SINGER, guitarist and songwriter Richard Hawley will play York for the first time in eight years on the second leg of his Hollow Meadows travels.

His only Yorkshire outing on the nine-date tour will be at York Barbican on Friday, February 19, in his first gig in the city since the Grand Opera House on his Lady's Bridge tour in 2008.

Hawley has, however, played regularly in area including Pocklington Arts Centre in June 2012, the Pocktoberfest headline spot at Pocklington Old Station in October 2013 and Scarborough Spa Grand Hall on October 28 this autumn.

Hollow Meadows, Hawley's eighth studio album, was released through Parlophone Records in September.

Recorded at Sheffield’s Yellow Arch Studio in Spring 2015, it meditates on such themes as ageing, fallibility and relationships in brooding, yet wistful and romantic songs in the manner of past Hawley albums Late Night Final and Lowedges.

For the first time, Hawley demoed the songs in his shed studio, Disgracelands, with his long-time guitarist and confidant, Shez Sheridan, who also co-produced the album with Hawley and Colin Elliot, who runs Yellow Arch. This allowed him to enter the studio with fully realised songs, and many of those original demos were so strong, they form part of the finished record.

Tickets are £28 and are available by phoning 0844 8542757, online at yorkbarbican.co.uk and in person from the Barbican box office.