John Butler has a new line-up, a new album and is coming to the UK.

New band
In 2009, prominent Melbourne musician Nicky Bomba (drums and percussion) of ‘Bomba’ fame and principal drummer on Sunrise Over Sea joined the band, as did bass player Byron Luiters from Sydney outfit Ray Mann Three.

New album
The album entitled April Uprising came from a journey John Butler undertook for the Who Do You Think You Are TV series.

He traces the Butler name through generations of hardship to a matriarch who sang for her survival and follows his Bulgarian ancestry to a forebear caught up in a violent revolt called the April Uprising.

New tour
Now John Butler Trio bring the April Uprising to the UK and Ireland, appropriately enough in April.

Tickets are on sale now. See the phone numbers and links below.

John Butler Trio April Uprising Tour - UK and Ireland
+ special guests TBA

Thur 8 April - Dublin Olympia
Click here to buy tickets online go to www.ticketmaster.ie

Fri 9 April - 02 Glasgow Academy
Tel: 08444 999 990.Click here to buy tickets online

Sat 10 April - Manchester Academy
Tel: 0161 832 1111Click here to buy tickets online

Mon 12 April - Southampton Guildhall
Tel: 02380 632 601. Click here to buy tickets online

Wed 14 April - London HMV Hammersmith Apollo
Tel: 0844 844 4748Click here to buy tickets online

For listings of UK gigs by more Australian bands, see www.australiantimes.co.uk/events