The 22-year-old wunderkind from Southend, is headlining the final night of Music Revolution '08 in the Island Arts Centre tomorrow night (Saturday), and he admits headlining his own show in the city is something special.



"I'm very excited," said Duckworth. "I haven't played there before so it's nice to play somewhere different. It's different to play your own show rather than a festival, you know people have come for your music and you get to play for longer, I would play all night if I could."

Sam has been on the festival trail this summer appearing at the Glastonbury and Reading Festivals, and he will also be appearing at the Electric Picnic later this month.

"I love the atmosphere at festivals." he said, "Some bands at festivals don't want to go and watch other bands but I was at Reading when I was 15 and I've been there every year since, either playing or watching. I'm really into watching other bands and seeing what they're doing. I love the atmosphere of people coming together and enjoying music."

Speaking about Music Revolution '08, Sam said: "The only thing I've heard about it is that last year was fantastic. I'm kind of relishing having the chance to go back out and perform. It's a long ferry journey and living in South East England it is quite a distance, so I don't get there as often as I'd like.

"It is nice to not only be doing a headline show at a great festival, but I get to go back over to Northern Ireland, I did a whistle-stop tour in March and I had to cancel one of the shows as well because I was ill so it is nice to be back and I am staying overnight and one of the great things is that you get taken out by the best tour guides and get a whistle-stop tour of the city you are in."

Get Cape were catapulted into the front ranks of British singer/songwriters with the release of their debut album 'The Chronicles of A Bohemia Teenager' in 2006, scoring a "Best Solo Artist" nomination at the 2007 Shockwaves NME Awards and reaping a mountain of rapturous critical acclaim.

With a successful follow-up, 'Searching for the Hows and Whys', earlier this year, Sam is not beginning to work on his next offering, with the enjoyment of having the pressure of 'second album syndrome' off his back.

"I've spent a couple of weeks writing new material, just sitting at the piano or on the guitar playing music. I'm just enjoying playing the instrument, there is something quite raw to just sit and play music for a few hours, I'm starting to get back into the swing of that."

He continued, "It's nice to be able to play shows and enjoy playing shows and not to feel you have to do something to facilitate something else. I just have a passion for playing live in new cities for new people, and it's good not to have the stresses and strains of the second album."

Having recently built a studio at home, Sam is enjoying returning to writing and not worrying how the public are going to receive his music.
"It's nice not to be writing under pressure. There's a lot of positivity looking forward , which is great, it's nice to feel relaxed and just enjoy it."

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly., supported by Two Door Cinema Club and ASIWYFA will play at the Island Arts Centre tomorrow night (Saturday). Tickets cost £11 and doors open at 7.30pm. For further information please visit www.islandartscentre.com.

stacey.heaney@jpress.co.uk