Gigs & Festivals

Funeral For A Friend announce farewell gigs for guitarist

By | Published on Thursday 20 May 2010

Funeral For A Friend have announced two gigs at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London in July to bid farewell to guitarist Darran Smith who, as previously reported, is leaving the group. The shows will see the band play their debut album, ‘Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation’, in its entirety.

Drummer Ryan Richards said of the gigs: “As sad as we are to see Darran leave, these shows will be guaranteed to give him a great send off. We played ‘Casually Dressed…’ in its entirety when we toured it back in 2003/4 and never really planned to do that again, but obviously with it being Darran’s last shows it seems like a perfect opportunity to play the record for the final time”.

Smith himself added: “I’m really excited about these shows, it’s gonna be great playing the whole of Casually Dressed… plus they’re gonna be some of my last shows with Funeral and I’ll be going out with a bang!”

The shows will take place on 22 and 23 Jul. Tickets go on sale tomorrow.



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