Category Archives: Turin Brakes News

In-depth look: Mosely Folk Festival

So, from Friday to Sunday 3-5 September, the Mosely Folk Festival is happening. Details are now basically complete and confirmed. So here’s what you need to know: The first night (Friday 3rd) will be headlined by Turin Brakes and The Divine Comedy. Saturday sees Donovan and The Low Anthem headlining, while The High Llamas, featuring [...]
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Turin Brakes head to mOARE Festival – NOT

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS GIG IS NOT HAPPENING THIS YEAR, STILL THE FESTIVAL MIGHT BE NICE !!! Turin Brakes are NOT heading to the mOARE festival in Oare to perform at the festival on 11 and 12 September 2010. mOARE Music returns on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th of September, at The Three Mariners at [...]
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Turin Brakes play East Winter Garden on 29th September

On the 29th of September, Turin Brakes play the rather posh East Winter Garden (pictured) in London. The East Wintergarden in the heart of London’s Canary Wharf opened in October 2003 and is proving to be a favourite for corporate, private and charity events. Ceremonies can be hosted in either the main hall for up [...]
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Choose the 250 greatest albums of all time

Q magazine is hosting a poll here. You know what to vote for, right? (whisper: TB! TB!) You can vote for 5 albums. Now how many TB studio albums are there again? Hmm… I don’t know… I think 5….
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New podcast available

The third podcast is available! It was recorded after the Italian festivals and features some banter and music. So there’s something for everyone! Check it out on tb.com!
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Kate Walsh covers Turin Brakes on new album

Kate Walsh covers Turin Brakes on her new covers album Peppermint Radio, released 10 September 2010. The album consists of 11 covers of UK artists, including Turin Brakes, who have influenced her. The tracklist runs as follows: 1. Subterranean Homesick Alien (Radiohead) 2. When Love Breaks Down (Prefab Sprout) 3. Unbelievable (EMF) 4. Lullaby (The [...]
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Turin Brakes are singing the Mr Bean theme

Things we didn’t know about Turin Brakes? Olly and Gale, aged ten, were part of the Southwark Cathedral. They sung the Mr. Bean theme. So we all knew Olly and Gale before we knew them! Spooky right? From Twitter: Shall I tell you a secret from the archives? We sang the theme tune to Mr [...]
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Cathal Coughan album released this Monday

Monday 7 August sees the release of the new Cathal Coughan album. Here Cathal talks about his musicians in the studio and on the stage. Olly gets mentioned: Who are they? What’s their backgrounds? How did you come across them? Well, there is the James Woodrow person who is the guitarist. He plays – he’s [...]
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Turin in Turin blog update

Sorry, a bit late here, but last Thursday there was a blog update about performing in Italy! There’s also various videos on YouTube if you fancy seeing some video footage!
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Turin Brakes & Henri Gaobi music featured in Adidas ad

The commercial for the Adidas F50 shoes, that scored 40 goals in 62 matches this past Fifa World Cup is now being promoted in a commercial that features Henri Gaobi and Turin Brakes. You can hear Olly and Gale singing near the end and playing guitar before that. It’s a snippet, but it at least [...]
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