He has beaten the World Record for most shows, played in multiple cities, in 24 hours. The U.K. musician performed 15 shows in 24 hours over the weekend, breaking Hunter Hayes’ record of 10.

Frank Turner took to the road last weekend in an audacious attempt to break the World Record (which stood at ten) for most shows, played in multiple cities, in 24 hours. And the musician, who is originally from Hampshire, succeeded in his attempt playing 15 different shows between the hours of 12.30 p.m. on the 4th and 5th of May 2024. Although his attempt has not yet been verified by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Turner’s attempt was in honour of the U.K. Music Venue Trust (a U.K. charity that supports grassroots venues), and he played 15 shows of 20 minutes (or more) in support of independent music venues. Each show was ticketed by an independent record store and held in an independent venue. He beat the previous world record held by Hunter Hayes, who performed 10 concerts in different cities in 24 hours back in 2014. Prior to Hayes, Flaming Lips were the record-holders with eight shows in 2012.

“I’m extremely proud — and yet more exhausted — after completing the challenge to get the world record,” he said in a statement. “The main drive for me was to highlight the work of independent venues and record shops and the Music Venue Trust, as well as bringing over 3000 people together in 24 hours for a good time. I did 24 shows in 24 hours in London in 2009, but this was arguably a bigger challenge, and a more official one. Time for some sleep!”

On Saturday, he shared a “before” photo on Instagram, where he thanked those joining him to make the endeavour a reality, but also jokingly admitted “This is a terrible idea” before adding the rallying message of “Let’s do this.”

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  His “after” shot is as celebratory as it should be, taken from the stage with cheering fans behind him. “Proud. Tired. Grateful. Long live independent music,” he wrote in the caption.

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Music Venue Trust CEO and Founder Mark Davyd said in a statement that the organization will submit “all the details of these shows, the evidence required to verify each event, over to Guinness World Records and we believe they will recognise that Frank is the new world record holder.”

Turner is set to tour in support of his recently released Undefeated. The tour kicks off on May 23 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at XL Live.

Catch Frank on the road here.

His latest album ‘Undefeated’ debuts on the 3rd of May, and it’s fair to say that it is generating a lot of excitement among fans of Frank. So far, Frank has released three songs from the new album and the latest song, ‘Letters’, comes complete with a new music video.

The track is taken from Frank’s upcoming 10th album, Undefeated, which is due out on May 3 via Xtra Mile.

The latest single also came with an announcement of a European tour, and he told UK fans to ‘stay tuned’ via his social media. So here’s hoping for a UK tour announcement soon, too.

“Letters is a song that I’ve been working on for a long time,” he reveals. “In some ways, I’ve been writing it since a genuine pen-friendship of mine dried up when I was a kid, when the mixtapes stopped coming through the post.

“It’s a song about communication and its breakdown, about nostalgia for teenage romance, and about how reassessing those things as an adult can be the start of a healing process.”

Watch the video here:

Francis Edward Turner (born 28 December 1981) is an English punk and folk singer-songwriter from Meonstoke, Hampshire. He began his career as the vocalist of the post-hardcore band Million Dead, then embarked upon a primarily acoustic-based solo career following the band’s split in 2005. In the studio and during live performances, Turner is accompanied by his backing band, The Sleeping Souls, which consists of Ben Lloyd (guitar, mandolin), Tarrant Anderson (bass), Matt Nasir (piano, mandolin) and Callum Green (drums).

To date, Turner has released nine solo albums, four compilation albums of rarities, one retrospective “best of” album, one split album, and five EPs. Turner’s ninth and most recent studio album, FTHC, was released on 11 February 2022 and reached number 1 in the UK albums chart in the week following its release.

You can catch Frank in Europe here.

He is also scheduled to play at 2000Trees this summer.

Hi folks, delighted to FINALLY announce the rescheduled UK dates for The Never Ending Tour of Everywhere. With pre-sale tickets going live on 12th April at 12pm you can enter your details on the pre-sale form to gain access.https://t.co/EC4DJgTSiD pic.twitter.com/Hz9UYfPZj6

— Frank Turner (@frankturner) April 8, 2022

The forthcoming shows will be in support of Turner’s newest album FTHC, his ninth full-length album. It was received warmly by fans and critics, with Spectrum Culture saying of the album: “As Turner grows wiser, “hardcore” has become less a sonic palette and more a philosophy. Even if he was talking the talk years ago, a decade of learning and listening forced him to walk the walk…Turner couldn’t have come out with this album 10 years ago. Like a hero’s journey, Turner has returned to what he knows and loves with a newfound appreciation for the environment that shaped him.”

Turner began his career as the vocalist of London post-hardcore band Million Dead and kicked off his solo career in 2005 after the group split. His debut solo release was an E.P. entitled Campfire Punkrock, and released his first full-length effort, Sleep is for the Week, in 2007. Wasting little time and proving himself to be prolific, Turner began to record his second album Love, Ire and Song in late 2007, and then went on to release it in March of 2008.

Turner has released seven full-length albums since then; 2009’s Poetry of the Deed, 2011’s England Keep My Bones, 2013’s Tape Deck Heart, 2015’s Positive Songs for Negative People, 2018’s Be More Kind and 2019’s No Man’s Land, prior to his aforementioned ninth album FTHC.

Turner’s rescheduled shows will take place between September 21^st and October 14^th. The dates can be viewed down below. More information regarding Turner’s upcoming dates for April and May can be found here.

21/09/2022- Hexagon- Reading
23/09 -O2 Academy Sheffield- Sheffield
24/09 –  O2 Academy Oxford- Oxford
25/09 – O2 Academy Brixton- London
27/09 – Rock City- Nottingham
28/09 – O2 Institute- Birmingham
30/09 – Junction- Cambridge
01/10 – UEA- Norwich
02/10 –O2 Academy Leeds- Leeds
04/10 – Galvanizers- Glasgow
05/10 – Liquid Room- Edinburgh
07/10 –HMV Empire- Coventry
08/10 –O2 Academy Liverpool- Liverpool
09/10 –Lemon Tree- Aberdenn
11/10 –Academy- Manchester
12/10 – Tramshed- Cardiff
13/10 – O2 Academy Bristol- Bristol
14/10 – O2 Guildhall- Southampton