London folk singer-songwriter Will Varley plays an intimate one-man acoustic show, drawing on songs from his career and his new album 'Machines Will Never Learn to Make Mistakes Like Me'.
Will Varley plays The Victoria on Wednesday 11 November, his one-man acoustic show coming to Swindon as part of a UK winter tour. It's a solo night, just him and his guitar, and the set draws from across his career rather than sticking to one record.
Varley is a London-born folk singer, poet, storyteller and novelist who's been a fixture of the acoustic and folk scene since his early teens. He's played hundreds of gigs across England and Ireland, supporting a string of big names along the way, and has won over an audience that includes folk guru Mike Harding and BBC Introducing presenter Tom Simmons. The Swindon date follows a run of shows supporting US alt-folk legends Counting Crows.
Much of the set comes from Machines Will Never Learn to Make Mistakes Like Me, his critically acclaimed seventh studio album. It features guest appearances from Billy Bragg and Bastille and reached No. 4 on the Official UK Americana Chart, so you'll hear a fair bit of that alongside songs from his earlier work. Between the tracks, the storytelling side of things comes through too — he's as much a poet and writer as he is a singer, and that tends to shape how the night unfolds.
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Doors open at 8:00pm, with the show starting at 8:15pm. Tickets are £20 plus a £2 booking fee, £22 in total. It's 14+, and under-18s need to be accompanied by an adult.
