Paolo Nutini announced on his MySpace page on Monday (June 2) that his scheduled June 26th concert at Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has been cancelled. “Apologies to all those fans who were looking forward to the show but Paolo’s main priority right now is finishing his album and making sure his fans get the record they deserve,” the statement said. “We’re pretty sure you won’t be disappointed with the results and Paolo will see you all when he sets out on the road again in the very near future.”

Paolo Nutini is set to headline day two of the prestigious Splendour Festival in Nottingham, England on July 20th. “Headlining Splendour this summer will be a great chance to play Nottingham some songs from my new record – expect some ukuleles, bongos, harmonicas and a whole lotta trumpets,” Nutini said. “I’ll be looking forward to seeing as many acts as I can and getting back on a festival stage, so let’s hope it’s sunny and everyone’s on form. Take care, big love and see you all in July!” Tickets are available at Gigantic.com.

Paolo Nutini checked in with his MySpace friends earlier today with the following bulletin:

Situated in rural Ireland, the studios secluded location – combined with the lovely January weather – was ideal for both concentrating the mind and at the same time providing some inspiration for new material.

The result is a collection of tracks, some no doubt familiar to live audiences and some newborn ideas. Next comes the task of refining and developing the songs to get them to that next level and get them finished for the final recording later in the year.

In spite of the weather, there were some opportunities for extra-curricularity. Friendly neighbours were in no short supply, some of whom owned helicopters!! As well as a short flight, some long guided walks provided an incite into some fascinating local history as well as some encounters with a variety of nosey livestock, wellies were the order of the day for the first time since Glastonbury. A few local hostelries were visited and we all agreed that the Irish Guinness is consistently very drinkable. So we consistently drank it. Rude not to.

Just so you know, the band is now five strong, the new addition to the line up being Dave Nelson on guitar (and anything else that you put in front of him). Dave and Paolo go back a long way and had it not been for commitments at home two years ago, he would be a familiar face by now….. yadda yadda … a bit more about Dave maybe… Looking forward to touring the new material, doing fezzies in the summer etc.

Later

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Paolo Nutini spoke with sydnicated writer Alan Sculley about some slight regrets he feels regarding his debut album ‘These Streets’. “The outcome of the record, I’m very proud of,” Nutini said. “But at the same time, I wish I could revisit it and just sort of (change) 20 percent or 30 percent of them and add some balls a little bit, you know what I mean, a little more conviction to it. I suppose, you know I was thinking about what I didn’t want then, and what I did want got lost.” Read more.