Nothing Heels Like an Ankle.
We spent nearly all of March on our third tour of New Zealand as part of our 2017 Further West Tour, which we recently renamed the 2017 Further West-World Tour, due to the circumnavigational westward nature of our travels and evil humanoid robots. We had a terrific time, as always, and even managed to include three libraries among our passel of shows. We began this leg of our tour in Christchurch, the south island, and worked our way north to the northernmost part of the north island, at which point we met up for a week-long rendezvous with Rebecca's parents, on their first visit.
Speaking of legs, while running to get into a routine showcase photo, Ken successfully fell and seriously sprained his left ankle, leading to the acquisition of his first moon boot, to be worn for at least a month, or until he chops off his own leg. While an awkward leg device may be a passel of fun at cocktail parties, it is less so on the world's longest commercial flight, which we took from Auckland to Doha, Qatar, followed immediately by one half as long, to London.
Now we're in Gloucestershire, enjoying the remnants of our 12-hour jet lag, and looking forward to a couple of shows in the Midlands with a passel of friends who include Jonathan Beckett, Fun of the Pier and Wildwood Jack. This is our tenth tour of our beloved UK, and we'll have the good fortune of spending our 23rd wedding anniversary driving from the Scottish Highlands to the Borders with a passel of oddly pretentious nouns.
Did You Just Install Inferior Strings on Your Guitar? Those Flashing Lights In Your Rearview Mirror Might Be Us. But It's Probably the Police.
We're delighted and honored to be among C.F. Martin & Co.'s String Patrol Artists. We've been using their gear for years and it's nice to get some warm fuzzy in return.
Want to know when Hungrytown is performing in your town so you can make plans to be home, or away? Then track us on Bandsintown and you'll receive fair warning.
Our 2017 Further West-World Tour photo albums have burgeoned into five parts:
Southern US, mainly: Part 1, Part 2
New Zealand, Part 3, Part 4.
United Kingdom, Part 5.
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PLEASE SEE OUR CONCERT CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS BELOW. SEE OUR ONLINE CALENDAR FOR MORE COMPLETE AND UPDATED INFORMATION.
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5 April, 7:00 PM
The Green Man Gallery
Hardwick Hall
Hardwick Square South
Buxton SK17 6PY
United Kingdom
Tel. 01298 937375
Triple bill with our friends Wildwood Jack and Fun of the Pier.
6 April, 7:30 PM
JT Soar
Aberdeen Street
Nottingham NG3 1JB
United Kingdom
Tel. 07854 889034
Admission: £4. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Quadruple bill with our friends Fun of the Pier, Jonathan Beckett and Lorna.
7 April, 8:00 PM
Phoenix Pholk Club
Poynton Legion Club
George's Road West
Poynton, Cheshire SK12 1JY
Tel. 01625 873 120
Tickets: £10.
8 April, 8:00 PM
Box Village Hall
Box, Stroud
Gloucestershire GL6 9HE
Tel. 01453 836649
Admission: £8. Sponsored by Arts in Rural Gloucestershire.
12 April, 8:30 PM
The Anchor
32 London Road
Sevenoaks
Kent TN13 1AS
Admission: Free. Sponsored by The Listening Room Music Agency.
13 April, 8:15 PM
John Peel Centre for Creative Arts
Church Walk, Stowmarket
Suffolk IP14 1ET
Tel. 01449 774 678
Admission: £6.50 advance/£8 on the door. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Online booking: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/383070.
14 April, 8:00 PM
The Kalamazoo Klub
The King’s Head, Crouch End
2 Crouch End Hill
London N8 8AA
Admission: £15. Online booking: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/381481.
18 April, 8:00 PM
Live at the Star
The Admiral
72A Waterloo Street
Glasgow G2 7DA
Admission: £9.
22 April, 8:00 PM
Ardross Community Hall
Ardross
Ross-shire IV17 OXW
Admission: £10/£8 concessions. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Online booking: www.ardrosscommunityhall.ticketsource.co.uk.
24 April, 7:30 PM
String Theory Hawick
Heart of Hawick
Tower Mill
Kirkstile, Hawick TD9 0AE
Tel. 0786 6533416; box office: 01450 360688
25 April, 8:00 PM
Derek and Melanie's House Concert
Morpeth, Northumberland
Admission: £10. If people can have good feng shui, they have it. Ring 077 089 14935 to reserve a seat.
29th April, 7:00 PM
Hungrytown/Bric a Brac/Susan Herndon
Filey Folk Festival
Tel. 01723 512229, filey.travel@btconnect.com.
http://www.bricabracmusic.co.uk/
Evron Centre Concert Hall
John Street
Filey YO14 9DQ
Tel. 01723 512229, filey.travel@btconnect.com.
Admission: £10. Contact Chris Lee at christopherlee218@yahoo.co.uk or 07808 871118.
Tickets from Red Box Arts/Crafts Shop, 6 John Street, and The Filey Travel Shop, 18 John Street, Filey.
30 April, 2:00 PM
Hungrytown/Kitchy Retro
The White Room Gallery
15 Station Road
Stanley
County Durham, DH9 0JL
Tel. 01207 238 957
Admission: £5. Due to limited seating, please contact venue beforehand.
6 May, 1:00 PM
Sun City Library
26982 Cherry Hills
Menifee, CA 92586
951-679-3534
Admission: Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Sun City Library.
7 May, 10:30 AM
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Porterville
135 E. Harrison Ave.
Porterville CA 93257
Admission: Free.
Think you can get rid of us that easily? Think again--way more shows here.
Hungrytown is an official Martin & Co.™ String Patrol artist.
