In February the Willkommen Collective embark on a special project. We’ve assembled a twenty piece band and called it The Willkommen Orchestra. We will be playing songs from the Shoreline, Sons of Noel and Adrian, The Miserable Rich and The Climbers repertoires all arranged especially for the occasion. It’ll be the first time any of The Climbers songs have been played live, ahead of the debut album release this Spring.

This is a one off project and we’ll be performing just twice:

Friday 19th February at Brighton Unitarian Church
Saturday 27th February at London Kings Place

The London show is part of the Arctic Circle’s The Bubbly Blue and Green - a four-day festival of eclectic ‘water music’ influenced by shipwrecks, rivers, waves and lighthouses.

Housed in the halls of Kings Place, the festival runs from the 24th to 27th February 2010 and features Philip Jeck, Janek Schaefer, Hauschka, Hildur Gudnadottir, ISAN, Samphire Band, The Sleeping Years, Iarla O’Lionaird, The London Snorkelling Team, Paper Cinema and The Willkommen Orchestra.

Tickets are on sale with very limited SAVER SEATS available online at £9.50 for all concerts. Prices (unless stated otherwise): £24.50, £19.50, £15.50 Premium seats available.

Tickets & more information available here.

Limited edition CD cover

The new three track EP from Sons of Noel and Adrian, Rivers, is released on Monday 11th January. It will be available digitally through iTunes, Amazon etc. and a limited edition of 50 copies will be available on the Sons January tour. The CD was hand-printed by Brighton based letterpress printer and book artist Anna Fewster. If we have any left after the tour they will be available through this site. The EP is also available on 7″ through OIB Records.

The following tracks are featured:

1. Black Side of the River
2. Big Bad Bold
3. Leaving Mary’s Hand

Sons of Noel and Adrian tour the UK with Alessi’s Ark and O Emperor in January 2010. All three bands are unmissable so get there early and get your tickets now to avoid disappointment:

Jan 26: The Albert, Brighton (wegottickets.com or 01273 606312) LAST.FM
Jan 27: Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, London (ticketweb.co.uk or 08444 77 1000) LAST.FM
Jan 28: Moles Club, Bath (moles.co.uk or 01225 404445) LAST.FM
Jan 29: The Louisiana, Bristol (alt-tickets.co.uk or 08713 100 000) LAST.FM
Jan 30: Miss Peapod’s, Falmouth (thepoly.org or 01326 212300) LAST.FM
Jan 31: The Phoenix, Exeter (seetickets.com or 0870 264 3333) LAST.FM
Feb 1: The Railway, Winchester (ticketweb.co.uk or 08444 77 1000) LAST.FM

We’re very pleased to announce that Sons of Noel and Adrian will be touring Ireland in January with Alessi’s Ark and O Emperor in association with our friends at the Word of Mouth Agency. The dates are as follows:

January 2010

13th: Cyprus Avenue, Cork (Last.fm event)
14th: Roisin Dubh, Galway (Last.fm event)
15th: Electric Avenue, Waterford (Last.fm event)
16th: Whelans, Dublin (Last.fm event)
17th: Dolans, Limerick (Last.fm event)

The three bands also play Hoxton Bar in London on January 27th (tickets here), with several more dates around the south to be announced shortly.

At 3:30pm on Sunday 6th September, Sons of Noel and Adrian play in Northampton Square for bandstandbusking.com. All twelve members will be performing totally acoustically. Peggy Sue are also playing at 3pm. Come on down!