Funke and the Two Tone Baby + Cowz

Funke and the Two Tone Baby Brighton

Funke and the Two Tone Baby plays Brighton at The Hope & Ruin on 1st May 2024! Get tickets from 10am Thursday 7th December with only a 50p booking fee above or from Seetickets.

There is no disputing that 2023 has been the biggest and most incredible year in Funke and the Two Tone Baby’s career. From being hot-tipped by the Guardian as a show-to-see at Glastonbury Festival, support from Steve Lamacq on BBC 6 Music, and a brand new album that FATEA have called ‘a milestone for independent music’. What’s even more incredible, is that 2024 is already taking shape to be bigger. Much bigger!

Having just secured two support tours alongside 90’s pioneers EMF and electronic legends Dub Pistols, Funke and the Two Tone Baby announces his own 16-date tour across the UK’s finest independent venues, the Reacclimate Tour Part Two.

Equipped with keyboards, samplers, triggers and a beaten-up blues guitar and harmonica, Funke takes you all the way from a big blues stomp, to acid-house glitches and what IMPRINT calls ‘Ed Sheeran’s acoustic looping with Jack White’s aggressive blues vocal, through the lens of a ska dance beat’.

Uncategorised, uncharted and impossible to pigeonhole, Funke and the Two Tone Baby delivers relentless energy, high-end originality, and a one-man dance frenzy like no other. Now is the time to get on the front row of this one-man band revolution.

‘The record offers a steely determination to come back into the world fighting, via, blues, funk, big-beat and heartbreaking love songs’ – Louder Than War

‘I’ve seen it with my own eyes; this one-man volcano can move any audience to the maximum vibes. Funke is the absolute maestro!’ – Chris Tofu, Shangri La – Glastonbury / Continental Drifts

+ Cowz: COWZ are a Brighton-based alt-pop duo with music that can only be described as “Bubblegum pop in dire need of therapy”. The group was founded by Saga Wahlström and Natasha ‘Tasha’ Nicholl in 2021 with the goal of delivering some hard-hitting truths, with enough glitter and frills to get you dancing.
Having released single ‘Most Fun I’ve Had in Ages’ at the end of November 2023, followed by the well received ‘DOMINATION’ in January 2024 and Bad News in March 2024, COWZs’ track ‘Rosalie’ is set for release on the 11th April. This will be the final single before their debut EP ‘That’s Cute! Baby’ is unleashed on the 3rd May. The duo has supported ‘The Correspondents’ singer, Mr Bruce on a sold-out tour at the end of 2022 and opened The Great Escape beach stage in 2023. They’ve also played Victorious Festival & Loud Women Festival in London as well as various shows in both Brighton and London throughout 2022 & 2023 (such as Green Door Store, Hope and Ruin and The Grace, Islington). They recently played John Kennedy from Radio X’s ‘The Remedy’ as the opener for Office for Personal Development, and Coco and the Lost.

COWZ have been featured in Radio X & by CLOUT, ASBO, Loud Women and, on Kerrang Magazine’s Instagram. COWZ have also received support from Phil Taggart, Nathan Sykes (The Wanted), Jack Saunders, Pete Simmons (A&R, Universal), Nels Hylton, Sian Evans, BBC Introducing and Kieron Pepper (The Prodigy).

Upcoming Love Thy Neighbour shows:
09122023 – John Otway. Lewes Con Club
12122024 – CIVIC. The Hope & Ruin
13122023 – Modern Nature. Lewes Con Club
13122023 – Porridge Radio. The Hope & Ruin
18012024 – JMahon. The Prince Albert
21012024 – John Craigie. The Prince Albert
30012024 – John Francis Flynn. Concorde 2
31012024 – John J Presley. The Prince Albert
01022024 – Kaia Kater. Folklore
07022024 – Mickey Callisto. The Folklore Rooms
11022024 – Meagre Martin. The Hope & Ruin
13022024 – Jeff Rosenstock. Chalk
18022024 – Michael Cera Palin. The Hope & Ruin
18022024 – Meadow Meadow. The Prince Albert
20022024 – Pip Blom. Chalk
21022024 – CIEL. The Hope & Ruin
23022024 – JOHN. Concorde 2
27022024 – Jordan Mackampa. Chalk
01032024 – Shelf Lives. The Prince Albert.
06032024 – Beans on Toast. Chalk
08032024 – Lime Garden. Chalk
13032024 – Donny Benét. Chalk
14032024 – Bull. Green Door Store
15032024 – Grace Petrie. Concorde 2
20032024 – The John Martyn Project. Komedia
13042024 – Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan. Komedia
16042024 – Jim Moray. The Prince Albert
21042024 – Martin Turner ex Wishbone Ash. Lewes Con Club
28042024 – Focus. Lewes Con Club
01052024 – Jane Weaver. Concorde 2
01052024 – Funke & The Two Tone Baby. Brighton
29052024 – The Lovely Eggs. Chalk
15062024 – The Reds, The Pinks, The Purples. The Hope & Ruin
21082024 – Wednesday. The Hope & Ruin

Accessibility: The venue is only accessible via a flight of stairs however they can offer access via a back door at street level to the venue if mobility is an issue or you use a wheelchair. There are 3 large steps via this route so assistance to gain access and to exit the venue would be required. We can arrange this if you contact us in advance of a show. Please bear in mind that they can only allow access in between bands due to sound issues. Two disabled toilets upstairs, both gender neutral. If you require a carer at the venue, please contact us at info@lovethyneighbourmusic.co.uk for guestlist, with evidence such as a blue badge or access card. If strobe lighting is an issue or if standing for long periods of time is an issue, please contact us in advance. They can provide chairs in the venue although if the event is very busy this will impede visibility. If you wish to make use of a chair to view a gig, we advise arriving early to secure a position. They are happy to accommodate assistance dogs.

Funke and the Two Tone Baby Brighton

Funke and the Two Tone Baby Brighton