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Richard Hawley, (born Sheffield, United Kingdom) is a critically acclaimed guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. Hawley initially found success as a member of Britpop band Longpigs in the 1990s. When a drug-filled torpor after an extensive tour of America brought the band to the brink of extinction in 1997, Hawley was asked to play with Pulp by his close friend and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker. “They saved my life,” Hawley later recalled, “I was going mental with drink and drugs.” The subsequent world tour in support of Pulp’s album This Is Hardcore left Hawley emotionally and physically drained on his return to his home city. During this time, he even considered leaving the music industry altogether.
It was an encounter at Hawley’s Sheffield home that led the longtime collaborator out of the shadows. Impressed by a home demo of his songs, both Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey urged Hawley to head into the studio and begin work on his first solo release. 2000s eponymous mini album encouraged Hawley to return to the studio once more. In 2001 Late Night Final, named after the cry of vendors selling the Sheffield Star evening newspaper on the streets of the city, was released to positive reviews from the press, if unspectacular sales. Two years later Hawley released Lowedges, another Sheffield reference, this time to the curiously named suburb of the city that had so entranced the young Hawley when he had seen it on the destination board of a bus. NME called Lowedges the “first great album of 2003” and it topped an end of year poll held by Virgin Radio.
It was an encounter at Hawley’s Sheffield home that led the longtime collaborator out of the shadows. Impressed by a home demo of his songs, both Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey urged Hawley to head into the studio and begin work on his first solo release. 2000s eponymous mini album encouraged Hawley to return to the studio once more. In 2001 Late Night Final, named after the cry of vendors selling the Sheffield Star evening newspaper on the streets of the city, was released to positive reviews from the press, if unspectacular sales. Two years later Hawley released Lowedges, another Sheffield reference, this time to the curiously named suburb of the city that had so entranced the young Hawley when he had seen it on the destination board of a bus. NME called Lowedges the “first great album of 2003” and it topped an end of year poll held by Virgin Radio.
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Shoutbox
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Dawoodcock4 wrote:
"For Your Lover Give Some Time" will be released as download only in the UK on 10 August. Check the Hawley forum for details of the UK tour (and to keep in touch with his future dates as some world-wide gigs should be announced soon).
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
I second that.
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MasterDarkstar wrote:
Can't fucking wait for the new album!
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Fin-e wrote:
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
Truelove's Gutter out September 21st!!! I'm assuming that's a UK Monday release though...
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TheBarfly wrote:
New album announced... Well excited!
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music_asweety wrote:
I <3 Him ... what a voice !
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mcmanderley wrote:
Richard Hawley is God.
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ikabupini wrote:
Richard Hawley seems to have caught my two most favorite things: night and rain... Perfect! =)
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jeffyy wrote:
Long black train is fantastic. Heard it in V For Vendetta and got hooked. Like quite a few other tracks by Hawley now.
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gokmenozturk wrote:
extraordinary voice.. as if i walk alone in a silence road when i listen his songs.
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Smartypants101 wrote:
one of my favorite voices
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PussycatLiLi wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/I%27m+From+Yorkshire
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JamesKmccann wrote:
When is he coming to Glasgow? I'll even get him a beer (or 3)_.
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pocho205 wrote:
genius, again
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JamesKmccann wrote:
Genius.
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TippinMyStuff wrote:
Wonderful !!
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plastic-p-alice wrote:
Just gorgeous
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Oct
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Richard Hawley
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Richard Hawley & Smoke Fairies
Ipswich Regent, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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Oct
7
Richard Hawley
Town Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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