Mid July - European press trip. Face to face interviews with long lead publications. Two possible festival shows (solo) in Germany and Spain.

Mid September - European album release press, radio and TV trip. Probable solo shows in select major cities.

October and November - The Small Ensemble come to Europe.

well that all sounds good. i guess it's too early to ask about any US dates....but i'll be waiting.

Far out: there goes my speculative news of a half year spent touring the Australasian region as I had planned....great news and looking forward to finding and following the news as it happens. Those lucky enough to follow the tour fill me in and I'll live vicariously through your experiences

Top news. Super idea!

US and Australia/NZ 2011, I expect. I know Australia is penciled for March/April.

That is so perfect. I might even hit NZ to see some shows. From pencil to ink hopefully soon. Thanks for the update.

How about coming out the California way? other planned concerts post-poned Bono backs out & Chapterhouse has visa situation please come out

I suspect you (Lloyd) may already know this but Greg Norman's first course design in South Australia (Port Hughes) is expected to open April 2011...

http://www.glamadelaide.com.au/main/port-hughes-on-course-for-greg-norman%E2%80%99s-first-sa-layout/

Did not know, but GN has recently jettisoned (sp?) his best designer - Harrison, so i doubt I'd go out of my way to see a new GN course, especially given all the great courses in SA already.... But thanks for the heads up!

I'm going to be in NYC 6-11 July. Any chance of a sneaky warm-up gig down in the big apple? I should be so lucky. Looking forward to seeing you in Europe in the autumn. And of course for the album.

No NYC show for a while, hopefully something before the year's end.

NYC would be great-I guess the likelihood of Lloyd playing Fiji when I'm there is also remote.

Initial dates are up

http://www.lloydcole.com/weblog/index.php?p=3603&c=1

For those looking for addresses for the venues announced (for personal info, or for posting on other web pages) here they are. They are in reverse order (sorry, that's how they appear on the MySpace admin page and I don't have the time to change this at the moment).  I'll post any other info when I come across it - most of the venues have yet to include the shows in their listings at present (14/07/10).  Thought it might help with the Facebook pages at least.  Best, Paul.

Lloyd Cole   at  Astra Kulturhaus Sun, 14 November Revaler Str. 99, Berlin 10245

Lloyd Cole   at  Brotfabrik Fri, 12 November Bachmannstr. 2-4, Frankfurt am Main 60488

Lloyd Cole   at  Freiheiz Tue, 09 November Rainer-Werner-Fassbinder-Platz 1, Munich 80636

Lloyd Cole   at  Live Music Hall Sun, 07 November Lichtstraße 30, Köln, Köln 50825

Lloyd Cole   at  Kampnagel Sat, 06 November  Jarrestraße 20, Hamburg 22303

Lloyd Cole   at  Alhambra Fri, 05 November  21 rue Yves Toudic, Paris 75010

Lloyd Cole   at  Union Chapel Wed, 03 November  Compton Avenue, London N1 2XD

Lloyd Cole   at  St George's Tue, 02 November  Great George Street, Off Park Street, Bristol BS1 5RR

Lloyd Cole   at  Komedia Mon, 01 November  44 Gardner Street, Brighton, Brighton BN1 1UN 1

Lloyd Cole   at  Exeter Phoenix Sun, 31 October BRADNINCH PLACE, GANDY STREET, EXETER, Exeter EX4 3LS

Lloyd Cole   at  Royal Northern College of Music Thu, 28 October  124 Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD

Lloyd Cole   at  ARC Wed, 27 October Stockton Arts Centre, Dovecot Street, Stockton on Tees TS18 1LL

Lloyd Cole   at  Fruitmarket Tue, 26 October Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ

Lloyd Cole   at  Whelans Sun, 24 October 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2

Lloyd Cole   at  The Model Sat, 23 October  The Mall, Sligo

Lloyd Cole   at  Dolans Fri, 22 October 3/4 Dock Road, Limerick, Co. Limerick

Lloyd Cole   at  The Pavillion Thu, 21 October   Located just off Patrick Street, on Carey's Lane, in Cork's Huguenot Quarter., Cork

Lloyd Cole   at  Teatro Gil Vicente Tue, 19 October  Praça da República, Coimbra 3000-343

Lloyd Cole   at  Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval - Sintra Misty Sun, 17 October Praça Dr. Francisco Sá Carneiro, SINTRA, Sintra 2710-720

Lloyd Cole   at  CINE-TEATRO DE ESTARREJA Sat, 16 October  Rua Visconde Valdemouro, Estarreja 3860-389

Lloyd Cole   at  S. Mamede Centro de Artes a Espectaculos Fri, 15 October RUA DR. JOSÉ SAMPAIO, 17-25, GUIMARÃES 4810-275

Lloyd Cole   at  Casa De Musica Thu, 14 October Avenida da Boavista 604-610 , Porto 4149-071

Lloyd Cole   at  Bochumer Musiksommer Festival Fri, 03 September Bochumer Musiksommer Festival, Bochum

Lloyd Cole   at  CAAC. Monasterio de la Cartuja Wed, 21 July Avda. de los descubrimientos, Isla de la Cartuja., Sevilla 41092

Lloyd Cole   at  Marktplatz Tübingen Sat, 17 July  Am Markt, Tübingen, Tubingen 72070

Thanks Paul, we updated the FB page today. Cheers for making it easier!

I have my tickets for Pris too. Although there is no link to book tickets on the venue site, they can be got through live nation.fr

Ireland Tickets and Munster Germany tickets:

Lloyd Cole Small Ensemble will be performing live in Dublin in Whelans this coming October.

Aiken promotions are bringing the would be singer songwriter who developed and itch to perform with a group of musicians saying he missed the camaraderie and joy of interacting with musicians and hearing your music enhanced.

He will be here on October 24th to play Whelans. Tickets are €26 and on sale now.

He also plays the Pavillion in Cork on the 21st of October. tickets for that are €25 and can be bought here on Tickets.ie

http://www.goldenplec.com/2010/07/19/lloyd-cole-small-ensemble-for-whelans-show/

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&q=lloyd+cole&search.x=0&search.y=0

Website urls for all of the shows so far and some pricing information added to the weblog page.

Hope this helps,
Paul

Tickets for Brighton also on sale now - got mine! http://komediabrighton.ticketsolve.com/shows/2010/11/1

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Here are the UK and Ireland dates and a new blurb about the tour.

What's all that commotion? It's Lloyd Cole and his small ensemble on tour in autumn 2010
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Lloyd Cole

Although Lloyd Cole never quite crossed over to mega-stardom during his days in the spotlight, the 80s would have been a lesser place without his perfectly-honed guitar-driven song-writing craftsmanship. Not that Cole sank without trace after the successes of "Perfect Skin", "Rattlesnakes", "Mainstream" and "Lost Weekend" - he merely reinvented himself with strings and widescreen-production, plus a bit of control over his own fate.

2010 sees the return of Lloyd Cole with his band Small Ensemble, and a fresh new album due for release later in the year. After spending the best part of a decade in exile, he makes a return with the acoustic backing band for a series of gigs in support of new album "Broken Record". The 11 new songs have been recorded with a full band including Fred Maher on drums (ex-Material, Scritti Politti and Lou Reed) and Dave Derby (previous Cole collaborator) and will see the light of day in September.

The new tour is a predominantly acoustic affair with each night split into two-halves, presumbably one half new songs, the second Cole classics. The tour begins on 21st October in Cork and continues to Limerick (22nd), Sligo (23rd) and Dublin (24th) before heading to the UK and Glasgow (26th), Stockton (27th), Manchester (28th), Exeter (31st), Brighton (1st Nov), Bristol (2nd) and finally London's Union Chapel (3rd). Tickets are available for £20 (for most venues).

http://www.allgigs.co.uk/view/article/3136/Whats_All_That_Commotion_Its_Lloyd_Cole_And_His_Small_Ensemble_On_Tour_In_Autumn_2010.html



This isn't really the tour poster....

When booking tickets for the Glasgow show, the online facility allowed me to choose my own seats.  As a result, I could see exactly how many were sold already/remained to be sold.

If you intend on going to the Glasgow show in October, I'd advise you buy your tickets soon: two thirds of the tickets have been sold already!

This is all the more impressive as the show is over two months away; there has been little promotion so far; the single and the new album have yet to be released; single and album publicity have still to kick in ... and, of course, my YI home made posters and flyers have yet to be printed!

Wonder how the sales are going elsewhere and if it's as easy to check as it is at the Old Fruitmarket site?

If Glasgow is anything to go by, then the tour looks like it's going to be a success.

These online booking things can flatter/mislead the artist
I found this out in Chicago earlier this year, where we did eventually sell out, but thought we had done so the week before
The venue will block out certain groups of tickets to sell a the box office, or other outlets like record shops, these show as sold even if they are not

Then the posters and flyers and the scabby old printer are at the ready once more, lol.

... seems I've been beaten to it by the promoters - definately not a complaint, as it shows they are promoting the Glasgow show with vigour.

It won't mean much to those not familiar with the geography of Glasgow, but was pleasantly surprised when my wife returned from a lazy lunch with her mother in Tibo, a cafe/bar/restaurant on Duke Street, Dennistoun (where I stay!) in Glasgow's East End, to inform me that a poster advertising the show held a prominant position inside the doorway.

For the ABC show last time, Regular Music (the promoters) placed a poster in The Duke bar - a local bar on, not surprisingly, Duke Street again.

Duke Street and the East End of Glasgow are not the obvious places that spring to mind when thinking of promoting a Lloyd Cole show - I headed to the West End, known for its University and student connections, boho life, etc, when distributing my posters/flyers around the "coffee shops and bars". 

As such, it would appear that the promoters are covering all bases again and in good time before the show. (They also do so in glosssssssy and expensive A3 sized posters, something my dinky laser printer cannae manage, unfortunately, though it does its best!).

All tour details, including recently announced Swedish shows, now updated to include online ticket urls and prices at the 'Small Ensemble - Broken Record European Tour, stage one' weblog entry.

Thanks Sludger
Here is Lloyd popping up in Sweden.

More from the stylish Swedish digs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0gOrcN3T7I