LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/
Newton Faulkner Official Website) - Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner (born January 11, 1985 in Reigate, Surrey) is an English musician. He subsequently signed with Sony BMG records and on the 30th of July 2007 he released his debut album Hand Built By Robots. He supported
James Morrison on his February UK tour as well as
Paolo Nutini on his UK tour in April, and also
John Mayer on his
September dates in the UK. He also supported The
John Butler Trio on a number of European dates.
In June 2007 Newton's second single "Dream Catch Me" was selected Jo Whiley's 'Pet Sound' on her daily Radio 1 show. This gave the track much exposure and was highly commented on by listeners to Jo's show by SMS and e-mail.
Newton appeared twice at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2007 - once on the Friday on the Acoustic Stage and once on the Sunday on the Leftfield Stage. He appeared at V Festival 2007 in August where he played in the Virgin Mobile Sessions Tent - a venue much too small as many people had to listen outside. He also appeared at the Connect Music Festival at the end of August 2007 on the Guitars and Other Machines stage.
On July 29, "Dream Catch Me" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 16. The following week it had risen to number 7 with Hand Built By Robots entering the album charts at number 3. The song was still at number 8 on 12 August and the album reached number 1 on 26 August.
Faulkner's fourth single from Hand Built By Robots, "Teardrop" (a cover of the Massive Attack track), was released on the 10 December 2007. A new video for "I Need Something" was released in March along with a United States version of the video for "Dream Catch Me".
Faulkner has been confirmed to play at the Isle Of Wight Festival 2008 on June 14, appearing on the day The Police are the headline act. He is also confirmed to play at the Bonnaroo and Sasquatch! festivals in 2008.
NEWTON FAULKNER AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES - SEPTEMBER 2008:
Wednesday 3 September - Perth, Capitol
Friday 5 September - Adelaide, Thebarton Theatre
Saturday 6 September - Melbourne, The Forum
Monday 8 September - Sydney, Enmore Theatre
Wednesday 10 September - Brisbane, The Tivoli
