PLUS SPECIAL GUEST Lowri Evans

Tom McRae

TOM MCRAE

Margins Cafe Open at 18:30 reservation required. Book here.

Doors 19:00

 

British singer-songwriter, Tom McRae, 52, has released 8 studio albums to date, and 3 live albums.   A new album of duets co-written with Welsh singer, Lowri Evans, is released next month ( May 2021), with the first 3 singles already playlisted on UK radio.  Lowri Evans will provide support for the tour.

In 2021 McRae duetted with Wannes Capelle on a reworking of McRae’s song, Bloodless, which was a radio hit in Belgium.  A new album of duets with French artists is scheduled for release next year to coincide with his 2022 tour. McRae also spent a large part of 2021 translating the songs of French superstar, Michel Polnareff, into English for future release by new artists. Tom’s debut album (re-released in 2020) was nominated for The Mercury Prize, a Brit Award, and Q Magazine Award. The album went on to sell 140,000 copies worldwide, going silver in France - which along with Belgium and Norway was especially receptive to McRae’s music.  

As well as his own music, Tom has written for other artists over the years, most notably Marianne Faithfull on her 2014 album “Give My Love To London”.  Over the years Tom has garnered a reputation as a great live act, whether solo, trio, full band, or with string quartet. Tom’s relationship with his audience is very special, as anyone who has witnessed the shows can attribute. Despite McRae’s melancholy reputation, the shows are often funny, heartfelt, and rousing.

The 2020 European tour to accompany the re-release of Tom’s debut was inevitably rescheduled for 2022, but during lockdown McRae live-streamed a series of shows (“Some Dark Cafe”) featuring musical guests David Ford, Olly Knights (Turin Brakes), Keren Ann, Justin Currie (Del Amitri), and poet Laureate Simon Armitage, who calls of McRae “one of our best living song writers”. 

Book For A Pre-Show Dinner

Make your free dinner reservation to eat at our Margins Café before the show!

You must have a general admission ticket for the show to gain entry for dinner.

Doors will open for early dinner ticket holders at 18:30. 

The Margins Café serves delicious, freshly prepared food at gigs and events.  All profits go towards The Margins Project, based here at the Chapel which works with people who face issues of homelessness and crisis.

Book Your Reservation HERE 

 

More Information:

The venue has unreserved seating and are taken on a first come first serve basis. Please arrive early before event door times if you have preferred seats. Due to the nature of our venue, please be prepared to queue for entry.

The venue is fully accessible, with use of ramps and the upstairs bar is accessible with use of a platform lift. Please email [email protected] with your accessibility requirements.

The bar is located on the first floor of the venue and will be open pre-show from the stated door time and during the interval. The bar will be closed after the interval. The bar is 18+ only.

Alcohol consumption will be limited to the bar area only, it is not permitted to take alcohol to the main chapel space.  An array of soft drinks and snacks will also be available and are permitted in the main space.