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Actor Damian Lewis looks well on track to realising his dream of becoming a smash hit strummer this summer. The Homeland and Band Of Brothers star will today release his first single as he warms up for a string of gigs over the festival season.
Down On The Bowery is from his debut album, Mission Creep, which is due out on June 16.
While it may look like a big change of direction for the award-winning actor, Damian busked his way around Europe after he left school, so he’s well up for the musical challenge.
The star, 52, rediscovered his love for the guitar during lockdown and started writing and playing songs.
He said: “I wanted the album to give a sense of a journey to this point, from busking ‘til now.
“I suddenly had a lot to say. People will judge if it’s any good or not, but for me, it felt entirely natural.”
Damian has already notched up some gigs playing with musician Giacomo Smith and his jazz outfit Kansas Smitty.
He is now due to perform at Cheltenham Jazz Festival on May 1 and the Black Deer Festival, in Kent, on June 16.
His biggest headline show will be at Union Chapel in London on July 11 and more live dates are expected to be announced soon.
Father-of-two Damian lost his actress wife Helen McCrory two years ago. The Peaky Blinders and Harry Potter star died of breast cancer in April 2021 aged 52.
His album, released on Decca Records, is described as: “A thoughtful collection of rootsy, rock and jazz-tinged songs that reveal a deep love of music and a deep need to communicate.”
Record label co-presidents Tom Lewis and Laura Monks, said: “We are so delighted that Damian chose Decca.
“His songwriting is poetic, poignant and deeply personal. The album has a raw and refreshing honesty to it.
“Damian really opens his heart and invites us in. It is a thing of great beauty.”
