Fingerstyle guitarist to take to the stage at The Apex next month

Acclaimed fingerstyle guitarist Mike Dawes will launch his September UK tour with a headline performance at The Apex, in Bury St Edmunds, next month.

Widely regarded as one of the world’s most inventive acoustic guitarists, Dawes (pictured above) composes and performs multiple parts simultaneously on a single guitar.

He has built a global reputation for his dazzling technique, beautiful arrangements and powerful live performances, while his career also includes mainstream chart success, film and TV session work and guitar education.

Twice voted “Best Acoustic Guitarist in the World” by Total Guitar Magazine and MusicRadar reader polls (in 2017 and 2018), Dawes’ playing style layers bass, rhythm, melody and percussion simultaneously on a single guitar.

His arrangement of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” became a viral sensation with tens of millions of views, and he has since gone on to create inventive covers of songs like Van Halen’s “Jump”, Foo Fighters’ “Everlong” and Metallica’s “One”.

Beyond his solo career, Dawes has played with GRAMMY winner Tommy Emmanuel and regularly collaborates with Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues, featuring on live albums including “Spirits…Live”, which debuted at No.2 on the US Billboard Chart.

His soundtrack credits include “Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown” and “Better Call Saul”, and he is a widely respected guitar educator, columnist for Guitar World and Acoustic Guitar magazines, and a former judge on Sky TV’s Guitar Star.

Mike Dawes is at The Apex on Thursday, September 10, at 7.30pm.  See www.theapex.co.uk or ring 01284 758000 for tickets. Or visit The Apex box office in Charter Square Bury St Edmunds.