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Comedian and quiz show king Alexander Armstrong has added another string to his bow, and announced that he'll be releasing his debut album this year, and touring the UK in 2016.
Known by some as one half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, and by many as the presenter of BBC quiz show Pointless (a true televisual treat), Alexander Armstrong is something of a national treasure.
Now, forty years after he became a choirboy, Armstrong is returning to his first love of music with the release of debut album A Year Of Songs.
The album's tracklist includes a song from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess' and 'Summertime', and 'Rothbury Hills', for which he wrote the lyrics himself.
"It started out as a collection of pastoral English songs," explained Armstrong in a press release. "But we wanted this, being a first album, to have a broad reach. So it grew to encompass songs from Britain and Ireland... and we’ve cheated a little by going further afield. I suppose what they all have in common is that they are all songs I love."
The album will be released on 6 November.
See the tracklist for A Year Of Songs below.
1. On Days Like These
2. Stranger In Paradise
3. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
4. Hushabye Mountain
5. Summertime
6. The River is Wide (O Waly Waly)
7. Londonderry Air
8. Down By The Salley Gardens
9. Over The Hills
10. Ca’ The Yowes
11. Bleak Midwinter
12. Rothbury Hills
Armstrong will be taking the show on the road in January, with tour dates in Liverpool, Sheffield, Manchester to name but a few, as well as a show in the London Palladium. See tour dates below. For tickets and information, visit here.
Sunday 17th January Liverpool Philharmonic
Monday 18th January Sheffield City Hall
Wednesday 20th January Bristol Colston Hall
Friday 22nd January London Palladium
Wednesday 27th January St David's Hall Cardiff
Sunday 31st January Newcastle City Hall
Monday 1st February Edinburgh Playhouse
Friday 5th February Birmingham Symphony Hall
Tuesday 9th February Guildford G Live
Sunday 21st February Manchester Opera House
