Duke Special: free mini-album and tour news

Irish songwriter sort Duke Special is on tour here right now, and sorta by way of celebration he's offering fans a free downloadable mini-album.

Woot? Sure thing.

When The Bear Bytes (a few of my favourite things) is available to download from here; by clicking that link you can also hear Mr Special's new single 'Freewheel', out this week on V2.

The five-tracker's tracklisting looks something like this:

'John Lennon Love'
'I Let You Down (Like A Tonne Weight)'
'Stumble And Fall'
'Feet In The Sky'
'Love Is A Series Of Scars'

A wallet to keep a lovely burned-CD of these tracks can be collected at any one of Duke Special's tour dates, which are as follows:

February
7 NEWCASTLE Cluny
8 EDINBURGH Cabaret Voltaire
9 GLASGOW King Tuts
10 STOCKTON Georgian Theatre
11 LEEDS Faversham
13 BIRMINGHAM Glee Club
14 SHEFFIELD Leadmill
15 BRISTOL Thekla Social
16 NORWICH Arts Centre
17 BRIGHTON Duke Of York's
19 NOTTINGHAM Social
20 MANCHESTER Matt & Phreds
21 LONDON ULU
22 OXFORD Zodiac
28 BELFAST Ulster Hall

March
1 DERRY Nerve Centre

And his MySpace? Here. Support comes from new Bella Union signing Stephanie Dosen whom you can find out more about at bellaunion.com/stephaniedosen .