• 20th June - Lexapalooza 2009 @ The Gaff
• 26th June - New record launch party@ Rising Sun Arts Centre Silver Street Reading
• 10th  July - Duke of Wellington  Lincoln
• 12th July  - Mentholmans Sheffield

Ben Marwood was born in 1981, and has been favourably compared to Conor Oberst and unfavourably likened to James Blunt. Velocity have given him the nickname 'GOD' (upper case: essential), though it is widely argued that there is no evidence that He was ever a musician and Ben most certainly can't be dealing with people asking him for stuff all the time.

Ben, you see, is a finger-picked folk guitarist stuck somewhere between pop and anti-folk, with his songs caught between being 100% genuine and totally sarcastic. Thrown initially, and perhaps even prematurely, into the spotlight at 2004's WOMAD festival, Marwood spent the next few years honing his craft – more intricacy, less power chords – before releasing a split 7” single on Velocity with good friends Heartwear Process in January of 2007, as well as featuring on two split EPs on DIY label Broken Tail Records; Four By Four (2007) and Four By Four More (2008), releases which collectively received airplay from XFM and the BBC's Radio 1 and 2.

Ben has supported travelling troubadours (Chris T-T, Frank Turner, Jonah Matranga, Kat Flint), shared bills with the plain eccentric (David Byrne, Senor Coconut), mixed it with the loud boys (Jetplane Landing, Fickle Public) and the up-and-comers (Glasvegas, SixNationState, Pete and the Pirates), as well as being endorsed by three of his most favourite of DJs – Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens and Jon Hillcock.

“.. it really isn't any different to James Blunt and it's not nearly as good” - the mag

“Britain's answer to Conor Oberst's fragmented folk” - is this music?