Frank Turner: “They all told me not to do this, including my music teacher, who told me to do something else with my life…”

Other than Frank Turner’s ten albums of up-front vocals in a “folk/punk” style, one of his most notable attributes is his exhaustive work ethic. Nearing his 3,000th gig next year, Frank has spent this year releasing new album Undefeated which was released this month, touring as always, curating his seventh annual Lost Evenings Festival in Toronto for September and perhaps his most staggering achievement, a 24-hour gig-a-thon from Liverpool to Southampton, performing 15 gigs in 15 towns in an aim to strike his place in the Guinness Book of Records. This isn’t so unusual as Frank and his band, The Sleeping Souls, have already completed a staggering 50 shows in 50 States in 2022, the first non-US artist to achieve this challenge. Despite the obvious fatigue of his record-breaking two-day tour...

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