Sat 11 Feb 2023–Thu 02 Mar 2023

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Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Kilimanjaro and Serious present.

Sat 11 Feb - BEXHILL De La Warr Pavilion

Sun 12 Feb - BASINGSTOKE The Anvil

Tues 14 Feb - IPSWICH Corn Exchange

Wed 15 Feb - NORTHAMPTON Royal & Derngate

Thurs 16 Feb - BUXTON Opera House *SOLD OUT*

Sat 18 Feb - GATESHEAD Sage Gateshead

Sun 19 Feb - EDINBURGH Queen's Hall *SOLD OUT*

Mon 20 Feb - MANCHESTER Bridgewater Hall

Wed 22 Feb - YORK Barbican

Thurs 23 Feb - CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange

Sat 25 Feb - BATH Forum