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With his brilliant new single Edge Of The World, Calum Bowie’s horizons are expanding – and he’s announced his biggest headline tour yet to celebrate. The newly announced shows, in February and March 2025, will follow a UK tour supporting Arthur Hill this November, Calum’s first European headline dates and two nights in his adopted home town of Edinburgh in December.
General sale for all dates on Friday 20th September at 10am at www.calumbowie.com/#live
The Aberdeenshire singer and songwriter, who first came to wider attention when his joyful lockdown cover versions went viral from the confines of his Edinburgh flat, is now a major-signed artist and taking his music out into the world in person.
“The last few months has been incredible,” says the 23 year old. “I’m doing all the things I dreamed of when I was stuck in that flat for months on end.”
Since his last single All About Me came out in May, Calum’s had a summer of ‘firsts’ – first time playing Glastonbury, first European gigs and festivals and his first trip to the USA, including a pilgrimage to song-writing mecca Nashville, Tennessee.
Calum was there to write with hit-makers David Hodges (Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Avril Lavigne) and Steve Solomon (Benson Boone, James Arthur, Dermot Kennedy) and Edge of the World is the result.
“I spent a week in LA and I loved the energy of the place, then went to Nashville which I thought would be calmer and quieter. Not a chance. The streets were rammed, everyone’s out partying, every bar has the most incredible musicians playing and it was so buzzing with talent. It’s an incredibly inspiring place.”
Calum’s fans are becoming familiar with his wide-open, big-sky sound and, on Edge Of The World, he really soars. “People who haven’t heard my previous stuff can get into this, the chorus is huge. I wanted something people could sing along with right away, something to really belt out at a festival. I was also feeling a bit far from home when I wrote the lyrics, so there’s a really emotional feeling when the chorus hits. I’m absolutely going for it,” he laughs.
In fact, although the song was written far away from Aberdeenshire, there’s no mistaking the Scottish roots of Calum’s writing. “The title comes from a tiny group of islands way off the coast of Scotland called St Kilda, known as the ‘islands at the edge of the world’ because of how remote it is. The song’s about how far you’d go and what you’d do to end up with the right person, and I guess I’m also thinking about staring off this huge cliff edge and wondering what’s going to happen next.”
What’s next is a return to the UK for a tour supporting Arthur Hill in November before two headline Edinburgh shows – the first sold out in no time, with a second almost done – and another trip to Europe, headlining this time.
“Touring in Europe supporting Myles Smith was a great experience, playing to five or six hundred people every night and the fans couldn’t have been more welcoming. Everything’s run so well for the artists over there, which helped when it was my first time away touring for any length of time. I can’t wait to get back for my own gigs.”
You get the feeling there’s going to be a lot more travelling for Calum Bowie as the rest of the world catches on to his irresistible talent.
Calum supports Arthur Hill on tour in November: Manchester (11), Leeds (12), Bristol (14), Birmingham (15), Nottingham (17), Cardiff (18), Brighton (20) and London (21).
He plays the following headline shows in Europe, Ireland and the UK:
Headline Tour – 2024
Dec 05 – Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms
Dec 07 – Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms (Sold Out)
Dec 09 – Paris, Supersonic Records
Dec 10 – Utrecht, Tivolivredenburg Club Nine
Dec 12 – Cologne, Yuca
Dec 14 – Berlin, Privatclub
Dec 15 – Warsaw, Hydrozagadka
Headline Tour – 2025
Feb 20 – Dublin, The Academy 2
Feb 21 – Manchester, Deaf Institute,
Feb 28 – Leeds, The Key Club
Mar 01 – Birmingham, O2 Institute 3
Mar 14 – Bristol, Exchange
Mar 15 – London, The Garage
Mar 22 – Glasgow, SWG3 TV Studio
Tickets at www.calumbowie.com
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Calum Bowie info:
Calum Bowie was born in Banchory, Aberdeenshire and is based in Edinburgh. Taking inspiration from the likes of Sam Fender, Alfie Templeman and Maisie Peters, Calum is renowned for his charismatic on-stage presence and the energy he brings to his live shows, where audiences sing every song back word-for-word.
In 2023 Calum played sold-out gigs across the UK and Ireland plus triumphant slots at The Great Escape, TRNSMT, Kendal Calling and Y Not festivals. In 2024 so far, he’s played Glastonbury, Boardmasters and Belladrum, toured with Dylan Gossett and Myles Smith and supported James Arthur and Cian Ducrot. With 85k+ monthly listeners on Spotify and over 3 million global streams, Calum’s music has been championed by BBC Radio 1‘s Future Pop, Future Alternative and Future Artists shows and as ‘Single of the Week’ on BBC Radio Scotland.
His social media presence is ever growing, with 673k+ followers across TikTok, Instagram and Spotify. His videos have been viewed over 100 million times on TikTok, with 11m likes and 775,000 times on YouTube.
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