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For the actor sometimes credited as Frank Turner, see F. A. Turner.

Frank Turner
Frank Turner at The Park in Peterborough, September 26th 2007
Background information
Birth name	Francis Turner
Also known as	Frank Turner
Born	December 28 1981 (1981-12-28) (age 26), Bahrain
Origin	London, UK
Genre(s)	Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Vocals
Years active	2004 - present
Label(s)	Xtra Mile Recordings
Associated acts	Million Dead, The Record Buying Public, Kneejerk, Dive Dive
Website	http://www.frank-turner.com

Frank Turner is a musician born in Bahrain and educated on a scholarship at Eton College, and studied History at the London School of Economics . He has toured the UK extensively, and has completed several tours of Central and Eastern Europe since the demise of his former band Million Dead.

1 History
2 Discography
3 Videography
4 External links

History

Frank Turner started solo acoustic shows prior to Million Dead's break up. The first official performance was at the first "Small Town America" all day concert at 93 Feet East on September 18th 2004. The solo performances were a sideline to Million Dead. They did allow Turner to display some of his own songwriting capabilities (without a band) as well as some covers of songs and bands he enjoyed, in some cases the songs were much re-worked to fit an acoustic atmosphere. Solo performances were also used to help bolster or expose Million Dead to new individuals as well, with some acoustic in-store and radio performances of Million Dead songs. When Million Dead broke up in September 2005, he went solo full time. At the end of February and start of March (2006) Frank went to Oxford to record the "Campfire Punkrock" EP with Dive Dive as the backing band for three of the songs. This EP was released on May 15 2006 on a limited run through Xtra Mile recordings. It sold out after only a few weeks on sale and had to be re-pressed to meet demand. Frank supported Jonah Matranga in June 2006 in support of his CD/DVD album "There's A Lot In Here", and this tour lead to the creation of a Jonah Matranga and Frank Turner split 12" vinyl. Released in the USA on Welcome Home Records and in the UK via Xtra Mile Recordings. The release features Frank covering two songs by American songwriters and Jonah covering two songs by British songwriters. He was recently (September 18 2006) the last ever artist to perform on BBC Radio 1's Lamacq Live program, unveiling two new songs from "Sleep Is For The Week". The good sales of "Campfire Punkrock" were followed up with the recording of his debut album, "Sleep Is For The Week", in August and September 2006. Recorded in Oxford with Dive Dive as extra band on a selection of the 13 tracks. The last track, "The Ballad Of Me And My Friends," is a live recording from a sold out show at the London Barfly and features the vocal contribution of the (approximately) 200 strong audience during a verse. Frank then completed an extensive UK tour in support of his debut album, with Dive Dive (as support and backing band) and Beans on Toast. This was followed by a tour supporting Biffy Clyro and yourcodenameis:milo. After that there have been 2 US tours (including shows at SXSW) and a further UK band headline tour. An EP with the title track "The Real Damage" was released on May 7th 2007, which as well as the title track, the EP included two new songs and two rerecording to of songs previously only released as demos. Frank Turner has just finished a tour with Jonah Matranga, Joshua English and Jacob Golden. The last date was at The Park in Peterborough; they closed the tour singing a cover of Abba's Dancing Queen. In the Autumn of 2007 Frank went back into the studio in Hampshire to record his second album, with the working title "Love Ire & Song". This is due for release in the UK in March 2008.