Benjamin Francis Leftwich is one of the intriguing new folk acts around that is garnering a cult following at only 21 years of age.

He was here last year sporting his ‘Million Miles Out’ EP and then released a follow up EP called ‘Pictures’ this year and being the machine he is has continued and put the finishing touches to the album which has been in the works since he was a teenager.

The debut album will be called ‘Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm’ and will be released on July 4th and will have it’s lead single called ‘Box Of Stones’ released on June 19th. Alongside the dates in Ireland covering Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Belfast he also will appear at Camden Crawl, Dot-To-Dot, Bestival, Boardmasters, Green Man and Glastonbury festivals during this summer.

Tickets priced €13.50 inclusive of booking fee go on sale Thursday 26th of May from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide and ticketmaster.ie.

Irish Tour Details
July 15: DUBLIN/Sugar Club (supporting Liam Finn)
July 16: CORK/Cyprus Avenue
July 17: GALWAY/Roisin Dubh
July 18: LIMERICK/Dolan’s Upstairs
July 20: DUBLIN/Whelan’s (upstairs)
July 21: BELFAST/McHughs

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