Tuesday 29th April 2025 7.30pm - Midnight - Beats and swing presents RODDY WOOMBLE (IDLEWILD) at Staggeringly Good Brewery in Portsmouth
Staggeringly Good Brewery, Unit 10, St Georges Industrial Estate, Rodney Rd, Southsea, Portsmouth, Southsea PO4 8SS, UK
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Tuesday 29th April 2025
Doors at 7.30pm
Beats and swing presents
RODDY WOOMBLE
(IDLEWILD)
Support
BEN BROOKES
Staggeringly Good Brewery,
Unit 10, St Georges Industrial Estate,
Rodney Rd, Portsmouth, PO4 8SS
TICKETS (18+)
Advance Tickets - £16
Roddy Woomble (born 13 August 1976) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and writer. He is the lead vocalist of indie rock band Idlewild, with whom he has recorded nine studio albums. Celebrated for his poetic lyrics and warm, baritone voice, Woomble has released seven solo studio album: My Secret Is My Silence (2006), The Impossible Song & Other Songs (2011), Listen to Keep (2013), The Deluder (2017), Lo! Soul (2021), Almost Nothing (2023) and Sometime During the Night We Fell Right Off the Map (2024).
Idlewild was formed in 1995 in Edinburgh by Woomble, Rod Jones, Colin Newton and Phil Scanlon. The band achieved critical and commercial success over nine albums and have toured worldwide. Their sound has moved from the punk rock of their earlier records, to the refined and thoughtful melodic rock of their latter albums. Their last album was 2019's 'Interview Music'. In 2020 they celebrated twenty five years as a band with a special UK tour and accompanying book titled 'In The Beginning There Were Answers; 25 years of Idlewild' which was written by Woomble.
Solo Career
In 2009 Woomble re-located to the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Hebrides and began work on a new album entitled 'The Impossible Song & other songs'. It was released in 2011 and was recorded entirely at the An Tobar arts centre in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull and features a cast of musicians from the Scottish folk scene. The album was accompanied by extensive touring around the U.K.
The country influenced Listen to Keep followed in 2013, before Woomble concentrated again on Idlewild, returning attention back to his solo career with 2017's The Deluder, a darker and more introspective album. After the release of 2019's Interview Music album with Idlewild, Woomble changed direction again with the Everyday Sun EP (2020) and Lo! Soul (2021) which both share a minimal, electronic sound.
In 2023 Womble launched a new project called Almost Nothing.
Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_Woomble
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