Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner (born 11 January 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and musician from

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. He is known for his percussive style of guitar playing. In 2007 Faulkner's debut studio album ''

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'' was certified double platinum in the United Kingdom. The album topped the

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in August 2007. It was promoted by three singles, "

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", "

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" and " Teardrop". "Dream Catch Me" reached number seven on the

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. Faulkner's second studio album, ''

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'', was released in 2009 and charted at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart. After an accident to his right wrist, he said that he had "been put back together again by humans". An EP titled ''Sketches'' was released in April 2012, followed by a third studio album '' Write It On Your Skin'', which was released in July 2012 and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. Faulkner's fourth album, ''

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'', was released in 2013 and reached number ten on the chart; the recording of the album was displayed through a

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. His fifth studio album, ''

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'', was released in November 2015; Faulkner removed his

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during the creation of the album to re-invent his appearance. In 2016, Faulkner was cast as Johnny in the musical '' American Idiot'', which is based on songs from the band

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. He played the role on the UK Tour, and continued in the role when the show returned to the West End at the

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in July 2016. This was followed by the release of his sixth album, ''Hit the Ground Running'', in 2017. In November and December 2018, Faulkner starred as the ''Sung Thoughts of the Journalist'' in the 40th anniversary musical version of Jeff Wayne's ''War of the Worlds''. On 10 December 2018, Faulkner announced through social media channels the forthcoming release of ''The Very Best of Newton Faulkner...So Far'', featuring 31 songs: selected songs from his six studio albums, three new tracks, and recordings of "all the covers I play live, from '

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' to ’Send Me On My Way' and a track I promised myself I'd never record!" A new Christmas-themed track called "Wake Up" was previewed on his website to promote the album. Faulkner later released his seventh album, ''The Interference (Of Light)'' in 2021. The album was recorded in isolation during the

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and through a live stream, similar to ''

''.

Early life

Faulkner is the second child of Sally and Keith Faulkner. He has an older brother, Toby Faulkner and a younger sister, Charlotte (Lottie) Faulkner. Faulkner attended the Hawthorns School in

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, Surrey. He began playing guitar at the age of 13 (after a few attempts at the

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and

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) and attended the

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. He grew his trademark red

at age 15. He then moved on to the Academy of Contemporary Music in

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in 2002, where he spent two years gaining both diploma and the higher diploma award under the tutelage of

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, amongst others. His first band was a

cover band, in which he played bass guitar. His experience on the stage grew as he formed 'Half A Guy', a funk rock group, with bandmates Matt Buchanan (credited in Newton's ''Hand Built by Robots'' tab book), Dave Elvy and Nicola Crawshaw. 'Half A Guy' recorded two demo CDs and lasted two years before splitting. He then spent time recording and playing gigs under the name Newton Battenberg Faulkner, including the Lapagestock festival on 11 June 2005.

Music career

''Hand Built by Robots'' (2005–2008)

In 2005, he made a song for the game 'TrackMania Sunrise' called ''Take Back''. Faulkner made appearances in 2006 on

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and he secured a Publishing deal with Peermusic UK who asked the ''

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'' to tell its readers to "watch this face". Faulkner performed at the 2006

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music festival and a
Guilfest
2007. He subsequently signed with

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records and in July 2007 he released his début album ''

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''. He supported James Morrison on his February UK tour,

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on his UK tour in April, and

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on his September dates in the UK. He also supported

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on a number of European dates. In 2007, Faulkner's debut studio album ''

'' was certified double platinum in the United Kingdom. ''

'' made No.1 in the UK Album Chart in August 2007. He released three singles from the album, "

", "

" and "Teardrop". "

" was selected

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's ''Pet Sound'' on her daily

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show and made No.7 on the UK Singles Charts. This gave the track exposure and was highly commented on by listeners to Jo's show by SMS and e-mail. On 29 July, "Dream Catch Me" reached No. 7 in the

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. His fourth single from the album, a cover of

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's " Teardrop", was released in December 2007. A new video for "

" was released in March along with a United States version of the video for "

". Faulkner has performed at several major UK summer music festivals. In 2007 and 2008 he played at

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, V Festival,

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2007, at

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2008,

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2008 in Grant Park

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and at the Isle of Wight Festival 2008.

''Rebuilt by Humans'' (2009–2011)

Faulkner released his second studio album, ''

'', in 2009, which made No.3

. On a video blog streamed live from Newton Faulkner's website on 22 June 2009, he stated that the new album would be called ''Rebuilt By Humans''. The reason for this was that in December 2008, Faulkner slipped on some ice and badly injured his wrist, into which doctors fitted a metal plate. He then said that effectively, he had "been put back together again by humans". The first single from the album was "If This Is It", with the video exclusively shown on Channel 4 and released in September 2009. In 2009 Faulkner played at

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Festival, Cois Fharraige in the Republic of Ireland, and at the

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in the

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, which was his last performance for the ''Rebuilt By Humans'' launch tour. In 2010, "Dream Catch Me" was featured in the US film, ''

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''. In early 2010, Faulkner featured on the

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radio show in Australia, playing "I Hate Mondays" and this song charted at No.1 on the Australian Apple

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. Faulkner again performed at several UK festivals -

2010,

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2010 in

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Festival 2010, and the Beautiful Days music festival in Devon. In October 2010, he played a surprise set at the ACM Awards show at Indig02 at the

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and in November 2010, he appeared at the 'Christmas Lights switch-on' in

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. Faulkner took part in the 2010-2011

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New Year's Hogmanay Celebration. In 2011 he played at "Movistar Summer Experience" in Pinamar,

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in February and at the 'Beach Break Live' in Wales. Faulkner headlined the 'Avebury Rocks Charity Concert' in July 2011 and this event raised money for a Cancer Charity the

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Foundation. In July 2011 he played at the

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. In 2011 Faulkner performed at the Bath Forum as a part of the 'International Guitar Foundation'. In 2011, a portrait of Faulkner painted by British artist Joe Simpson was exhibited around the UK including a solo exhibition at

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. Also in 2011, his track "Over and Out" was covered by the Irish vocal pop group

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and was included in the band's second major compilation album and twelfth major overall album ''

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''.

''Sketches'' and ''Write It on Your Skin'' (2012–2013)

An EP named ''Sketches'' was released on 17 April 2012 and contained three new tracks. It was taken off iTunes on 21 April 2012, and was updated and re-released on 21 May 2012. At several shows on his 2012 tour, Faulkner announced that his third studio album would be titled '' Write It on Your Skin'', and a track called "Clouds" would be the album's first single. In June 2012, "Clouds" received

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airplay. ''Write It on Your Skin'' was released on 9 July 2012 and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. Faulkner performed two live gigs at Edinburgh's The Edge Festival in August 2012 with

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. In September he played at Weyfest. In the Autumn of 2012, Newton and his brother Toby co-wrote several tracks with

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for her upcoming debut album. In 2012, Faulkner played a UK wide tour for his album ''Write It On Your Skin'', and in 2013 he toured Australia.

''Studio Zoo'' (2013–2014)

The recording of Faulkner's fourth album ''

'' was being streamed live online,

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for five weeks from 11 June 2013, with regular updates on the social networks. His home studio in East London was set up with four cameras, to follow every detail of recording the album..

I am as excited as I am terrified by the prospect of having a house full of cameras film me while trying to record an album. The entire recording process will be streamed live and nothing has been recorded in advance - apart from some particularly good hand claps recorded in Paris. The album will be made before your very eyes, no tricks, no producer and no engineer, just me, a guitar and a few surprise guests.

On 16 June 2013 Faulkner played the main stage at the

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2013 with live streaming as part of the Studio Zoo project. He played "Dream Catch Me", "I Need Something", "Brick by Brick", "Orange Skies" and a cover of

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's "

", among others. The album ''Studio Zoo'' was released on 26 August 2013. It debuted at no. 10 at UK Albums Chart, becoming Faulkner's fourth top 10 studio album.

''Human Love'' (2015)

On 15 September 2015, it was announced that Faulkner's fifth studio album, ''

'', would be released on 20 November 2015. A music video for the album's lead single, a cover of

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's song "

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", was released the same day and featured a live take of Newton cutting off the long dreadlocks that had been a part of his instantly recognisable image since his teens. A second single, "Up Up and Away", was subsequently released and accompanied by a video featuring choreographed dance routines performed while Newton jogged along a river bank.

''Hit the Ground Running'' (2017)

Newton's sixth studio album was released on 1 September 2017. While this built on the intricate guitar and percussive guitar work that was a feature of his previous albums, it marked a conscious focus from Newton to push his vocal range to the limits with a strong emphasis also on rhythm, most noticeably on the first, eponymous, single which featured some very high notes and also on another blues-tinged track "Finger Tip", which was released as the third single and the follow up to "All She Needs". As this recording marked the 10th anniversary of Newton's debut album ''Hand Built by Robots'', Hit The Ground Running featured several deliberate references to that record; the opening track "Smoked Ice Cream" (a track that he had played live for years that had no title until a suggestion was shouted out from a crowd at a gig) featured a slowly picked melody building into a rhythmic instrumental played on a single acoustic guitar before the vocals kick in, in a similar way to the instrumental "Intro", which builds on and then segues into "To the Light" at the start of his debut album. The placement of the only instrumental track "Guitar-y Thing" in the middle of ''Hit the Ground Running'' is also a nod to "Sitar-Y-Thing", which was an instrumental giving a similar mood to split ''Hand Built by Robots'' into two halves. Shortly before the release of Hit The Ground Running, Newton recorded an acoustic version of the full ''Hand Built by Robots'' album as a free gift for his fans, putting it out on YouTube as a video album featuring a newly recorded video of him playing each song in a different setting in and around his house with each song seguing into the next in the same way and in the same order as the original record.

Discography

*''

'' (2007) *''

'' (2009) *'' Write It on Your Skin'' (2012) *''

'' (2013) *''

'' (2015) *''Hit the Ground Running'' (2017) *''Interference (Of Light)'' (2021)

Filmography

* 2010: ''Relentless Boardmasters'' (TV-series) * 2011: ''You Instead'' * 2018: ''Terminal''

References

External links

* *
Video of Newton's performance at the 2010 ACM Awards.
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