Punk rock troubadour Frank Turner simply did one thing solely two artists earlier than him have ever achieved. He performed 50 exhibits in 50 days in 50 completely different cities throughout america – an endeavor that was little doubt excited and exhilarating all on the identical time.
The opposite two courageous acts to aim the journey had been George Thorogood and The Melvins. Thorogood made the trek in 1981, whereas The Melvins climbed the mountain in 2021.
Talking with NME whereas in Hawaii, Turner mentioned he was “shell-shocked” from the expertise and, “I had the thought of taking part in 50 states in 50 days previous to the pandemic, and it’s been on ice for the final couple of minutes. Within the context of post-pandemic touring, it appeared like a cool solution to hit the bottom operating and a re-statement of intent. I’m on my ninth document and my seventeenth 12 months of touring as a solo artist, and this isn’t a nasty factor to have a hook to hold a tour off.”
Turner additionally described the beginning of the tour as brutal, revealing he acquired COVID simply earlier than it was set to kick off:
“For that motive, I needed to play some two-show days as a way to purchase journey time down the West coast of the nation. These two-show days had been genuinely fairly front-loaded, so I recovered from COVID, jumped on a aircraft, after which did one thing like 20 exhibits in 12 days. That was brutal. It could have been brutal at any level of my profession, however after having had two years off and having turned 40, that proved fairly difficult!”
To have fun finishing the journey, Turner acquired a tattoo on his leg, a ceaselessly reminder of an accomplishment that places him in rarefied air. Are you a Frank Turner fan? Are you shocked he was capable of full the gauntlet?
