Paloma Faith Joined by Lucy Spraggan, Zak Abel and Hermitage Green!
Paloma Faith is delighted to announce that Lucy Spraggan, Zak Abel and Hermitage Green will be
joining her this summer on ‘The Age of Optimism’ tour in Bitts Park, Carlisle.
Lucy Spraggan first began her career performing on the X Factor where she was first contestant in
the show’s history to score a Top 40 single and album before the live shows aired. Accumulating nearly 40 million streams on Spotify across Lucy’s catalogue and over 121k followers with 540k monthly listeners, Lucy has managed to release 7 albums with 4 in the top 15 album charts with her last album in 2021 ‘Choices’ debuting at number 5 in the UK Charts her highest position to date.
Selling out headline shows at O2 Shepherds Bush and Manchester Academy, Lucy has performed to
thousands of fans across the UK as well as performing in Germany, Holland, Austria, Switzerland,
Spain, and France making her an act you are not going to want to miss this summer.
Lucy will also be joined by Zak Abel, where he has a credible record having been asked to pen hit
records for the likes of Kygo, Avicii, R3hab, ZAYN, Paloma Faith as well as John Legend. The British
singer/songwriter will be bringing his own music blends of soulful vocals with R&B and pop this
summer.
Having first risen to fame after supplying guest vocals on Gorgon City’s UK Top 20 hit single
‘Unmissable’, Zak started creating his own songs as a 14-year-old and uploading videos of his work to
YouTube.
in 2021 Zak Released “Be Kind” which made it into the AirPlay Charts in various European countries
as well as reaching a Top 30 HOT AC in the US. Alongside music, Zak is also an ambassador for mental health charity CALM and speaks openly about issues surrounding this topic as well as channelling themes of identity and mental struggle into his
lyrics.
Finally, but certainly not least Hermitage Green. The five-piece band made up of Darragh Graham,
Darragh Griffin, Dan Murphy, Barry Murphy, and Dermot Sheedy will be kicking off the shows this
summer.
Hermitage Green have enjoyed success with sold out shows across the globe performing in the
Middle East, Australia, North America, United Kingdom, and Ireland. Fans will be entertained with
their epic performance and irresistible stage presence.
Whilst enjoying sell out shows, Hermitage Green have also shared the stage with incredible artists
like Lewis Capaldi, Bastille, Two Door Cinema Club, Tom Odell, Gavin James, Sigrid, The Riptide
Movement, The Trews and now include the incredible Paloma Faith to this list.
On the announcement, Liz Doogan-Hobbs MBE, CEO of Grandslam Live said “I am thrilled that we
are able to announce an incredibly talented line up who will be joining Paloma Faith for her ‘The Age
of Optimism’ tour this summer. The shows are going to be amazing, and fans are in for a real treat.”
Ticket Info
• Tickets for The Age of Optimism tour with Lucy Spraggan, Zak Abel and Hermitage Green are
on general sale now, priced from £39.50 + booking fee
• VIP Packages are also available
• Accessible tickets are available directly from Ticketmaster
Tickets are available from: www.lhgtickets.com www.ticketmaster.co.uk www.ticketek.co.uk
