Neil Finn has today announced his 2014 tour to take place in April and May, in support of his first solo album since 2001. ‘Dizzy Heights’ which is due for release on February 10th through Lester Records via Kobalt Label Services (KLS). A single ‘Flying In The Face Of Love’ will be released on the same day. Neil Finn tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday 29th November and are available via Festivals For All. 

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Featuring Neil Finn with a full band, the tour will open at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow on April 24th, the tour will stop in Bristol, Birmingham, Cambridge and Nottingham, and feature dates at the Sage Gateshead, the Lowry in Manchester and Royal Festival Hall in London before heading over to Holland, Belgium and Germany.

Ahead of the tour, Finn is due to play a sold-out intimate performance at St. James’s Church in London’s Piccadilly on Wednesday featuring string arrangements by Victoria Kelly. 

Co-produced by Dave Fridmann (Mercury Rev, The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala), ‘Dizzy Heights’ was recorded between Finn’s Roundhead studio in Auckland and Fridmann’s Tarbox studio in upstate New York. The record is Neil Finn’s third solo outing following, Try Whistling This and One Nil (or One All). 

The album was lead by a short film for the track ‘Divebomber’ which premiered here Made by Finn, the film features grainy images over the whirl of “Divebomber” a song inspired by the World War II film of the same name. 

April

Weds 23rd                     Glasgow                       Royal Concert Hall

Thurs 24th                     Gateshead                    Sage

Sat 26th                         Bristol                          Colston Hall

Sun 27th                       Manchester                  Lowry

Mon 28th                       Birmingham                 Symphony Hall

Weds 30th                     Dublin                          Olympia 

May

Sat 3rd                          London                        Royal Festival Hall

Sun 4th                         Cambridge                   Corn Exchange

Mon 5th                         Nottingham                  Royal Concert Hall

Neil Finn tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday 29th November priced at £32.50 regionally and £37.50 for London (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee)Available via festivals For All (except Glasgow and Dublin). Glasgow - www.gigsinscotland.com & Dublin - www.ticketmaster.ie