DEL AMITRI frontman Justin Currie has announced details of an autumn UK headline tour with his band The Pallbearers in support of his acclaimed latest solo album, This Is My Kingdom Now.

It includes a date at Gateshead Sage on Monday, October 16.

Currie’s fourth solo album and the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2013 release Lower Reaches, This Is My Kingdom Now, includes the latest single Failing To See, plus instant great tracks Sydney Harbour Bridge and This Is My Kingdom Now.

Stream This Is My Kingdom Now via Spotify here https://open.spotify.com/album/6Wdl6FpuqCVQqFGFpQu47T

As the main songwriter in Del Amitri (who formed in Glasgow in 1983), Currie wrote many of their biggest hits including Roll To Me, Always The Last To Know, and Nothing Ever Happens. During their distinguished career Del Amitri released four Top 10 albums, including Waking Hours (1989), which sold over a million copies in the UK alone. After a decade long hiatus, Del Amitri reunited for The A to Z Of Us Tour in 2014, selling out venues including Glasgow’s SSE Hydro Arena and Hammersmith Apollo in London.

Currie lives and breathes in Glasgow, collects beer mats and makes his own cushions.

  • Justin Currie, Gateshead Sage, Monday, October 16. Tickets at Tickets 0191-443 4661 or www.sagegateshead.com. Also www.justincurrie.com