Following the rapid sell-out of Cerys Matthews’ first UK tour in three years - which starts this week in Portsmouth - Cerys has quickly confirmed a major round of shows this autumn. The dates will follow the much-anticipated release of her new album ‘Never Said Goodbye’ on August 21st on Rough Trade.

The tour dates run as follows:

July
26th - London, Scala

September
25th - Leeds, Cockpit
26th - Manchester, Academy
28th - Liverpool, Stanley Theatre
29th - Glasgow, Oran Mor

October
1st - Sheffield, Leadmill
2nd - Norwich, Waterfront
4th - Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
5th - Oxford, Zodiac
6th - Treorchy, Park & Dare Theatre
8th - Bristol, Fiddlers
9th - Birmingham, Glee Club
10th - Brighton, Concorde 2
11th - London, Koko

Produced by Stuart Sikes (The White Stripes, The Walkmen), Ben Elkins (Heypenny) and Cerys Matthews and mixed by Jeremy Ferguson (Josh Rouse, Be Your Own Pet),  ‘Never Said Goodbye’ will be preceded by the release of a single - ‘Open Roads’ - on August 7th.

Previously vocalist for Catatonia, one of the most successful bands to have ever emerged from Wales, Cerys Matthews has recently returned to the UK with her husband and two young children, having spent the last 3 years in Nashville Tennessee..

Cerys’s post-Catatonia solo career has gone from strength to strength; ‘Cockahoop’ was met with widespread acclaim, The Times describing the album as, "one of those unexpected triumphs of literal thinking in pop… certainly an album worth cheering about", whilst The Independent declared, "the instant you hear ‘Cockahoop’, you wonder why she never made it before".

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