Celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2018, Brighton folk-punk band Levellers will be releasing We The Collective on March 9 via the band’s own label, On The Fiddle Recordings. Wanting to do something a bit different with their back catalogue, they brought in a string section and enlisted legendary producer John Leckie (Radiohead, Stone Roses) to help develop new acoustic arrangements for eight of their previous singles including ‘Liberty’, ‘Hope Street’ and ‘One Way’ which they recorded straight to tape at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios.

They also recorded two brand new songs ‘Shame’ and ‘Drug Bust McGee’ and the result is the 10 track album We The Collective. Lead singer Mark Chadwick says “The different musicians, producer and the studio combined to make something really special”. The newly released video for ‘Shame’ is a hard-hitting piece showing the plight of refugees in Europe and beyond, in the face of geo-political manoeuvrings from our world leaders. You can watch that here.

As part of the celebrations, Levellers will head out on a full acoustic tour in the Spring, where they will be playing the new arrangements with guest musicians, starting at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections festival. They will play at the Roundhouse in London as part of the In The Round festival as well as a number of theatres and concert halls around the country. Despite only just being announced, the tickets for Preston, Milton Keynes and Winchester have already sold out. Support on the tour comes from Ginger Wildheart on all dates except Glasgow & London.

Acoustic Tour 2018

Support from Ginger Wildheart (all dates except Glasgow & London)

FEBRUARY

Thurs 1st – Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow (Celtic Connections)

Fri 2nd – Wrexham, William Aston Hall

Sat 3rd – Preston, Charter Theatre SOLD OUT

Sun 4th – London, Roundhouse (In The Round Festival)

MARCH

Tue 13th – Buxton, Opera House

Wed 14th – Cheltenham, Town Hall

Thurs 15th – Yeovil, Westlands

Fri 16th – York, Barbican

Sat 17th – Milton Keynes, The Stables SOLD OUT

Sun 18th – Liverpool, Philharmonic

Tue 20th – Basingstoke, The Anvil

Wed 21st – Cambridge, Corn Exchange

Thurs 22nd – Leicester, De Montfort Hall

Fri 23rd – Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion

Sat 24th – Winchester, Cathedral SOLD OUT

Watchet LIVE Festival organisers have announced the final headliner for their 10th Birthday Party.

Former Glastonbury Festival headliners, Levellers, will close the festival in their own imitable style. Drawing from their extensive back catalogue of over twenty chart hits, including 'What A Beautiful Day', 'One Way', 'Carry Me' and 'Battle of The Beanfield', the band will provide Watchet’s 10th Birthday celebrations with an incredible final performance. 

Headlining Watchet on Saturday are BRIT and Ivor-Novello award winning pop-rock band The Feeling and are joined by Joy Division and New Order Bassist Peter Hook, along with his band The Light.

Friday will see the return from both Geno Washington and The Real Thing, while Saturday hosts a repeat visit from former Special’s frontman Neville Staple Band. Sunday will see Dreadzone and Cornish folk troubadours 3 Daft Monkeys with many more acts across all three days yet to be announced.

Watchet LIVE Festival is a not-for-profit family-friendly festival based at Parsonage Farm, Watchet. The festival will take place this August bank holiday weekend from Friday 26 to Sunday 28.

Tickets are available now here.