Speaking about her first ever UK headline tour, Bowen, said: “It’s a bit of a party! There’ll be songs from Nashville, there’ll be songs from the album, songs people have never heard before and some covers too. It’s just an evening of storytelling. Most of the time (people) end up dancing by the end. It’s an evening of feeling free and listening to stories, that sometimes is stuff that can be difficult to talk about. If you do it in a manner that welcomes people and is uplifting, I’ve found that there lots and lots of smiling faces out there.”

Australian-born, US-based singer-songwriter and actress, Bowen is known for playing the role of Scarlett O’Connor, in the long-running hit country music TV series, Nashville, which came to an end this summer. She has since turned her attention to releasing her own original music and her, self-titled, debut album, which was released on the 31st of August 2018 in the UK. This comes after fans were given a preview, of the highly anticipated album, with songs such as ‘Let It Rain’ and ‘Little By Little’.

“I think the main concept is it had to be me. It’s one of the reasons it took so long to write and I’m grateful that it did. We had to do everything between filming and it took five and a half years to get done. I’m glad it did because it was so important to make an album that was not a character, it had to be exactly me and the version of me that I have been for the past five and a half years, and there’s been a lot of change in that period of time. I just wanted to make something truthful and tell stories from my life and the lives of people that I love. I was just making sure it was me, even to the point that I’m going to let other people decide what kind of record it is. It fits with the Americana genre but there are so many different elements to it. In order to get it right that’s what I had to do,” says Bowen, speaking about her hotly anticipated debut album.

02/09/2018 – Symphony Hall – Birmingham
04/09 – Sage Gateshead – Gateshead
05/09 – York Barbican – York
06/09 – Bridgewater Hall – Manchester
08/09 – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall – Glasgow
09/09 – Cambridge Corn Exchange – Cambridge
10/09 – G Live – Guildford
12/09 – Royal Festival Hall
13/09 – Brighton Dome – Brighton