Devlin Confirmed support for Example’s UK Tour & New Album ‘Brainwashed’
One of the most eagerly anticipated artists of 2010 is 21-year-old James Devlin. Having released an uncompromisingly gritty opening salvo with Giggs in April (‘Shot Music) the Dagenham MC of Irish extraction returns with a statement of intent for the rest of the year. ‘Brainwashed’ is a rain-swept gothic backdrop for Devlin’s wordplay and imagery, like a darkly inked page out of V for Vendetta. A lyrical prodigy that started on pirate radio at age 13, he is unrivalled in the grime scene for the cinematic power of his bars. ‘My names lodged up in your brain like a blade in an operation’ goes one typically grimey metaphor. Famed for having ‘the biggest vocabulary in grime’, Devlin’s forthcoming album, will bring to mind the richest, most imaginatively detailed storyteller’s albums. Nas is one seminal influence. Bruce Springsteen is another. But that’s to come. This single has the modest intent of brainwashing a nation like a dystopian despot; ‘neurological science will leave your brain cells rewired, my name’s Devlin I am just trying to gain entry to your mind’.
Devlin will be supporting Example on his tour this autumn...
Tue 28 Sep 2010 Glasgow ABC2
Wed 29 Sep 2010 Manchester Academy 2
Fri 01 Oct 2010 Newcastle Academy
Sat 02 Oct 2010 Leeds Academy
Mon 04 Oct 2010 Liverpool Academy 2
Tue 05 Oct 2010 Bristol O2 Academy
Wed 06 Oct 2010 Exeter Lemon Grove
Fri 08 Oct 2010 Bournemouth O2 Academy
Sat 09 Oct 2010 Birmingham Academy 2
Mon 11 Oct 2010 Nottingham Rock City
Tue 12 Oct 2010 London Koko
Wed 13 Oct 2010 Norwich UEA
Devlin Confirmed support for Example’s UK Tour
‘Brainwashed’ Island Records Sunday 8th August 2010 BBC Sound of 2010 List
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY
‘one of the few MCs daring to say something different’ Dazed & Confused
‘undiluted street music’ NME
‘a powerful lyricist with a social conscience’ Metro
‘with the bidding war finally over and over 2 million Youtube views in the last year, Devlin was always going to be No.1 on our list for underground artists to blow up in 2010’ RWD
‘James Devlin is primed to break into the mainstream he reminds me of The Street Mike Skinner at his best’ The Sun
Devlin will be supporting Example on his tour this autumn...
Tue 28 Sep 2010 Glasgow ABC2
Wed 29 Sep 2010 Manchester Academy 2
Fri 01 Oct 2010 Newcastle Academy
Sat 02 Oct 2010 Leeds Academy
Mon 04 Oct 2010 Liverpool Academy 2
Tue 05 Oct 2010 Bristol O2 Academy
Wed 06 Oct 2010 Exeter Lemon Grove
Fri 08 Oct 2010 Bournemouth O2 Academy
Sat 09 Oct 2010 Birmingham Academy 2
Mon 11 Oct 2010 Nottingham Rock City
Tue 12 Oct 2010 London Koko
Wed 13 Oct 2010 Norwich UEA
Devlin Confirmed support for Example’s UK Tour
‘Brainwashed’ Island Records Sunday 8th August 2010 BBC Sound of 2010 List
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY
‘one of the few MCs daring to say something different’ Dazed & Confused
‘undiluted street music’ NME
‘a powerful lyricist with a social conscience’ Metro
‘with the bidding war finally over and over 2 million Youtube views in the last year, Devlin was always going to be No.1 on our list for underground artists to blow up in 2010’ RWD
‘James Devlin is primed to break into the mainstream he reminds me of The Street Mike Skinner at his best’ The Sun
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