Ben Montague is a British musician, singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist from Farnborough, Kent. Ben is perhaps best known for his single "Haunted" from the first full-length album Overcome. Ben's last album was Tales of Flying And Falling. His latest album "Back into Paradise" was launched in JUne 2015 through the MWM label. He is currently on a nationwide tour which culminates in the Dello bar in Dublin on 12 December 2015. Prior to that Ben will be supporting Simply Red in Brighton on the 28 and 29 November 2015.
History
''Overcome'' and Early Successes
Ben's musical career began in earnest in 2010 when the singles from what would become his first album Overcome received high praise from UK Radio stations. "Can't hold Me Down" was added to the BBC Radio 2 playlist for 5 weeks and follow up "Haunted" later became their Record of the Week followed in June 2010 by "Broken". The albumOvercome commercially released via his management company in early 2011.The album, titled Tales of Flying And Falling was released in 2013 through Nusic and EMI Label Services – the full-length album was produced at Rockfield Studios by Dave Eringa, the producer behind records for Manic Street Preachers, Idlewild and Kylie Minogue.The first single from the album, "Love Like Stars", was released on 6 July 2012. Second single "Another Hard Fall" was released on 26 August 2012 and was added to the Radio 2 B List from 4 August 2012. After a period of reflection and being involved in the start up of a specialist guitar company The American Guitar Company Ben has recently produced his third album Back into Paradise in 2015 through MWM Limited.
Present
June 2015 saw the release of third album "Back into Paradise") with the support of producer Peter-John Vettese who co wrote "Runaway", engineering and mixing by Tuft Evans, guidance of John Giddins, and key musicians, Jimmy Sims on bass, Mark Pusey playing drums, and Robbie McIntosh on lead guitar. Ben's last single 'We Start Over' achieved BBC Radio 2's Record of the Week. Ben was also asked to perform on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sara Cox. Recently finished touring with Simply Red over this summer. 'Back into Paradise' Deluxe Album reached no. 7 in the iTunes singer songwriter charts.
Touring
In the past Ben has performed a raft of high-profile live appearances with the likes of The Lighthouse Family, playing as main support in Academy venues, alongside Stereophonics as a part of F1 Rocks, a music event run at the 2010 Italian Grand Prix in Milan; and later on The Code Tour 2012 with The Wanted and Lawson. The Code Tour 2012 saw Ben perform alongside Lawson and The Wanted. 2014 saw Ben support Shane Filan of Westlife.The dates for the 2015 Runaway Tour:- Date Venue Location 17 Oct Cheque Mead East Grinstead, United Kingdom 22 Oct The Vic Swindon, United Kingdom 23 Oct Glee Club Birmingham, United Kingdom 24 Oct The Louisiana Bristol, United Kingdom 25 Oct The Musician Leicester, United Kingdom 28 Nov Simply Red Big Love Tour Brighton, United Kingdom 29 Nov Simply Red Big Love Tour Brighton, United Kingdom 12 Dec Bello Bar Dublin, Ireland
