Preview: Jon Gomm at Leaf – Thursday 26th March 2015

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UPDATE 2ND MARCH – THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT

Following his sold-out gig in 2013, guitar virtuoso and Internet music sensation JON GOMM returns to Liverpool’s LEAF on Bold Street as part of his 2015 UK tour.

The gig on Thursday 26th March is already set to be one of the must-see events of 2015 with fewer than 25 tickets remaining.

Based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in the UK, Jon Gomm is an acoustic singer-songwriter with a revolutionary virtuoso guitar style, where he uses one acoustic guitar to create drum sounds, basslines and twisting melodies all at the same time. The emphasis is still on the soulful vocals and songwriting, and his original material is influenced by everything from Robert Johnson to Radiohead.

His live shows combine deeply personal performances and a natural wit, with a once seen, never forgotten two-handed guitar style, both physical and complex, producing sounds people can barely believe are coming from a humble acoustic guitar.

“Hands down the most amazing guitarist I have ever seen!” – Tommy Lee (Motley Crue)
“Wonderful to watch. Genius.” – Stephen Fry
“Wonderful playing and singing” – David Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash)

black mountain lights

Supporting Jon will be BLACK MOUNTAIN LIGHTS bmlband.co.uk five harmonious folk-routed multi-instrumentalists from the Wirral. They have previously played alongside Half Moon Run, Catfish And The Bottlemen and Matthew And The Atlas to a chorus of approval and reviews declaring them as ones to watch. With an intriguing array of instruments carefully layered with accomplishment on a collection of sincere and touching songs, it seems fitting that they’re finalising their debut album in a Cake Factory.

Having been featured on BBC Introducing with their Submarine EP, and with headline dates and festival appearances planned, 2015 is set to see Black Mountain Lights emerge into the conscience of music lovers everywhere.

 

JON GOMM
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Jon Gomm, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in the UK, is an acoustic singer-songwriter with a revolutionary virtuoso guitar style, where he uses one acoustic guitar to create drum sounds, basslines and twisting melodies all at the same time. The emphasis is still on the soulful vocals and songwriting, and his original material is influenced by everything from Robert Johnson to Radiohead.

His live shows combine deeply personal performances and a natural wit, with a once seen, never forgotten two-handed guitar style, both physical and complex, producing sounds people can barely believe are coming from a humble acoustic guitar.

Jon first laid his hands on a guitar at the age of two (actually it was a ukulele – his parents couldn’t find a guitar small enough). He wrote his first song at the age of six, and was soon accompanying his father, a music critic, to gigs in his hometown of Blackpool. Touring musicians would often stay at the Gomm household on the understanding Jon would get a guitar lesson, meaning he had one-to-one instruction from such blues legends as BB King and Jack Bruce of Cream.

Nowadays, Jon tours worldwide. In January 2012 his song Passionflower went viral online, with the video passing 6 million hits, resulting in national TV appearances in the UK, Portugal, Holland, Brazil and Turkey, and plaudits from new celebrity fans, such as:

“Wonderful to watch. Genius.” – Stephen Fry
“I love your work and style so much. You are very special” – Jon Anderson (Yes)
“Wonderful playing and singing” – David Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash)
“Hands down the most amazing guitarist I have ever seen!” – Tommy Lee (Motley Crue)

Suddenly being catapulted from cult obscurity to mainstream acceptance has been a strange experience for someone so devoted to his craft, and Jon is an unlikely star and remains very much true to his roots in the acoustic circuit of the North of England.

Jon is a truly and fiercely independent artist, with his own label and no mainstream industry support, but using mostly online social networks for promotion, he has defied the odds with a huge, truly supportive fanbase resulting in headline tours on all 5 continents, from Australia, Canada and Europe to China and South Africa and South America. His debut CD Hypertension has sold over 50,000 copies at the time of writing, and his second CD Don’t Panic sold out within 3 days of appearing on Amazon. His videos are watched tens of thousands of times within minutes of appearing on YouTube.

To celebrate the announcement of his 2015 UK Tour Jon Gomm unleashed a new video on the Internet. This one’s all about the fat groove, and it’s called Dance Of The Last Rhino.

Jon asks: “If you’re into it, pleeeeeease share it with your friends. Without online sharing, I’d still be playing pretend gigs in my bedroom to my stuffed toys.”To try to entice some new fans to take the plunge and actually buy something, Jon’s made the song available on a ‘name your price’ basis, only from jongomm.com/downloads with 10% of all proceeds going to Save The Rhino. And for brave guitarists (very brave!), the guitar tab is available from jongomm.com/guitar-tabs

UK Tour 2015
March 2 – Worcester, Marrs Bar
March 3 – Chester, Telfords Warehouse
March 4 – Nottingham, Glee Club
March 6 – Birmingham, Glee Club
March 7 – Sittingbourne, Avenue Theatre
March 8 – Norwich, The Owl Sanctuary
March 9 – Wakefield, Hop
March 10 – York, Fibbers
March 12 – Huddersfield, Bar122
March 13 – The EVI, Ebbw Vale
March 15 – Cardiff ,Moon Club
March 16 – Bristol, Colston Hall 2
March 17 – Southampton, Joiners
March 18 – London, Jazz Cafe
March 19 – Milton Keynes, Stables
March 21 – Devizes, St Marys
March 22 – Devon, Kingskerswell Church
March 23 – Cambridge, Junction 2
March 24 – Brighton, Komedia
March 26 – Liverpool, LEAF on Bold St
March 27 – Manchester, Gorilla
March 28 – Newcastle, Cluny 2
March 30 – Sheffield, Corporation
April 4 – Leeds, Brudenell

Tickets and information for Jon’s other tour dates at jongomm.com/live-dates

 

 

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Preview: Jon Gomm at Leaf – Thursday 26th March 2015

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