the same name on September 4. Tour dates - and there are a lot - as follows.
September 8-10 Isle Of Wight Bestival 12 Isle Of Man Villa Marina 13 Northampton Soundhaus 15 Bridgewater Rugby Club 16 Merthyr Tydfil Studio Bar 17 Yeovil Ski Lodge 18 Southend Chinnerys 22 Manchester Night & Day 26 Reading Fez 27 Cambridge Soul Tree 28 Nottingham Rock City Basement 30 Stoke Sugarmill
October 1 Liverpool Barfly 2 Sheffield Leadmill 3 Birmingham Academy 2 5 Carlisle Brickyard 6 Newcastle Academy 2 8 Inverness The Raigmore 9 Aberdeen Tunnels 10 Glasgow ABC 11 Leeds Cockpit 13 Goole Vikings Hotel 14 Hemsby End Of Days Festival 15 Oxford Zodiac 16 Bristol Academy 2 18 Brighton Concorde 2 19 Bridgend Rec 20 Penzance Acorn 21 Bridport Arts Centre 22 Exeter Cavern 24 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 25 London Islington Academy
As a reward for getting through all of that, you can win yourself a little treat in the shape of a Get Cape t-shirt. Just e-mail... COMPETITION CLOSED Winners: Anne Lancaster of Reading Alistair Hackett of Midlothian Neil Tilston of Edinburgh Jane Brockway of Cardiff Katy Bennett of Shadingfield...with your name and address and winners - we've a few shirts to give away - will be picked at random. Please write 'Get Cape Comp' in the subject field.
ALSO, Get Cape is running a charity auction on eBay, with proceeds going to Love Music Hate Racism. Click here to win breakfast with Sam at the Leeds Festival this summer. He'll also play at your tent. Good one.