Jake Bugg has released a short documentary, ‘Live Across the Lowlands,’ on Youtube about his time on tour in Scotland, ahead of his album release later this year and UK tour in 2022.
The documentary is shot across two of Bugg’s UK tours through the Scottish Lowlands – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen.
Announcing the release of ‘Live Across the Lowlands’ on Instagram, Bugg wrote: “You can watch the full Lowlands documentary now on @youtube — lots of great memories relived from across Scotland. Catch you on tour next year!”
The Nottingham artist starts the documentary by saying: “Scotland’s always a special place to play; I think it was the first place we did a tour when I was about 17 and ever since that day every time we’ve gone up there to play the audience is amazing, the enthusiasm that they bring and just the passion really.”
The short documentary offers a unique and candid look into life on tour. Discusses where he grew up and his musical influences, he describes his career in music as a ‘childhood dream.’ This inside look will be the first of its kind for the singer-songwriter and is sure to drum up buzz for his much-anticipated album release and UK tour.
Director, James Arden, writing about the documentary, said: “Jake reflected on his time on tour by sending me voice-notes from home, offering a rare and relaxed insight into the reserved singer-songwriter.”
Posting on social media before the documentary’s release, Bugg wrote: “Playing live has always been one of my favourite things to do as a musician — I’m excited to be putting the last year behind us and heading across the country!”
Earlier this month, Jake Bugg announced the release of his album ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning,’ due to be released this August ahead of his UK tour in 2022. Using some footage from the ‘Live Across the Lowlands’ documentary to tease the announcement, his upcoming album will be released on the 20th August 2021. He will be performing across 17 dates in the UK and Ireland tour, which will commence in Spring 2022. ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ is the 26-year-old’s first album release since 2017. However, he has still been active on the scene, collaborating with Camelphat in 2019 and releasing a live session cover of Post Malone’s ‘Circles‘ in late 2020.
In an interview with Notion last year, the musician said: “The excitement is to have something different out in the world for the fans to listen to. The fear is if they’re gonna like it or not. But at the end of the day, my fans know that they’re not always gonna get the same thing but I’m always gonna give them my DNA in there whatever I do.”
You can watch ‘Live from the Lowlands’ now on Youtube:
