The Gulls (UK)
After meeting The Gulls frontman Will Fairhead during a jam in North London in November 2019, I toured full-time with the band from January 2020 to May 2022. It was a remarkable time—touring through the pandemic, something no other UK band in their right minds would have considered—while living in a small campervan with three band members and our road crew, following wherever the road took us. We called it ‘The Impossible Tour’, and it completely changed my life and shaped me as a musician.
Some of the (many) highlights:
Living in a small campervan with a four piece band & crew and embarking on the ‘Impossible Tour’, during the first covid summer and winter in 2020.
Recorded our debut album ‘Don’t Feed The Gulls’ in the ruins of an abandoned château in Escaudouvres, northern France, during the COVID winter of 2020, and filmed a music video in the grand hall after wrapping the album.
Almost seven months of non-stop touring across the UK in 2021 (‘The Impossible Tour Part 2’), embracing a bohemian lifestyle along the way. A glimpse of our time living on the road can be found here.
Playing pretty much every small and big town in England, Scotland and Wales, on rooftops, beach boulevards, shopping streets, but also pubs, music venues and festivals.
Embarking on two European Tours in 2020 and 2022, in which we played The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
Build up a loyal cult following in the UK and northern Europe, with main fan hubs in London and Manchester.
Reached the national TV (Sky Sports News) and radio BBC during our Impossible Tour adventures in the middle of the first covid summer of 2020.
Pulled off various promotional stunts in major UK cities like Gulls FM and Operation Eagle Eye (making people in Manchester believe that we were a famous band playing a surprise gig on the streets).
Next to the debut album we released several singles, recorded in studios during the tours; Glass Eyed, The Call, etc. Find more information on the Discography page.