British blues sensation Joanne Shaw Taylor has announced the dates of her headline UK tour which comes to The Live Rooms in Chester this autumn.

The tour coincides with the release of her new album Wild which is out on September 30.

Tickets for the tour - which comes to Chester on October Friday, October 21 - go on sale at 9am on Friday, April 8 and will all be priced at £20.

Fans will be able to pre-order Wild ahead of the release date and the album will be available in four formats.

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Next month Joanne is special guest on Wilko Johnson’s tour before she heads out to the US for a mammoth tour. Following that, she returns to the UK and is excited about going out on her headlining tour, visiting some new places around the country.

She said: “This headline tour will be taking me to venues I’ve not been to before in some beautiful towns where I hope my fans will enjoy a fantastic atmosphere.”

Support comes from the teen prodigy Aaron Keylock.

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Recorded at Grand Victor Sound Studios in Nashville, Wild has been produced by Kevin Shirley (Joe Bonamassa, Aerosmith, Journey, Iron Maiden).

Tickets are available on 0844 478 0898 or www.thegigcartel.com

More information at www.joanneshawtaylor.com.