The original buoy band, the Fisherman’s Friends have announced a short run of UK tour dates for November - and they get started in Milton Keynes.
The collective will arrive with a full catch of new material and old favourites too.
“We’re looking forward to getting in the fish van once again and carrying a little bit of Cornwall with us to these wonderful venues in November, playing for our friends both old and new," they said.
Bound together by lifelong friendship and shared experience for more than 20 years, the Fisherman’s Friends have always performed on the Platt in their native Port Isaac on Cornwall’s rugged north coast to raise money for charity by singing the traditional songs of the sea handed down to them by their forefathers.
In 2010 they signed a major record deal and their album Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends went Gold as they became the first traditional folk act to land a UK top ten album. Since then they’ve been the subject of an ITV documentary, released the hit albums One and All (2013) and Proper Job (2015) and played to tens of thousands of fans at home and abroad.
They sang for HM The Queen at her Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012 and were honoured with the Good Tradition Award at the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2011.
Last summer The Fisherman’s Friends played Glastonbury, Sidmouth Folk Week, Looe Music Festival and the Costa del Folk in Portugal.
The Fisherman’s Friends have been widely credited with starting the revival of interest in shanty-style choral singing but a cornerstone of their success has been their constantly evolving and expanding repertoire.
See them at The Stables on Friday (Nov 3).
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