0 Tour Blog 3 – Kent

So from the big smoke of central London I scoot out back into the wilderness.

Down to the coast I go and along the shore line passing the Banksy Brexit balloon as I go.

Eventually I arrive at my destination the quaint town of Deal. This is my 1st show in Kent for many years.

The place was on a sleepy Sunday vibe when I arrived but the chaos soon picked up.

Photo Taken By Toby Barton

Photo Taken By Toby Barton

Following my show I got the chance to hang out in the town for a few days and was lucky to be greeted with great hospitality by Toby who booked me to play the show.

I also had the chance to catch up with a dear old friend Peter fry who has been a collaborator from afar for many years. He is a beautiful photographer with a wonderful eye.

Some of his work can be found with his current project here:

https://p3t3fry.tumblr.com/

modern life from p3t3fry on Vimeo.

Following Deal I played Canterbury and for the first time got to visit and feel like a tourist there.

Onstage in Canterbury – Photo by Peter Fry

I had a great time playing the venue Bramleys and  was relaxed enough to perform one of my newest works in progress.

This is a rehearsal of the tune a couple of days earlier:

0 2017 Tour Blog 2 – London

Having only just left a week before I return to my home City to Play in West London in a Church no less.

Photo By Hannah Chadwick

Returning home after such a short stint on the road definitely has its benefits. 1st of all I realised quite quickly that I had forgotten a great number of things and as the tour rolled along it occurred to me what I needed. So playing so close to home enabled me to collect various bits and bobs.

Anyway back to the playing. My show was in possibly the most picturesque of all venues and the crew were wonderful that night. Also the show was a part of a bigger event called the Hanwell Hootie.

I was blown away by the number of amazing stages across this small part of West London. It proudly boasts to be the largest free one day fest London has to offer. Once my set was done I had a chance to catch many amazing bands.

Speaking of which I shared the billing with a great band called Chile who had elements of the Knife and the XX to their sound.

Chile onstage at Hanwell Hootie

For my set it was a real rush on and off affair but with the help of the technicians I managed to go out with my full rig.

 

Please see below an audience recording of unreleased tune ‘Here is Where it is’.

There are also some shots of me performing taken by the lovely people at West London & Middlesex Twitter Page:

#HanwellHootie #Hanwell #StuartOConnor #Pinner @HanwellHootie @stuoconnor #ImpactTheatre #Perivale #Ealing #StMellitusChurch pic.twitter.com/T5Pxz7yVOb

— WestLondon&Middlesex (@WestLondonMiddx) May 7, 2017

Onward from the big smoke of the English capital I will head to the slightly more rural county of Kent in the deep South East. Playing a few new places along the way.

Before I head there though I did frequent an open mic to practise my piano songs.

Onstage at the Flag Watford

Next stop Kent!!

0 Bramleys – Canterbury – Kent – UK

15 Orange St, Canterbury CT1 2JA

0 Coming to Kent

It’s crazy to think that apart fro0m the odd Festie date I have never played in Kent over the decade of touring.

Well all that changes over the coming months as I have bookings in Both Canterbury and Deal as a part of my tour.

• May 14, 2017

  Saracens Head – Deal – Kent – UK

• May 17, 2017

  Bramleys – Canterbury – Kent – UK

  ALSO as you can see there are vacant dates so if anyone know of good places to visit or see then please give me a shout and I will do my upmost to keep busy.

  All the best,

Stoo