Line-up

Headliner
John Newman Last time in Edinburgh: 11 years ago

Venue

Sneaky Pete's

SNEAKY PETE'S, 73 COWGATE, EDINBURGH, EH1 1JW, Edinburgh, UK

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John Newman biography

From Settle, North Yorkshire England, UK. The talented 24 year old singer strives in the spotlight of; soul, pop, breakbeat and Northern Soul.

Growing up in single parent household, John's father left when he was only six. His mother would play music the type that would go on to inspire John; Motown and Stax.

Finding another influence through Northern Soul. When he was 14 he began to get even more creative and would write his own songs while playing the guitar eventually leading to his ability to produce and record, most notably house tracks.

Shortly after moving to Leeds, two of John's best friends sadly died after being in a car crash. This hurt John and music kept him going. While in Leeds he developed his voice and style while finding those with similar interests who matured his musical instruments.

In 2010 Newman moved to London and joined a band, he was then signed to "Island Records" and whilst working in a bar managed to make friends with Piers Agget; one of the members of Rudimental.

In 2012 John Newman Collaborated wit Rudimental on their song "Feel the love" this song reached no.1 on the UK Singles Charts. This song was incredibly successful and reached the top 10 in over 7 countries.

John Newman has won the award for Best International Video for his song "Love Me Again" by Premios 40 Principales and has been nominated for 3 Brit Awards in 2014 including British Male Solo Artist, British Single and British Video.

2013 saw the release of John Newman's album "Tribute" which received a rating of 8 out of 10 from "Daily Star" and a 7 out of 10 rating from "Clash"

Live reviews

Referred to as the male version of Adele (and not to be confused with Sam Smith,) John Newman is certainly not a performer to be missed. As flattering as the comparisons are though, John Newman is his own artist. His voice cannot be matched in its definitive tones and runs that he is capable of achieving.
As an avid follower of up and coming artists, I came upon John Newman by chance. I first encountered his now quite popular song "Love Me Again" in a new music playlist and immediately labeled it as one of my favorites. The song was so epic and hard-hitting with the impressive vocals as well as phenomenal composition, which I soon found out is common throughout his music. Every time he released a music video, I ended up having it on replay for the following week. And when I first heard his single playing on the radio, I began jumping up and down with joy to the dismay of the people around me. Naturally, I jumped at the opportunity to see John live in concert when I found out he was playing a show in my city.
Recordings and videos of live performances do not do justice to experiencing the real thing. I had watched countless behind the scenes videos of how John created his album and the tremendous amount of effort he put into it - how he attended to every detail of his tracks. Let me tell you, his efforts were well worth it. A person finds himself getting lost in the emotion and passion presented by Newman's voice. Combined with fantastic instrumentals, the results are enticing in an anthemic fashion.
John Newman definitely puts on a show to please the senses. His live band dresses sharply in addition to playing on point. Newman himself is consistently classy in appearance. The dance moves that Newman pulls on stage, especially in regard to his feet, are memorable in themselves. It can be clearly seen how much he enjoys performing and connecting to his audience. He takes command without a sweat (figuratively, not literally...he gets around on that stage) and easily took the crowd's energy up and down in accordance with the palpable atmosphere created by each song. Whether you know one song or twenty songs, you are guaranteed to end up singing along all of the time.

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