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The Levellers frontman and songwriter Mark Chadwick has announced details of the release of his solo album and a ten date UK tour in October.

After almost 25 years fronting The Levellers, Chadwick will release his debut solo album All The Pieces on September 6th through Stay By Records.

One of the UK’s most successful songwriters, Chadwick has co-written 20 chart singles and 6 Top 40 albums (including a Number 1) as part of The Levellers.

All The Pieces is a step away from the confines of the band and although the voice may be familiar that is where the similarities end. Instead, this is an intensely personal collection of wonderfully crafted 3 minute pop songs, written and refined over the course of the last two decades.

All The Pieces is, to all intents and purposes, Mark Chadwick telling the story of his own life, in his own words. Presented chronologically, it charts the highs and lows of his extraordinary life, encompassing life-altering events such as attending Elephant Fayre which helped shaped his political views, falling in (and subsequently out of) love, through to his later disillusion with both mainstream and radical politics.

This album shows a side of Mark Chadwick’s song-writing and personality that up to now he has largely kept out of the public eye. Honest and heartfelt, yet highly accessible and endearingly upbeat, All The Pieces shares many of its hallmarks with the great folk revival albums of the 60’s and early 70’s. Anyone expecting a Levellers sound-alike album will be disappointed, but those with an ear for beautifully produced acoustic-pop, great melodies and engaging lyrics will most certainly not.

Mark Chadwick’s October tour goes on sale on 12 July. He will be joined on tour by a band featuring guest musicians plus support to be announced.

MARK CHADWICK ‘ALL THE PIECES’ 2010 TOUR

OCTOBER 2010
Weds 6 EXETER Phoenix 01392 667 080 www.exeterphoenix.org.uk
Thurs 7 LONDON Bush Hall 0844 811 0051 www.gigsandtours.com
Fri 8 SOUTHAMPTON The Brook 023 8055 5366 www.the-brook.com
Sat 9 CARDIFF The Globe 029 2045 2151 www.theglobecardiff.com
Sun 10 NORWICH Waterfront 01623 508 050 www.waterfrontnorwich.com
Tues 12 BIRMINGHAM Glee Club 0871 472 0400 www.gigsandtours.com
Weds 13 BRIGHTON Concorde 2 01273 673 311 www.concorde2.co.uk
Thurs 14 BRISTOL Colston Hall 2 0117 922 3686 www.colstonhall.org
Fri 15 MANCHESTER o2 Academy 3 0161 832 1111 www.gigsandtours.com
Sat 16 NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms 0871 310 0000 www.rescuerooms.com

All the Pieces is available to pre-order now with signed copies of the album available with pre-orders from www.play.com. A limited edition ‘All The Pieces’ collector’s pack featuring 12” vinyl or CD album plus t-shirt, cotton tote bag and screen print is available to pre-order exclusively from www.recordstore.co.uk.

For further information visit the Mark Chadwick website