Inevitably, Bellowhead increasingly dominated their time and in 2014 Spiers & Boden made the tough decision to rest the duo, with Bellowhead bowing out two years later. Meanwhile they had used their early success as a duo to found the ground-breaking folk big band Bellowhead, fronted by the duo, which went on to Royal Albert Hall sell-outs, Proms In the Park successes, multiple awards, signing with Universal Records, over 250,000 album sales, and headlining PAC’s very own Platform Festival in 2015. After years of successful touring, in 2011 they headlined their own star-studded show at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
As Spiers & Boden, they won a clutch of BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards – the Horizon Award for best newcomer in 2003, and the Best Duo Award in 20.Ī sojourn in Eliza Carthy & the Ratcatchers included a performance at the Mercury Music Prize Awards.
John Spiers and Jon Boden rocketed onto the scene in 2001. We cannot wait to welcome this talented duo, and of course our wonderful audience, through our doors for what will be an utterly brilliant night of world–class live music.” Tickets have only just gone on sale and are already selling fast. PAC director, Janet Farmer, said: “Spiers and Boden is a fantastic addition to our live events programme and the fact that PAC will be one of their first live dates after they recently reformed as a duo following a hiatus of several years is just incredible. Spiers and Boden, formerly the frontmen of big folk band Bellowhead, will perform live at PAC on Wednesday 20 October, 8pm.
After years of speculation, English folk’s best-loved duos Spiers & Boden are back together and not only working on new material but bringing a live performance to Pocklington Arts Centre (PAC) later this year.
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