The Barefoot Bandits announce stadium show alongside crowd funder to help finish their debut album

Local band, The Barefoot Bandit, have announced their first stadium show at Blackburn Rovers home ground alongside reggae legends UB40, Aswad and Soul II Soul.

The Bandit will perform on May 29th at Ewood Park Football stadium which holds over 31,000 spectators.

In addition to this announcement, the band have released their exciting crowd funder campaign to help finish their debut album

In 2020, the band started working on their debut album. They saved up a full year of live show fees to be able to go Karma Sound Studios in Thailand and lay down parts for the record. It was then their full intention to get the tracks mixed, mastered and released by the latter stages of 2020. However, a minor issue called “Covid” halted the entire planet, including the album completion!

Not only did it stop the recording process but it also killed an amazing line up of live shows and festivals. Performing at these events would have been the most high-profile live shows for the band to date. This included main stage appearances at some of the UK's most renowned music festivals plus significant support tours. All cancelled because of 'you know what'. The way they had planned to fund mixing and mastering was through these live performances.  

Ultimately, the pandemic has set the Bandit back 2 years from the original release for the album. That is why they have turned to “The Bandit Fans” to help them get back on track! Essentially they are asking people to either donate what they can or to pre-order the album or order a reward bundle to help raise the funds to finish the record. They promise you won't be disappointed. Please go to the crowd funder for more information:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-barefoot-bandit---debut-album