(this list might not be complete)

2010 Shows —- 2011 Shows —- 2012 Shows

MARLING’S BAND (2009-2012)
Graham Brown – double bass
Ruth de Turberville – cello and vocals
Marcus Hamblett – banjo and trumpet
Matt Ingram – drums and vocals
Pete Roe – keyboards and vocals

2009

• February
• February 16 – Choir of Young Believers – Rough Trade East – London
• February21 – Owl Parliament – Union Chapel – London
• March
• March 20 – Fanfarlo at SXSW – Central Presbyterian Church – Austin, Texas
• March 30 – Not in Kansas Anymore – Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen – London
• April
• April 25 – L’ubu – Rennes, France
• April 27 – La Cigale – Paris, France
• April 29 – L’Olympic – Nantes, France
• April 30 – L’Epicerie Moderne – Feyzin, France
• May
• May01 – Luxor – Köln, Cologne
• May 03 – Hornstull Strand Etablissement – Stockholm, Sweden
• May 04 – Lille Vega – København V, Copenhagen, Denmark
• May 05 – Uebel and Gefährlich – Hamburg, Germany
• May 06 – Admiralspalast – Berlin, Germany
• May 07 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands
• May 09 – Les Nuits Botanique – Cirque Royal/Koninklijk Circus – Brussels, Belgium
• May 12 – The Flowerpot – London, UK
• May 25 – Spartacus Fest – Komedia – Bath, UK

• June
• June 04 – with Neil Young – Le Zénith – Paris, France
• June 23 – with Neil Young – Capital FM Arena – Nottingham, UK
• June 24 – with Neil Young – Aberdeen Exhibition Centre – Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, UK
• July
• July 24 – Camp Bestival – Lutworth Castle – Dorset, UK
• August
• August 11 – Laura Marling and Friends – Royal Festival Hall – London, UK
• September
• September 05 – Gemma Hayes, Laura Marling, and Sophie Hunger – Vauxhall, Arhus C. Denmark
• September 27 – 2nd Stage – Custom House Square – Belfast, Ireland
• October
• October 20 – BrooklynVegan CMJ Showcase
  – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, New York
• October 21 – World Café Live – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• October 22 – Club Passim – Cambridge, MA

On 26 October The Stu Ried Experiment described Marling’s performance at Club Passim: “”Weakness, thy name is man. I was wooed on Thursday night by a songstress named Laura Marling. You may know her as a former member of the illustrious Noah and the Whale, or as the charming woman who recorded a folk duet cover of Eminem’s BRAIN DAMAGE. I now know her as my ultimate indie crush, a tiny English woman with the voice of a siren.”

• October 23 – Joe’s Pub – New York, New York
• October 30 – Attuck’s Theater (w Joshua Jones) – Norfolk, Virginia
• October 31 – Daniel Johnston – Bloomsbury Ballroom – London, UK

• November
• November 01 – Daniel Johnston – Concorde 2 – Brighton, UK
• November 02 – Daniel Johnston – Union Chapel – London, UK

From a review of the 2 November performance (no longer online) by Greg Rose: “It is the new tracks that soar though, country-tinged ‘Mama How Far I’ve Come’ and the cutting ‘No Hope In The Air’ performed with freshness and vigour. Dressed in 50s fare in preparation for a hen party later, her five-song cameo is filled with vigour and new-found finesse.”

• November 03 – Daniel Johnston – Town Hall – Manchester, UK
• November 04 – Daniel Johnston – The Queen’s Hall – Edinburgh, UK
• November 06 and 07 – Daniel Johnston – Brudenell Social Club – Leeds, UK
• November 08 – Daniel Johnston – Trinity Centre – Bristol, UK
• November 10 – Ikon Gallery – Brindleyplace, Birmingham, UK
• November 11 – Norwegian Church Arts Centre – Cardiff, UK
• November 15 – The Arches – Glasgow, UK
• November 17 – An Tobar, Tobermory, Isle Of Mull – Tobermory, United Kingdom
• November 19 – Crossing Border – Koninklijke Schouwburg – Den Haag, Netherlands
• November 21 – Sacred Trinity Church – Manchester, UK
• December
• THE DHAROHAR PROJECT
• December 10 – Ashok Amphitheatre – New Delhi, India
• December 11 – High Spirits, Pune – India
• December 12 – Bandra Amphitheatre – Mumbai, India
• December 17 – Kyra Theater – Bangalore, India
• December 18 – Live, Hyderabad – India
• December 19 – Some Place Else – Kolkata, India


Boy and Bear opened for Marling at several dates on her Australian tour.

Total appearances in 2009: 48

2010

Lynn Roberts of forfolkssake.com profiled SOPHIE MILNER, who did the cover art for the album I SPEAK BECAUSE I CAN, and for the Mumford & Sons EP “Love Your Ground”.

2010 SHOWS

• January
• January 20 – The Zoo – Brisbane, Australia/li>
• January 22 – with Boy and Bear – The Corner Hotel – Richmond, Australia/li>
• January 24 – with Boy and Bear – The Corner Hotel – Richmond, Australia/li>
• January 25, 27, and 28 – SYDNEY FESTIVAL Spiegeltent – Sydney, Australia/li>
• February
• February 3 – The Casbah – San Diego, California
• February 4 – Largo at the Coronet – Los Angeles, California
• February 5 – The Cellar Door – Visalia, California
• February 6 – Swedish American Hall – San Francisco, California
• February 9 – with Nathaniel Rateliff and The Wheel – The Drake Hotel – Toronto, Ontario
• February 10 – with Nathaniel Rateliff and The Wheel – Le Divan Orange – Montreal, Quebec
• February 12 – with Nathaniel Rateliff and The Wheel – Le poisson rouge – New York, New York

Fly Magazine (no longer online) reported on 2 March 2010: “Having just finished an exhilaratingly intense rendition of new single “Devil’s Spoke”, Laura Marling stands unassumingly in the middle of the stage at New York’s Poisson Rouge, introducing herself like the reluctant ringleader, sending a sold-out crowd into hysterics with her politely-deadpan delivery. Her dry humour, discomfited banter and quintessentially English awkwardness might be in contrast with the self-assured inhabitants of the Big Apple, but there’s an incandescent charm and understated star quality to the 20-year-old that makes her utterly engaging…”

• February 13 – with Nathaniel Rateliff and The Wheel – Attucks Theatre Norfolk, Virginia
• March
• March 23 – with Andrew Davie and Pete Roe – Camden Barfly – London, UK

Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the FINANCIAL TIMES on the performance at Camden Barfly: “She is, you suspect, far too decorous to respond with a ‘Positively 4th Street’ style kiss-off. But her new album ‘I Speak Because I Can’ puts clear water between her and her contemporaries. Launched at the Barfly, a hot, dark cage of a room symbolic of the fetid indie dives she’ll soon be exiting for good, it showed itself to be an impressively ambitious, intelligent work…”

• March 24 – Banquet Records – Kingston upon Thames, UK
• March 26 – Rise Store Bristol – Bristol, UK
• April
• April 01 – Privatclub – Berlin, Germany
• April 03 – Studio 672 (10pm curfew) – Cologne, Germany
• April 05 – Melkweg – Amsterdam, Nederlands
• April 06 – Botanique – Brussels, Belgium
• April 07 – Fleche D’Or – Paris, France
• April 09 – with Alessi’s Ark – Limelight- Belfast, UK
• April 10 – with Alessi’s Ark – The Academy – Dublin, Ireland
• April 12 – with Alessi’s Ark – Lowry – Manchester, UK
• April 13 – with Alessi’s Ark – Fruitmarket – Glasgow, Scotland, UK
• April 14 – with Alessi’s Ark – Queen’s Hall – Edingburgh, Scotland, UK
• April 16 – with Alessi’s Ark – Alexandra Theatre – Birmingham, UK
• April 17 – with Alessi’s Ark – Corn Exchange – Cambridge, UK

Angus MacDonald of the Cambridge Tab on the 17 April 2010 performance at the Corn Exchange: “Ms. Marling’s gentle blushing nervousness was matched by a genuinely humbled audience. It was a brilliantly balanced act. She played the beginning and end of the gig with the support of a band, but the core of it by herself, with only a spotlight to accompany her. (Angelic connotations did not go unnoticed.) This allowed her to really fill the space with her sound and include instruments like cello and jazz organ, but at the same time create an intimate atmosphere.”

• April 19 – with Alessi’s Ark – Tyne Theatre – Newcastle, UK
• April 20 – with Alessi’s Ark – Opera House – York, UK
• April 21 – Colston Hall – Bristol, UK
• April 23 – with Alessi’s Ark – Guildhall – Southampton, UK
• April 25 – with Alessi’s Ark – Palladium – London, UK
• May
• May 04- Lincoln Hall – Chicago, Illinois
• May 05 – Ladies Literary Club – Grand Rapids, Michigan
• May 07- Magic Stick – Detroit, Michigan
• May 08– Andy Warhol Museum – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• May 09- Big Orbit Sound Lab – Buffalo, New York
• May 11- Space Gallery – Portland, Maine
• May 12 – First Church in Cambridge – Cambridge, MA
• May 13 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, New York
• May 14 – City Winery – New York, New York
• May 15 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• May 16 -Iota Club and Café- Arlington, Virginia
• May 18 – The Earl – Atlanta, Georgia
• May 19- 3RD and Lindsley – Nashville, Tennessee
• May 21 – Warehouse Live – Houston, Texas
• May 22 – Central Presbyterian Church – Austin, Texas
• May 23 – The Loft – Dallas, Texas
• May 25 – Larimer Lounge – Denver, Colorado
• May 26 – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, Utah
• May 27 – Neurolux – Boise, Idaho
• May 28 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, Oregon
• May 29 – The Gorge – George, Washington
• June
• June 3 – GUARDIAN HAY FESTIVAL
• June 25 – Glastonbury Warm-Up Show In Bath
• June 26 – GLASTONBURY
• July
• July 9 – iTunes Festival Roundouse, London
• July 12 – Dharohar Project w Mumford and sons – Bradford, UK
• July 23 – HILLSIDE FESTIVAL – Guelph, Ontario

Anne T. Donahue wrote about the Marling’s performance at the Hillside Festival: “Armed with her guitar and a backing band that included a keyboard and cello, the petite UK musician sang songs from her acclaimed 2010 release, I Speak Because I Can as well as a few from her 2008 debut, Alas I Cannot Swim. As a fan of Marling, I was already looking forward to her set, but until I heard the emotional “Goodbye England (Covered in Snow)”, I realized I’d truly been in the dark in regards to her talent…After ending with a stirring rendition of “I Speak Because I Can”, Marling exited the stage (far too early as far I was concerned).”

• July 26 – CALGARY FOLK FESTIVAL – Calgary, Alberta
• July 28 – El Ray Theater – Los Angeles, California
• July 29 – Morning Becomes Eclectic Radio KCRW
• August
• August 1 – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, Australia
• August 2 – Metro Theatre, Sydney, Australia (2 shows – with Johnny Flynn and Boy and Bear
• August 4 – Hi-Fi, Melbourne, Australia (2 shows — with Johnny Flynn and Boy and Bear)
• August 5 – The Hi Fi, Melbourne, Australia — with Johnny Flynn and Boy and Bear)
• August 7 -The Gov, Adelaide, Australia (2 shows — with Johnny Flynn and Boy and Bear
• August 8 – Capitol, Perth, Australia (2 shows — with Johnny Flynn and Boy and Bear)
• August 20 – LOWLANDS FESTIVAL – Netherlands
• August 21 – Pukklepop – Netherlands
• August 31 – BBC Radio 1 Grimmy
• September
• September 12 – Foxtrot – Stammer House
• November
• November 20 – Leadmill – Sheffield, UK
• November 22 – Wedgewood Rooms – Portsmouth, UK
• November 23 – Conway Hallv 24 – London – Conway Hall – London, UK
• November 26 – Waterfront – Norwich, UK
• November 27 – University Stanley Theatre – Liverpool, UK
• November 28 – Liquid Room – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
• November 29 – Lemon Tree – Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• December
• December 01 – Cardiff – Glee Club

from a blog post (no longer online) dated 25 November 2010 about an experience at a Marling concert: “…it’s just a guy, about my age, on his way back from a gig. He asks us if we know who Laura Marling is, and we say we do, and he says we look like we would (I don’t know what that means). He’d been to see her that night, on his own, and had been standing right in front of the stage and had lifted his leg up there to reveal to Laura Marling a tattoo, from his ankle to halfway up his calf. It said ‘Laura Marling’. In child-like hand writing, large, with two child-like flowers at each end. It was not the best tattoo I’d ever seen. The woman herself saw it and proclaimed him to be ‘the most chronically weird’ fan ever, to which he replied that he was drunk when he got it done. So she told him he was ‘the coolest’ fan ever. Respect to her for acknowledging him. It must be really, really odd when people you’ve never met ink your name on their body permanently.”

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Total appearances in 2010: 82

2011

• January
• January 14 with Michael Kiwanuka – Gebäde 9 – Köhn, Germany
• January 25 – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, California (Supporting Iron and Wine)
• January 30 – Communion at Public Assembly – New York, New York CANCELLED
• February

• February 26 – Apocalypstick – with Louise and the Pins
• March
• March 11 – Victoria Hall – Stoke-on-Kent, UK
• April
• April 16 – Honeyfest at The Barge Inn – Pewsey, UK
• May
• May 18 – Samsung Studio – San Telmo, Argentina
• May 19 – QUILMES ROCK FESTIVAL – Buenos Aires, Argentina
• May 21 – NATURA NOS FESTIVAL – São Paulo, Brazil
• June
• June 14 – Housing Works (solo) – New York, New York

Hannah Bahl of East Village Radio on the performance at Housing Works: “After a couple songs she thanked everyone for their appearance; ‘Glad you are here…appreciate that a lot’, and with that sentence the ice was broken. After that, one could really feel how more comfortable she was with every new song she played. In the bookstore atmosphere, the songs seemed to be in an environment where they fit in naturally, as did the singer. In between songs she showed off her new guitar skills, playing the Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso.”

• June 18 – The Sumer Ball at South Kensington Campus – London, UK
• June 22 – The Pavilion – Cork, Ireland
• June 23 – Vicar Street – Dublin, Ireland – with Louise and the Pins
• June 24 – OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL – Belfast, Ireland
• June 26 – GLASTONBURY – Worthy Farm, UK
• June 28 – ConcertGebouw – Amsterdam, Netherlands (Supporting Ryan Adams)
• July
• July 05 – MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL at Miles Davis Hall – Montreux, Switzerland
• July 18 – Aros Hall – Mull, UK
• July 20 – An Lanntair – Stornoway, UK
• July 21 – Aros Hall – Skye, UK
• July 21 – An Lantair -Stornoway, UK
• July 22 – Woodend Barn – Banchory, UK
• July 23 – Lemon Tree (postponed December show) – Aberdeen, UK
• July 25 – St Magnus Cathedral – Orkney, UK
• July 26 – Ironworks – Inverness, UK
• July 28 – CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL – Cherry Hinton Hall
• July 29 – CAMP BESTIVAL at Lulworth Castle – Dorset, UK
• August
• August 14 – The Wilderness (solo) at Cornbury Park – Oxfordshire, UK
• August 21 – GREEN MAN FESTIVAL at Brecon Beacons – Wales, UK
• September
• September 02 – Into The Great Wide Open – Vlieland, Netherlands
• September 04 – End of the Road at Larmer Tree Gardens – North Dorset, UK
• September 17 – Bimbo’s 365 Club – San Francisco, California
• September 18 – Masonic Temple – Los Angeles, California
• September 20 – Troubadour – Los Angeles, California
• September 21 – POP MONTREAL International Music Festival – Montreal, PQ
• September 22 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, Illinois
• September 23 – The Great Hall – Toronto, Canada

Scott Tavener of Exclaim.ca wrote about the performance at Toronto’s Great Hall: “Alone on stage for a handful of songs, Marling dispensed charming banter, playfully cursing and false starting. Her voice, an amalgam of Ani DiFranco, Dolores O’Riordan and dustbowl America, benefited from the sparse setup. The Leonard Cohen-indebted ‘Night After Night,’ with its dry delivery and quiet plucking, was a particular highlight. Rejoined by her band, the gig kicked into high gear, soaring for a towering take on ‘Sophia’ — the Robertson Davies shout-out didn’t hurt — and climaxing with stomp-along hoedown, ‘All My Rage’.”

• September 24 – Theatre Corona – Montreal, Canada
• September 25 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
• September 27 – Sixth and I Historic Synagogue – Washington, D.C.
• September 28 – Webster Hall – New York, New York

• THE CATHEDRAL TOUR (FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS)
  supported by The Leisure Society
• October
• October 15 – Winchester Cathedral – Winchester, UK
• October 17 – Guildford Cathedral – Guildford, UK
• October 18 – The Chapter House 12:45 – 2pm – Gloucester, UK
• October 18 – Gloucester Cathedral – Gloucester, UK
• October 19 – Norwich Cathedral – Norwich, UK

Annie Rhodes wrote about the Norwich concert: “Marling effortlessly moves between the sun-drenched dystopia of Salinas, into the eerie and foreboding darkness of The Beast, a song that builds into a powerful and heavy crescendo of sound that rises to fill every crease and crevice in the vaulted ceiling. Although her voice has matured and developed a new strength, it can still become overwhelmed by the almighty sound produced by the accompaniment of electric guitars and crashing drums. However, when the band leave halfway through, Marling acknowledges that ‘it’s just you and me now’ and begins an intimate acoustic set which allows her tremendous talent to stand alone. She includes…a stunning newly written song, which is imbibed with a sense of mystery.”

• October 21 – The Chapter House 1:30 – 2:45pm – York, UK
• October 21 – York Minster 2 shows – York, UK
• October 22 – Sheffield Cathedral 12:45 – 2pm – Sheffield, UK
• October 22 – Sheffield Cathedral – Sheffield, UK
• October 24 – Manchester Cathedral – Manchester, UK
• October 25 – Bristol Cathedral – Bristol, UK
• October 26 – London Central Hall Westminster – London, UK
• October 28 – Liverpool Anglican Cathedral – Liverpool, UK
• October 29 – Birmingham Cathedral 12:45 – 2pm – Birmingham, UK
• October 29 – Birmingham Cathedral – Birmingham, UK

End Cathedral Tour

• November
• November 03 – Festival les Inrocks at Aéronef – Lille, France
• November 04 – Festival les Inrocks at Cigale – Paris, France
• November 05 – Festival les Inrocks at Olympic – Nantes, France
• November 07 – Festival les Inrocks at Bikini – Toulouse, France
• November 14 – Gebaude 9 – Cologne, Germany
• November 15 – Small Postbahnhof – Berlin, Germany
• November 16 – Brotfabrik – Frankfurt, Germany
• November 17 – Witloofbar Botanique – Brussels, Belgium
• November 18 – CROSSING BORDER FESTIVAL – The Hague, Netherlands
• November 28 – St. Giles Cathedral – Edinburgh, UK
• December
• December 03 – Daytrotter Wish List Benefit at Rock Island Brewing Company – Rock Island, USA – with M. Ward
• December 04 – The Chicago Theater – Chicago, USA – Guest appearance with Florence and The Machine
• December 07 – Camera – Early show – Toronto, Canada
• December 07 – Camera – Later show – Toronto, Canada
• December 09 – World Cafe / WXPN’s Live @ Noon – Philadelphia, USA
• December 09 – Grindcore House – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• December 11 – The McKittrick Hotel – New York City 2 shows, afternoon and evening

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Total appearances in 2011: 73

2012

• January
• January 28 – St Jerome’s Laneway Festival at Fortitude Valley – Brisbane, Australia
• January 30 – St Jerome’s Laneway Festival at Silo Park – Auckland, New Zealand
• February
• February 02 – Forum Theatre – Melbourne, Australia
• February 04 – St Jerome’s Laneway Festival at Footscray Community Arts Center – Melbourne, Australia
• February 05 – St Jerome’s Laneway Festival at Sydney College of the Arts – Sydney, Australia
• February 09 – Sydney Opera House Concert Hall – Sydney, Australia
• February 10 – St Jerome’s Laneway Festival
  at Fowler’s Live and Unisa West Countryards – Adelaide, Australia
• February 11 – St Jerome’s Laneway Festival at Perth Cultural Center – Perth, Australia
• February 12 – St Jerome’s Laneway Festival at Fort Canning – Singapore, Singapore
• March
• March 02 & 03 with Timber Timbre – Colston Hall – Bristol, UK
• March 05 with Timber Timbre – Sage – Gateshead, UK
• March 06 with Timber Timbre – O2 Academy – Leeds, UK
• March 07 with Timber Timbre – Hammersmith Apollo – London, UK
• March 09 with Timber Timbre – O2 Apollo – Manchester, UK
• March 10 with Timber Timbre – O2 Academy – Glasgow, UK
• March 11 – Victoria Hall – Stoke, UK
• March 13 with Timber Timbre – Royal Concert Hall – Nottingham, UK
• March 14 with Timber Timbre – Guildhall – Southampton, UK
• March 16 BBC 6 Music Celebrates 10 Years at Southbank Centre – London, UK
• March 18 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands
• March 19 – AB Flex – Brussels, Belgium
• March 20 – Alhambra – Paris, France
• March 22 – Atomic Cafe – Munich, Germany
• March 23 – Postbahnhof – Berlin, Germany
• March 24 – Knust – Hamburg, Germany
• March 31 BBC Radio 2 Session – London, UK

• April
• April 09 – Paramount Theatre – Seattle, Washington – Supporting Andrew Bird
• April 10 – The Vogue – Vancouver, British Columbia – Supporting Andrew Bird
• April 11 – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall – Portland, Oregon – Supporting Andrew Bird
• April 13 – Fox Theater – Oakland, California – Supporting Andrew Bird
• April 14 – COACHELLA FESTIVAL at Empire Polo Club
• April 18 – Ikeda Theater at Mesa Arts Center – Mesa, Arizona – Supporting Andrew Bird
• April 19 – Lensic Performing Arts Center – Santa Fe, New Mexico – Supporting Andrew Bird
• April 20 – Rialto Theater – Tuscon, Arizona – Supporting Andrew Bird
• April 21 – COACHELLA FESTIVAL at Empire Polo Club
• June
• June 01 Primavera Sound Festival at Parc del Fòrum – Barcelona, Spain
• June 08 – Bonnaroo at Great Stage Park – Manchester, US
• June 09 – Orange Peel – Asheville, North Carolina
• June 10 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, Georgia
• June 12 – 9:30 Club – Washington, D.C.
• June 14 – Celebrate Brooklyn! – Brooklyn, New York – free show
• June 15 – WERS 88.9 FM Radio Session – Boston, MA
• June 15 – Berklee Performance Hall – Boston, MA
• June 16 – Corona Theatre – Montreal, Quebec
• June 17 – Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto, Ontario

Igor Bonifacic reviewed the Phoenix Theatre show on blogto.com: “Later in the night, when she was about to play a cover of Jackson C. Frank’s “Blues Run the Game,” Marling told the audience of her MMVA experience: ‘I was on Queen West, and Google Maps told me that the walk back here would take forty-five minutes. Instead, it took two hours. On the way back, I walked pass what can only be described as a gaggle of teenage girls wearing Justin Bieber shirts. He’s Canadian, right? I suppose that’s a bit more acceptable. What a lucky chap he must be, and a very talented musician, too.’ The audience greeted this story with thundering laughter.”

• June
• June 19 – The Athenaeum Theatre – Chicago, Illinois
• June 21 – TELLURIDE Bluegrass Festival at Telluride Town Park
• June 22 – The State Room – Salt Lake City, Utah
• June 25 – Aladdin Theater – Portland, Oregon
• June 26 – Showbox at the Market – Seattle, Washington
• June 27 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, British Columbia
• June 29 – Grace Cathedral- San Francisco, California

Luke Burns of SHUT THE FOLK UP blogged about Marling’s show at Grace Cathedral: “After a couple of songs, Laura Marling paused to retune her guitar. The cathedral sat patiently in the quiet darkness as she worked. Suddenly aware of what must have seemed to her to be a gigantic awkward silence, she said quietly into the microphone, ‘Stage banter isn’t really my strong point.’ We all laughed at her generous self-deprecation, but beneath the sweetness there was a sharpness. We were being told by Laura in the most disarmingly charming way that we had to take what she was offering, and that we shouldn’t expect any comforting small-talk from her any time soon. This is part of the duality that defines Laura Marling, an innocence and a cold reality that to me just seems so quintessentially English.”

• June – July – September
• June 30 – El Presidio Chapel – Santa Barbara, California
• July
• July 01 – John Anson Ford – Los Angeles, California
• July 07 – Royal Albert Hall – London, UK
• July 14 – LATITUDE FESTIVAL at Henham Park – Suffolk, UK
• September
• September 25 – Wild Buffalo House Of Music – Bellingham, Washington
• September 27 – Columbia City Theater – Seattle, Washington

Dan Coxon reviewed Marling’s Seattle show for CULTUREMOB: ” Marling seems to have a compulsive desire to mix things up. At times her guitar playing verged on Led Zeppelin-style rock, while her lyrical twists owe a clear debt to Dylan’s folk storytelling. Opening with a couple of new tracks, she spellbound the audience nonetheless with both her technical skills and her poetic penmanship.”

• September
• September 28- Backspace – Portland, Oregon

Jennifer Tibbet writing for OREGON MUSIC NEWS said: “It was as if [Marling’s] hands never stopped working their way up the fret board, as she traversed from one song to the next. She played several live favorites that will eventually find a home on her 4th album, including ‘Once,’ ‘Love Be Brave,’ and ‘I Am A Master Hunter’…after bemoaning the loss of her reputation in Portland following a visit to a strip club, she did a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Kathy’s Song’ that made all the grown men cry. Not really, but it should have.”

• September 29 – Cozmic Pizza – Eugene, Oregon
• September 30 – Henry Miller Library – Big Sur, California
• October
• October 02 – Felton Don Quixote – Santa Cruz, New Mexico
• October 03 – Swedish American Hall – San Francisco, California
• October 05 – Pappy and Harriets – Pioneertown, California
• October 07 – Hotel Café – Hollywood, California
• October 11 – Lamberts – Austin, Texas
• October 13 – Parish – New Orleans, Louisiana
• October 14 – Soul Kitchen – Mobile, Alabama
• October 16 – High Dive – Gainesville, Florida
• October 17 – Live Wire – Savannah, Georgia
• October18 – Tin Roof – Charleston, South Carolina
• October 20 – Zanzabar – Louisville, Kentucky
• October 22 – Club Café – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• October 25 – Colony Café – Woodstock, New York
• October 26 – Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art – North Adams, MA
  – notes from a concert attendee –
• October 27 – Club Passim – Cambridge, MA

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Total appearances in 2012: 77

UNCUT MAGAZINE reported that Laura Marling briefly abandoned music in 2012 to train as a chef.

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• Tour Dates 2017-2021

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