News: Jamie Lawson Details Upcoming Album
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(AUS) British singer-songwriter Jamie Lawson, the first ever signing to Ed Sheeran’s own label Gingerbread Man Records will release self-titled album on Friday 9 October. The album, available for pre-order now, features the double platinum single Wasn’t Expecting That, which reached #3 on the ARIA single chart. Enigmatic and soulful, Jamie first drew Ed’s attention with an early version of his international juggernaut hit Wasn’t Expecting That, which drew the ginger-haired superstar to tears.
Ed says of the signing:
“I first became aware of Jamie Lawson a few years ago, after hearing his track “Wasn’t Expecting That”. I very rarely get emotional over a track, but that song stopped me dead. He manages to put across such raw emotion within his work, and I knew immediately that I wanted to work with this guy in some way. Having decided to start my own label ‘Gingerbread Man Records’ with my label Atlantic Records, the first artist I had to sign was Jamie. Starting Gingerbread Man Records means I can put music I love out there on a huge platform, and Jamie seemed like the perfect choice for my first release”
Jamie originally hails from Plymouth, and his journey can only be explained as an epic one. It took time for him to find his voice, even longer for him to hone his songs in the sparse, poetic language he has made very much his own. Though he has maintained a core, loyal following who have supported him throughout, only now is that starting to blossom into something far bigger. A chance meeting with a young singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran a few years ago, just as he himself had signed to Atlantic, seemed to affect very little at the time. Jamie has this to say about the meeting:
‘He’d been doing the same circuit and we had mutual friends, so although we hadn’t met before, we’d heard of each other. His songs were great, and he was a nice guy. We exchanged numbers, but just after that he took off and became massively famous, and I just watched, thinking, “There’s another one gone!”’
A year or so down the line, Ed noticed Jamie’s poster in an Irish pub and remembered their earlier meeting – playing the prestigious Ruby Sessions in Dublin the following week, he asked the promoter to invite Jamie to play too. Subsequently, Jamie has jumped from a few hundred capacity venues to the 10,000 capacity venue in Dublin with Ed, to touring the world with him through the beginning of 2015. Recent months have seen Jamie playing to over 175,000 people in Australia and New Zealand. In the past few weeks he has also supported Ed on his mammoth Wembley stadium tour.
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Jamie Lawson will return to Australia in August to perform intimate headline shows across the country with special guest, Harry Hookey.
JAMIE LAWSON – AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES:
WITH SPECIAL GUEST HARRY HOOKEY
Wednesday 19 August – The Basement | Sydney, NSW (18+) – SOLD OUT
Saturday 22 August – Jimmy’s Den | Perth, WA (18+) – SOLD OUT
Sunday 23 August – Jimmy’s Den | Perth, WA (18+) – SOLD OUT
Tuesday 25 August – Northcote Social Club | Melbourne, VIC (18+) – SOLD OUT
Wednesday 26 August – Northcote Social Club | Melbourne, VIC (18+) | TICKETS
Thursday 27 August – Woolly Mammoth, Brisbane, QLD (18+) | TICKETS
