Ben Montague

Ben Montague
Origin Farnborough, Kent, United Kingdom[1]
Genres Pop, Singer-Songwriter
Instruments Guitar, piano
Years active 2009–present
Labels Nusic, EMI Label Services[2]
Website benmontague.co.uk

Ben Montague is a British musician, singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist from Farnborough, Kent.[1][3] Ben is perhaps best known for his single "Haunted" from the first full-length album Overcome. Ben's latest album Tales of Flying And Falling which include new version of "Haunted" was released 21 January 2013[4]

History

Overcome & Early Successes

Ben's musical career began in earnest in 2010 when the singles from what would become his first album Overcome received high praise from UK Radio stations. "Can't hold Me Down" was added to the BBC Radio 2 playlist[5] for 5 weeks and follow up "Haunted" later became their Record of the Week[6] followed in June 2010 by "Broken" which similarly topped the Radio 2 A List for 6 weeks and was later selected to be the single recorded by the winner of Singapore Idol Season 3, Sezairi Sezali.[7] Despite all this, the album Overcome was only commercially released via his management company in early 2011 as Ben had not secured a Publisher or Record Label to support the record.

Present

The forthcoming album, titled Tales of Flying And Falling is due for release on 21 January 2013 through Nusic and EMI Label Services – the full-length album was produced at Rockfield Studios by Dave Eringa, the producer behind records for Manic Street Preachers, Idlewild and Kylie Minogue.[8][9] The first single from the album, "Love Like Stars", was released on 6 July 2012. Second single "Another Hard Fall" was released on 26 August 2012 and was added to the Radio 2 B List from 4 August 2012.[10]

Touring

In the past Ben has performed a raft of high profile live appearances with the likes of The Lighthouse Family, playing as main support in Academy venues, alongside Stereophonics as a part of F1 Rocks, a music event run at the 2010 Italian Grand Prix in Milan;[11] and later on The Code Tour 2012 with The Wanted and Lawson.[12][13] More recently, he has embarked on a number of headline shows in the UK.

The Code Tour 2012 saw Ben perform alongside Lawson and The Wanted.[14]

The Code Tour
Date City Venue
15 February 2012 Nottingham Capital FM Arena
17 February 2012 Manchester Evening News Arena
18 February 2012 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
20 February 2012 Brighton The Brighton Centre
23 February 2012 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
24 February 2012 Liverpool Echo Arena
25 February 2012 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
27 February 2012 Glasgow S.E.C.C
28 February 2012 Aberdeen A.E.C.C
1 March 2012 Birmingham LG Arena
2 March 2012 Bournemouth International Centre
3 March 2012 London The O2 Arena
5 March 2012 Brighton The Brighton Centre
6 March 2012 Bournemouth International Centre
8 March 2012 Belfast Odyssey Arena
9 March 2012 Dublin The O2

In the summer of 2012 Ben embarked on his first Headline UK tour – the Love Like Stars tour, named after the first single from the album Tales of Flying And Falling

Love Like Stars Tour[15]
Date City Venue
7 June 2012 Dorset Mr Kyps
12 June 2012 Birmingham O2 Academy
13 June 2012 London O2 Academy
14 June 2012 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
17 June 2012 Brighton Komedia
20 June 2012 Sheffield Greystones
21 June 2012 Manchester Academy 3
22 June 2012 Winchester Discovery Centre
23 June 2012 Folkestone Tower
24 June 2012 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Festival
26 June 2012 Glasgow O2 ABC
27 June 2012 Newcastle O2 Academy
28 June 2012 Edinburgh Voodoo Rooms
29 June 2012 Liverpool O2 Academy

Later in 2012 Ben headed back out for a second headline UK tour, with support from Leddra Chapman and Sophie Delila.[16]

Date City Venue
14 September 2012 Great Bardfield High Barn
15 September 2012 Leeds Eiger Studios
16 September 2012 Inverness Mad Hatters
18 September 2012 Liverpool O2 Academy 2
19 September 2012 Stratford Cox's Yard
20 September 2012 Worcester Marrs Bar
26 September 2012 Bristol Louisiana
3 October 2012 Birmingham O2 Academy 3
4 October 2012 Poole Mr Kyps
5 October 2012 Hastings Brass Monkey
6 October 2012 Cambridge Junction 2
8 October 2012 Manchester Moho
10 October 2012 Portsmouth Cellars
17 October 2012 Guildford Boileroom
18 October 2012 Oxford O2 Academy 2
22 October 2012 Newcastle O2 Academy 2
23 October 2012 Glasgow O2 ABC 2
24 October 2012 Leicester The Musician
29 October 2012 London The Garage

During 2014 Ben is supporting Westlife's Shane Filan on his solo tour of the UK.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "BBC Radio Bristol | The Afternoon Show 24 November 2010". BBC. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "On The Radar: Ben Montague". Music Week. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Chris Younie (23 August 2012). "News: Introducing Ben Montague". Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ben's Second Chance". BBC. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Music Week | Montague joins the list at Radio Two". Intent Media. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  6. ↑ Gomes, Charlotte. "New Music Video: Ben Montague – Love Like Stars". YourMusicRefill. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ben's still Haunted by boob-flashing gig". The Sun Newspaper. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "Ben Montague – new single and UK tour". Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales Limited. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "Dave Eringa". Rovi Corp. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "Radio 2 Playlist". BBC. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "Stereophonics to headline F1 Rocks™ in Italy". Formula One World Championship Limited. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Daily Star | BEN MONTAGUE HELPS THE WANTED FIND A FRESH SOUND". Northern and Shell Media Publications. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  13. ↑ "Touring with the Wanted and Stereophonics". HuffPost Entertainment. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  14. ↑ "NME Video – Ben Montague – The Code Tour 2012 with Lawson & The Wanted video". IPC MEDIA. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  15. ↑ "Ben Montague | Like Stars". Female First. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  16. ↑ Batte, Elliott. "BEN MONTAGUE ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER UK TOUR". Stereoboard.com. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  17. ↑ "One to watch: Ben Montague". Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  18. ↑ Hayes, Oliver. ebuts-His-New-Single-Another-Hard-Fall "Ones To Watch: Ben Montague Debuts His New Single 'Another Hard Fall'". Giant Digital. Retrieved 12 October 2012.

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