Kerri Watts’ Celtic roots
are embedded in the streets of Glasgow where poets grow and strong hearts rule.
Her current
embracing of Americana is not
fashion or vogue; this sound was fused when the then 16-year old Kerri ventured
solo to California. She blazed a
trail through prestigious venues from West Coast to East Coast across the US
honing her craft in
places such
as Whisky a Go Go in L.A., The Basement in Nashville and NYC’s Rockwood Music
Hall. Kerri fell in love with America and its music.
Kerri’s love
of travel, nature and adventure didn’t stop in the USA. An adventitious meeting
with a music executive in Ibiza saw her returning to the UK to record. Her
incredible pure, emotive but powerful voice and pop sensibility soon found her
playlisted twice on BBC Radio 2,
singles Long Way Home and The Wild. It wasn’t long before live
sessions and numerous TV appearances were booked in with ITV, STV and the BBC,
and people began to pay real attention to Kerri.
Her music
hinted at the wide open spaces of her American experiences, yet were carefully
crafted pop tunes. Kerri’s collaboration with producer Oliver Nelson on the
summer mix of You racked up over a million plays and achieved a number one on
Hype Machine with rave reviews.
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On the back of her commercial and critical success, Kerri hit the festival circuit running, playing Glastonbury, Isle of Wight, Secret Garden Party, Cornbury to name but a few. Kerri honed her stage performances further with support tours for Starsailor, Nina Nesbitt, Ward Thomas and the Overtones. This Summer, Kerri performed with Embrace with whom she has co-written and supported COLDPLAY at the Millennium Stadium to over 140,000 people over just two days.
Kerri is back
full circle in Nashville, writing and recording new material with multi-award
winning and chart topping songwriter, producer and publisher Jeff Cohen along with 3 time Grammy
nominee Kevin Kadish – the writer
and producer behind Meghan Trainor’s ‘All About That Bass’, before embarking on
her first headline UK tour this Autumn. Kerri’s ‘coming home’ album is eagerly
anticipated.
BBC Radio 2 A-listed singer songwriter
Kerri Watt has announced her first ever headline tour, with 14-dates across
the UK this November.
Kicking off on 4th November in Liverpool, Kerri
will be playing in some of the UK’s biggest towns, including shows in, Leeds,
Birmingham, London, Manchester and of course her home town – Glasgow.
“I've spent the last couple of years
supporting some amazing acts across the UK which helped me pick up fans around
the country” says Kerri. “I've really seen a
demand on social media for me to play some headline shows, so it's definitely
the right time for my first headline tour!
I'm looking forward to seeing some
familiar faces from previous tours plus hopefully some new fans since the
release of 'Old School Love.' My last show is in my hometown of Glasgow... a
perfect way to kick off the Christmas season!
This news comes off the back of Kerri’s recent single, ‘Old School Love’, her first for her new label East West Records (Warners). Whilst continuing to showcase her knack for writing a great hook, ‘Old School Love,’ marked a slight change from her previous two singles, the BBC Radio 2 play listed ‘Long Way Home’ and ‘The Wild’.
With a more simple production and mellow
instrumentation, it’s a love song that as its title suggests, plays homage to
an old
school sound. The melody let’s Kerri’s vocal shine,
laying bare the honest accessible song writing that has already won her an army
of loyal fans.
Over the past year, Kerri has been travelling
across the world, performing and writing new material. This includes a track
written and recorded with Embrace which she recently performed with them
at their two night opening slot for Coldplay at Cardiff's Principality Stadium
- in front of 74,000 - her biggest audience yet.
Kerri’s previous success includes the
aforementioned BBC Radio 2 A-list for her single’ Long Way Home’ and a Radio
2 B-List for ‘The Wild.’ She’s performed on ITV’s Weekend Show and STV's
Live At Five, plus had critical acclaim everywhere from the Daily
Telegraph, The Independent, The Sun, Metro, Daily Star, Notion, Glamour
Magazine, to Attitude Magazine, Music Week and Record of the Day amongst
many others.
She also hit Number 1 on Hype Machine with the
remix of her single ‘You’ and has performed at festivals including Isle of
Wight, The Great Escape, Secret Garden Party and Glastonbury. She’s
also supported Nina Nesbitt, Ward Thomas, Starsailor, Mike & The
Mechanics and The Overtones.
In other news, Kerri recently returned from Nashville where she has been recording her new material with Jeff Cohen (co-writer of The Shires, Ward Thomas) The record is currently being mixed and will be ready for release next year..
Kerri’s tour kicks off on
November 4th – Tickets available now!
Kerri Watt on Tour
Tues 7 November 2017 - Lincoln Students Union, Lincoln (Brayford Wharf E, LN6 7TS)
Weds 8 November 2017 - Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds (Website; 27-29 Headingley Ln, LS6 1BL) with: Lauren Rycroft | Event
Sat 11 November 2017 - ORT, Birmingham (Website; 500-504 Moseley Rd, B12 9AH) Ticketmaster UK | Event
Sat 18 November 2017 -
Exeter Phoenix, Voodoo Lounge
(Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter, EX4 3LS) £8 Standing Events
Tues 21 November 2017 - Komedia Studio, Brighton (44-47 Gardner St, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1UN) £7.70 Event
Thurs 23 November 2017 - London Thousand Island, London (20-22 Highbury Corner, Islington N5 1RD) Ticketmaster UK
Weds 29 November 2017 - Cluny 2, Newcastle (36 Lime Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1
2PQ) Event
Thurs 30 November 2017 - King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow (272a ST Vincent Street, G2
5RL) £11 Ticketmaster UK
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