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Legendary guitar musician and singer-songwriter Robert Cray will be returning to the UK in October 2015.

Following No1 chart success with his 2014 studio release 'In My Soul’, and previous accolades including 5x Grammy winner, 15x Grammy nominee, and multi-platinum selling artist, Robert Cray is thrilled to return again to the UK for another tour.

Robert said:

"For 30 years now, you've made us feel like we're always coming home. Thank you for that!"

Over four decades Robert Cray has laid down track after track of good-time, uptown, low-down blues, and has been known as one of the most popular artists in blues and soul music. Cray helped to shape the blues on the national scene in the 1980s with his breakthrough album Strong Persuader in 1986. His soulful and creative guitar work has been a dominant force in blues. Over the years Cray’s musical influence has been widely recognized and acknowledged.

Robert Cray is considered one of the greatest guitarists of his generation. He has written or performed with everyone from Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, to John Lee Hooker.

Witness this genre defining artist again test his talent, fuse it together with that dazzling voice, and some of the most powerful material in his four-decade long back catalogue….

If you wish to find out more about Robert Cray please visit these links below:

http://robertcray.com/

https://www.facebook.com/robertcraymusic

Tour dates for 2015

Saturday 3 Oct 15 Salford The Lowry

http://www.thelowry.com 0843 208 6000

Monday 5 Oct 15 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

http://www.trch.co.uk 0115 989 5555

Tuesday 6 Oct 15 Cardiff St. David’s Hall

http://www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk 029 2087 8444

Wednesday 7 Oct 15 Truro Hall for Cornwall

https://www.hallforcornwall.co.uk/Online/ 01872 262466

Friday 9 Oct 15 Basingstoke The Anvil

http://www.anvilarts.org.uk 01256 844244

Saturday 10 Oct 15 Norwich Theatre Royal https://secure.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk/Online/ 01603 63 00 00

Monday 12 Oct 15 London Barbican

http://www.barbican.org.uk 020 7638 8891

Tuesday 13 Oct 15 Gateshead The Sage

http://thesagegateshead.org 0191 443 4661

Wednesday 14 Oct 15 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

http://www.glasgowconcerthalls.com 0141 353 8000

Friday 16 Oct 15 Birmingham Town Hall

https://www.thsh.co.uk 0121 345 0600

Saturday 17 Oct 15 Salisbury City Hall

http://www.cityhallsalisbury.co.uk 01722 434434

Sunday 18 Oct 15 Dartford Orchard Theatre

https://orchardtheatre.co.uk/Online/ 01322 220000

Monday 19 Oct 15 T Wells Assembly Hall

http://www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk 01892 530613

Wednesday 21 Oct 15 Cheltenham Town Hall

http://www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk 0844 576 2210

Thursday 22 Oct 15 Cambridge Corn Exchange

http://www.cornex.co.uk 01223 357851

Friday 23 Oct 15 St. Albans Arena

https://www.alban-arena.co.uk 01727 844488

All shows are on sale now through:

Ticketmaster 0844 844 0444

Ticketline 0844 88 9991

See Tickets 0844 873 7359

Eventim 0844 249 1000

-ENDS

For more information, images, interview or ticket requests, please contact

Andy Kettle at CMP Entertainment on 0151 708 6050 | andykettle@cmplive.com