50 years on from his first U.K. tour in 1965, U.S. folk music legend Tom Paxton returns to the U.K. and Ireland in May 2015 to perform seventeen shows.

This tour will also mark the release of his studio album Redemption Road released on 13th April 2015. The five decades in between has seen the recording of many enduring songs, and thousands of live performances around the world, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 2009. The tour, which starts on May 8^th at the Londonderry Millennium Forum and which will visit venues in cities and towns such as Birmingham, Gateshead, Poole and Salford, will come to the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on May 18^th.

Celebrated amongst his peers and audiences alike, he is one of the most highly regarded, loved, and best known folk singer/songwriters of his generation. With timeless classics such as The Last Thing On My Mind, Bottle Of Wine, and Ramblin’ Boy, he portrays through his songs and his famously generous nature a true desire for justice, and to bring people together. Tom Paxton is a joyful treat, a revered figure in folk music, and a voice of his generation.

Tickets for the performance at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on May 18^th are on sale now and are available to purchase from the Philharmonic Hall Box office.