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American
recording artist, Dean Friedman, returns to the UK for a 40
date concert tour, to include a 3-week run at the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival.
Chart topping, recording artist and pop-icon, Dean Friedman,
best known to UK and Ireland audiences for his classic hits,
‘Lucky Stars’, ‘Lydia’, ‘McDonald’s Girl’, ‘Ariel’ and
‘Woman of Mine’,
is embarking on a 40
date concert tour of the UK,
Ireland and France running July 26th through October 25th,
with dates including London, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Dublin,
Carcassonne, plus a 3 week run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
[see full itinerary in the GIG section of
www.DeanFriedman.com]
Friedman’s recent tours continue to garner rave reviews: “Every
song in this show is a classic.”
(London Theatre Guide),
“With his mix of jaunty ditties, sentimental ballads and bashful
charm, Friedman is the folk/pop troubadour of choice.”
(Scotsman), “Songsmith
Extraordinaire” – (Music
Week), “Stunning Musicianship” (HotPress) , “Dean Friedman is entirely unique and utterly brilliant!” –
(ThreeWeeks)… are just a
few of the superlatives used to describe his unique and original
talent.
Friedman will also continue to promote his recently
released double-compilation album, ‘Words & Music’ [Real Life
Records]. The album, Friedman’s first compilation album, contains 30
tracks off his last six studio albums, including hits and fan
favorites from throughout the artist’s three-decade career. Says
Friedman, “’Words & Music’
contains a lot of my personal favorites, songs I’m especially
proud of. Based on their feedback, my audience is loving it, and I
think it serves as a good introduction to folks who may not be very
familiar with my work; as well as a rejoinder to those folks who
mistakenly imagine that I only ever wrote one song in my entire life!
;-)”
Though Friedman's single, ‘McDonald's
Girl’, was officially banned by the BBC for mentioning the
name of the well known fast food restaurant in its chorus, the
irrepressible pop song has been covered by a number of contemporary
bands including top-selling, Canadian group, Barenaked Ladies
(WEA), and The Blenders (Universal), whose version soared to #1
on the national airplay charts in Norway. With the advent of YouTube,
video versions have gone viral and finally, last year, thirty years
after the song was banned by the BBC, the McDonald’s corporation
officially licensed the song for a national TV/Radio campaign,
confirming the song as a pure pop phenomenon.
Friedman also composes and produces
music soundtracks for TV and film, including the music to the hit
Central TV series BOON and the soundtrack to the underground
cult horror film classic ‘I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle’
(Hobo Films/U.K.) in which he performs the unforgettable track, ‘She
Runs on Blood, Not Gasoline’. Friedman also served as
presenter/producer of the acclaimed radio series, ‘Real
American Folk’, featured on
BBC Radio Scotland, and has
also been featured as a guest star in a cameo appearance on David
Baddiel’s TV sitcom, ‘The
Baddiel Syndrome’ (SKY).
The Merseyside band,
Half Man Half Biscuit released a best-selling EP containing a track
entitled, ‘The Bastard Son of Dean Friedman’, which went to #1 on the UK
Indie chart; a claim which Friedman vehemently denies,
‘I’ve never even met Nigel Blackwell’s mum!’. Friedman extracts his
revenge on his latest CD,
‘Submarine Races’, in the song, 'A Baker's Tale', the hitherto untold story
of Nigel Blackwell's dubious origins (also included on the new ‘Words
& Music’ compilation CD).
One of Friedman's recent tours was
almost cancelled when it was announced that his tour sponsor
www.goldenseeds.co.uk would distribute packets of cannabis seeds to
the first ten people that purchased CD's at each of Friedman's gigs.
The controversy was only resolved after Friedman promised not to
distribute the seeds within 50 yards of the venue premises. (click to
see
Songwriter's Cannabis
Controversy).
Friedman will be performing solo, on guitar and keyboards, featuring
songs from throughout his 30 year recording career, including familiar
radio hits, ‘Lucky Stars’, ‘Lydia’, ‘McDonald’s Girl’, ‘Ariel’
and
‘Woman of Mine’, as well as selections from his more recent CD’s.
Tickets, plus Friedman’s CD’s,
can be ordered via Friedman’s website at:
www.deanfriedman.com.
Go to:
www.deanfriedman.com FOR TOUR DATES and TICKET SALES.
For hi-res pics and bio go to
media page: http://www.deanfriedman.com/media/media_home.html