2018 saw a real development in furthering both the ambition and career of 40 Shillings on the Drum, on and offline. The groundwork was laid down between launch in 2016 and summer 2018, and looking ahead to 2019, their consistent, hard work as an independent artist is already paying off.
Having kickstarted 2018 with a well-received live album and short UK tour (their first), the band were quickly snapped up for an appearance at Beautiful Days festival alongside the likes of Manic Street Preachers and The Hives. During this festival, the band became friends with Skinny Lister and Tom Gleeson of Slaves to Gravity and Feeder, the latter has now completed mixing duties on the brand new single by 40 Shillings on the Drum – Mean Streets (Born in the Same Gutter).
The single shows a huge departure from their traditional folk-punk roots, with the band taking a more contemporary, punk-rock sound to new heights.In the build-up to this release, a short tour has been booked around St Patrick’s Day, with the band taking to the stage in several intimate venues across England. Having hit 40k monthly listeners on Spotify in 2018 because of the international popularity of their debut EP, ‘Beggars Who Believe’, over St Patrick’s weekend, March brings about the perfect time for the band to hit the road to promote new material, along with putting them on a springboard which will launch them into a packed summer schedule of festivals and U.K. wide shows.
The band’s debut album, also produced by Tommy Gleeson, will follow in late 2019.
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Mean Streets UK Tour 2019
Friday 1st March – Dublin Castle, CamdenSaturday 2nd March – Hastings Fat Tuesday Festival
Wednesday 6th March – Hotel Pelirocco, Brighton (Acoustic) Friday 8th March – Blackmarket VIP, Hastings Saturday 16th March, Angmering Social Club, AngmeringSunday 17th March – The Prince Albert, Brighton Monday 18th March- The Rock Avenue Club, Gillingham
Thursday 28th March – Rebel Rising, Blackmarket VIP, HastingsSaturday 30th March – The Eagle, Eastbourne Friday 5th April – The View Cafe, Worthing (Acoustic) Saturday 13th April – Printers Playhouse, Eastbourne (Acoustic)Friday 19th April – The Crown, Littlehampton Sunday 21st April – Alternative Easter, The Sussex Hotel, Bexhill
Thursday 25th April – Saint James Tavern, Brighton (Acoustic)
Saturday 27th April, Crowley’s, Hastings Sunday 5th May – Rochester Sweeps Festival, Ye Arrow, RochesterMonday 6th May – Rochester Sweeps Festival, Eagle Tavern, RochesterSunday 12th May – Hope & Ruin, Brighton (Supporting UK Subs)