Brit nominated, acoustic guitar virtuoso Newton Faulkner has announced a string of live UK dates this spring ahead of his new album to be released later this year.

As well as playing his classic hits, Newton will be giving fans the chance to hear new material on the tour as he showcases songs from his forthcoming LP. Ahead of the shows, he will be releasing his first new material of 2012 with the ‘Write It On Your Skin’ EP on April 17 through Ugly Truth/RCA. Keep an eye on Newton’s Facebook and Twitter for further news on the release in the coming weeks.

He has sold over 1million albums in the UK alone. His debut ‘Hands Built By Robots’ spent over10 months inside the Top 40 Album Charts and become one of the Top 20 Biggest Selling UK digital albums of all time.

Newton is currently putting the finishing touches to his new album, taking a back to basics approach and recording most of it at home. Tour dates are: 23-Apr-12 Falmouth Pavilion 25-Apr-12 Guildford G-Live 26-Apr-12 Bournemouth Old Fire Station 28-Apr-12 Southend Palace Theatre 29-Apr-12 Folkestone Quarterhouse 1-May-12 London Scala 3-May-12 Birmingham 02 Academy 2 5-May-12 Bristol O2 Academy Bristol Folk Festival 8-May-12 Newcastle Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre 9-May-12 Cardiff Coal Exchange 10-May-12 Oxford 02 Academy 12-May-12 Norwich Open 13-May-12 Leamington Spa Assembly 15-May-12 Holmfirth Picturedome 16-May-12 Leeds Cockpit 17-May-12 Sheffield Leadmill 19-May-12 Manchester Academy 2 20-May-12 Liverpool Uni Stanley Theatre 22-May-12 Aberdeen Lemon Tree 23-May-12 Dundee Fat Sams 24-May-12 Glasgow Oran Mor 26-May-12 Belfast Limelight Tickets cost £16/London £17 http://www.newtonfaulkner.com