We can now bring you a preview of Paul’s fantastic version of ‘Dark Mavis’ taken from the soon to be released ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern – Live At The Ritz.’ This 2LP Limited Edition Vinyl was recorded live at The Ritz, Manchester on Thursday 1st March 2018; one of the high spots of Paul’s 2018 ‘Attack of The Grey Lantern’ … Read More
SUPPORT ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER ACOUSTIC TOUR
Following a fantastic response to the competition to support Paul on his November acoustic tour, the winning acts have been announced. Wed 14th – BATH Moles: Douglas Joshua Thur 15th – WOLVERHAMPTON Newhampton Arts Centre: Alex Ohm Fri 16th – CAMBRIDGE Storey’s Field Centre: Ben Lester Sat 17th – LEICESTER The Cookie: Greg Poole Wed 21st – YORK The Crescent Community … Read More
NEW SESSION AND INTERVIEW – FILMED IN JIMI HENDRIX’S FLAT
In a taster for his upcoming acoustic tour, Paul has recorded an acoustic session and interview with ‘Guitar Interactive Magazine’ filmed at 23 Brook Street, the London home of Jimi Hendrix in the late 1960’s, now preserved in his honour. Paul gives Gi an exclusive interview on his time since Mansun, and performs acoustic versions of two tracks accompanied by guitarist Ben … Read More
PROGRADAR ANNOUNCES ‘ATTACK OF THE GREY LANTERN – LIVE AT THE RITZ’
Progradar have announced ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern Live at The Ritz’ which will sold signed exclusively on Paul’s November UK acoustic tour. Tickets for the tour are available here: http://pauldraperofficial.com/tour-dates/ You can find the full article HERE .
‘ATTACK OF THE GREY LANTERN – LIVE AT THE RITZ’ AVAILABLE 23RD NOVEMBER
Following Paul’s hugely successful tour earlier this year, in which he celebrated the 21st anniversary of Mansun’s ‘Attack of the Grey Lantern’, by performing the entire album live on stage with his new band, a live album is to be released. ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern – Live At The Ritz’ was recorded on Thursday 1st March 2018, in front of a … Read More
NOVEMBER ACOUSTIC TOUR : COMPETITION TO FIND SUPPORT BANDS
Paul has announced that he’s looking for local solo/acoustic artists to support him at each of his upcoming acoustic shows at Bath, Wolverhampton, Cambridge, Leicester, York, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Stockton-on-Tees. “Back at the height of Britpop, my band Mansun ran a competition to give a local band a support slot on every gig of our biggest UK tour, playing to 50,000 people. Once … Read More
NOVEMBER ACOUSTIC TOUR TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Following a very successful acoustic tour in the USA, and his recent full band performance at Festival Number 6, Paul will be embarking on a UK acoustic tour this November. For this tour he will be playing in smaller, more intimate venues for the first time, accompanied by his guitarist Ben Sink. The setlist will include tracks from his debut solo album … Read More
“A SET OF PSYCH-FLECKED POMP ROCK AT ITS FINEST…” NME REVIEWS PAUL AT FESTIVAL NO: 6
NME have given Paul’s set at Festival Number 6 in Portmeirion a great review, describing it as ‘Pomp Rock at its finest‘. Paul’s set featured four full length songs from Mansun’s album ‘Six‘, and the article picks up the strong links between the album and the cult TV series ‘The Prisoner’, which was filmed at Portmeirion. ““It’s Festival No 6, why do you … Read More
PAUL DRAPER IN GUARDIAN’S REVIEW OF FESTIVAL NO. 6
The Guardian have reviewed Festival No.6, at which Paul performed an hour long set which included four tracks from Mansun’s ‘Six’, described by the Guardian as ‘a slice of misunderstood brilliance‘. You can read the full review HERE . The four tracks performed by Paul and his band were: Six (full album version) Negative Legacy Being A Girl (parts one and … Read More