You may know The Promise for being 80s Manchester band, When In Rome’s lone US hit single (though it didn’t dent the top 40 in the UK).
On Sturgill Simpson’s excellent new album, Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, the Kentucky born singer takes the song apart and puts it back together in a distinctly non-New Wave type way, making you believe that this is the way it was always meant to be.
Watch the mesmerising new video that accompanies it, and check out his UK tour dates below.
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SUMMER TOUR DATES 2014
29 Jun – GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
24 Jul – LONDON, Bush Hall
25 Jul – SHEFFIELD, Greystones
26 Jul – PERTH, Southern Fried Festival
27 Jul – AMSTERDAM, Paradiso
OCTOBER 2014 (FULL BAND)
30 Sep – NOTTINGHAM, The Maze
01 Oct – BRISTOL, St. Bonaventure’s
02 Oct – LIVERPOOL, Leaf
03 Oct – CORK, Triskel Arts Centre
04 Oct – DUBLIN, Whelan’s
05 Oct – GLASGOW, Oran Mor
06 Oct – GATESHEAD, The Sage
