SAINT RAYMOND – I WANT YOU

Saint Raymond is pleased to announce details of his new single ‘I Want You’, which will be released on August 24 through Asylum Records. Furthermore, the 19-year-old is confirmed as main support to Ed Sheeran on his upcoming autumn, UK and European arena tour (full dates below).

2014 has already been an incredible year for the 19-year-old from Nottingham, Callum Burrows aka Saint Raymond. Speaking about the forthcoming single; a heady mix of afro-beat guitar, a hypnotic looping chorus and summer-tinged melodies, Saint Raymond says – “I wrote ‘I Want You’ recently, so not only am I looking forward to releasing it, but also to introducing it to my setlist and performing it live. It is an up-tempo, energetic and summery song so I think it will be a fun moment at festivals.”

Currently in the studio working on his debut album, which is set to release this autumn, Saint Raymond’s been working closely with Jacknife Lee (Bloc Party, Two Door Cinema Club, Crystal Castles) honing his signature anthemic sound. Last month it was announced that Saint Raymond would support #1 artist Ed Sheeran on his UK and European, autumn 2014 arena tour after being personally invited by Ed himself. The tour will see Saint Raymond play to a whopping 400,000 people and will include four nights at London’s O2 Arena. 

In May this year, Saint Raymond released his Ghosts EP (his third EP release and first on Asylum Records), which peaked at #4 on the iTunes album chart and led to an abundance of radio support. Lead track ‘Everything She Wants’ premiered on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show as ‘Hottest Record’, where Zane stated “You are the latest in a long line of this wonderful lineage of classic British singer songwriters with street edge.” Further radio support came from XFM and Absolute and he also headlined London’s Scala around the release.

In May 2013, Saint Raymond self-released his first EP Escapade where lead track ‘Fall At Your Feet’ was awarded iTunes’ ‘Single of the Week’ and other EP track ‘Letting Go’ was soon after added to the BBC Introducing Playlist. Move forward to autumn 2013 and Saint Raymond was supporting HAIM across Europe, which included two nights at London’s Forum. His follow-up EP Young Blood was released via National Anthem in January 2014. The EP hit #3 on iTunes and in the week of release, he headed to Maida Vale for a Radio 1 Live Lounge where he performed an ethereal version of The Jam’s ‘English Rose’. In March this year, Saint Raymond headed out on a UK headline tour, including sold-out shows at London’s Borderline and Nottingham’s Rescue Rooms.

Already a name on many people’s lips as becoming one of the most exciting, British, breakthrough guitar acts of this year, watch this space for more album news.

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FESTIVAL DATES
JULY
Fri 11th                   T in the Park
Fri 18th                   Truck Festival
Sat 19th                           Splendour Festival
Tues 22nd              Mallorca Rocks
Wed 23rd              Ibiza Rocks
AUGUST
Fri 1st                     Standon Calling
Sat 2nd                   Y Not Festival
Sun 3rd                  Kendall Calling
Fri 8th                     Boardmasters Festival
Fri 22nd                    Leeds Festival
Sun 24th                Reading Festival

ED SHEERAN SUPPORT TOUR
OCTOBER
Sat 4th                    The O2, Dublin
Sun 5th                  The O2, Dublin
Mon 6th                The O2, Dublin
Wed 8th                Odyssey Arena, Belfast
Thurs 9th               Odyssey Arena, Belfast
Sat 11th                 First Direct Arena, Leeds
Sun 12th                The O2 Arena, London
Mon 13th              The O2 Arena, London
Tues 14th              The O2 Arena, London
Wed 15th              The O2 Arena, London
Mon 20th              LG Arena, Birmingham
Wed 22nd             Capital FM Arena, Nottingham
Thurs 23rd            Capital FM Arena, Nottingham
Sat 25th                 Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
Mon 27th              Phones 4U Arena, Manchester
Tues 28th              Phones 4U Arena, Manchester
Thurs 30th            SSE Hydro Arena, Glasgow

NOVEMBER
Mon 3rd                        Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
Tue 4th                  Forrest National, Brussels
Wed 5th                Electric Halle, Dusseldorf
Thu 6th                  Sporthalle, Hamburg
Tue 11th                Falconer, Copenhagen
Wed 12th              Arenan Fryshuset, Stockholm
Fri 14th                  Columbiahalle, Berlin
Sat 15th                 Porsche Arena, Stuttgart
Mon 17th              Zenith, Munich
Tue 18th                Jahrhnderthalle, Frankfurt
Wed 19th              Maag-Halle, Zurich
Thu 20th                Alcatraz, Milan
Sat 22nd                 Le Transbordeur, Lyon
Mon 24th              Sant Jordi Club, Barcelona
Tue 25th                Palacio de Deportes, Madrid
Thu 27th                Le Bataclan, Paris