KINGS OF ANTIFOLK TOUR One-man acoustic folk/punk hurricane Hamell On Trial together with New York legend Lach - founder of the Antifolk movement - on tour to promote new EP Ed Hamell Is The Happiest Man In The World Next show: LONDON: Tuesday Jan 22nd KINGS OF ANTIFOLK TOUR featuring HAMELL ON TRIAL and LACH at 7.30pm Leicester Square Theatre 6 Leicester Place WC2H 7BX 0844 873 3433 Sat 12 Jan LONDON Special Guest with Tom Robinson The Tabernacle 020 7221 9700 Tue 15 Jan LEEDS Kings Of Antifolk Tour with Lach Brudenell Social Club - book tickets Wed 16 Jan HULL Kings Of Antifolk Tour with Lach New Adelphi Club 01482 348 216 Thu 17 Jan CARDIFF Kings Of Antifolk Tour with Lach Clwb Ifor Bach - book tickets Sun Jan 20th SHEFFIELD Kings Of Antifolk Tour with Lach The Greystones0114 266 5599 Mon Jan 21st NOTTINGHAM Kings Of Antifolk Tour with Lach Guitar Bar 07770 226 926 Tue 22 Jan LONDON Kings Of Antifolk Tour with Lach Leicester Square Theatre 0845 4134444 Wed 23 Jan GLASGOW Kings Of Antifolk Tour with Lach Oran Mor 0844 844 0444 Thu 24 Jan DUBLIN The Workman's Club 0818 903001 Sat 23 Feb CORK Cyprus Avenue +353 21 4276165 Sun 24 Feb DUNDALK Spirit Store 042 9352697 HAMELL ON TRIAL "Bill Hicks, Hunter S.Thompson and Joe Strummer rolled into one" Philedelphia Weekly Ed Hamell picked up the guitar at age 7 and started writing songs not long after. In his early 20s,he fronted a local band in Syracuse, but local bands were a dime a dozen in the tough, working class neighborhoods of upstate New York. Which is how the one-man act known as Hamell on Trial was born. He toured the US armed with his battered 1937 Gibson guitar before settling in Austin, Texas, where his songcraft and storyteling found a receptive audience. After seeing him at the 1995 SXSW Music Conference, Mercury Records signed him on the spot and released two albums before disaster struck in May 2000 when Ed was seriously injured in a car accident. Recovering from head and spinal injuries he released the album Ed's Not Dead: Hamell Comes Alive the next year, followed by the landmark album Choochtown that remains a huge favourite with fans to this day. In 2003 Ed signed to Ani Di Franco's Righteous Babe Records, releasing the album Tough Love, followed by Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs in 2006. The next year his stand-up show The Terrorism of Everyday Life won 5 star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe plus a Herald Angel Award for an outstanding performance at the festival. Before, during and after 2010 Ed Hamell took on the challenge of writing a new song every day and publishing the results on his Youtube Channel. He ended up with over 400 tunes, eight of which were selected for his new digital EP Ed Hamell Is The Happiest Man In The World (click for preview)... This 8-track mini album is produced by The Butcher Bros and features collaborations with Kimya Dawson from Moldy Peaches and longstanding friend and mentor Ani Di Franco. It was released on January 14th, 2013 by New West Records - home to Richard Thompson, John Hiatt, Steve Earle, Tom Morello and Kris Kristofferson among others. Ed is developing a new one man show for 2013 called Eddie's Bar currently being previewed on a run of U.S. live dates. In January he makes his long-awaited return to the UK and Eire for a series of shows to promote the EP, and was the featured guest on Tom Robinson's Saturday night show for BBC Radio 6 Music on Jan 19th. Click to hear interview. DISCOGRAPHY 1989 Conviction 1992 Letter to Mike 1996 Big as Life 1997 The Chord is Mightier Than the Sword 2000 Choochtown 2001 Ed's Not Dead: Hamell Comes Alive 2003 Yap 2003 Tough Love 2006 Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs 2008 Rant and Roll 2013 Ed Hamell Is The Happiest Man In The World CONTACTS UK Press & PR Enquiries: US Press & PR Enquiries UK /Europe Booking Enquiries Artist Management top of page