REX ORANGE COUNTY
500 MILLION STREAMS TO DATE
40,000 TICKET SOLD GLOBALLY THIS YEAR
ROUNDS OFF 2018 WITH
CAMP FLOG GNAW SHOW THIS WEEKEND
CAMP FLOG GNAW SHOW THIS WEEKEND
“The emotionally visual mastermind of the next generation” - Noisey
“His rich R&B pop is a tonic for our times” - The Guardian
“The vibrant and vulnerable songwriter his generation needs” - NME
“O’Connor excels at writing maddeningly catchy and super-simple melodies” -Pitchfork
“One of the most effortlessly cool new talents we have in the UK” – DIY
This weekend sees 20-year-old superstar in the making Rex Orange County starts the final lap of his mammoth 2018 tour with an appearance at Tyler The Creator’s ‘Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival’ before further sold out headline shows in San Diego and San Francisco, bringing to an end a year that has seen Rex capture the hearts and minds of fans around the world with his unique blend of uplifting pop and thoughtful R&B ballads. Starting the year as runner up on BBC’s illustrious ‘Sound Of 2018’ poll, Rex has gone on to amass over 500 million streams to date exponentially growing his fan base to an extraordinary 5 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone. This hugely engaged streaming audience led Rex to be championed by the platform as part of their RISE series alongside Jorja Smith earlier this year, which saw the young troubadour record a special duet with the legendary Randy Newman.
Rex’s live plot over the past twelve months has also helped continue to build him into one of the most talked about emerging artists in the world. Having completed his largest tours to date across UK & Europe, including a landmark Hammersmith Apollo homecoming show last month that sold out in 24 hours, and numerous headline shows across North America which all sold out in a matter of minutes, the young prodigy has racked up ticket sales of over 40,000 this year - a hugely impressive number for an artist of Rex’s size. Coupled with a summer spent making highly sought-after festival appearances around the world at the likes of All Points East, Primavera, Melt, Lollapalooza and Reading & Leeds, it’s clear Rex’s unrelenting work ethic this year has been second to none.
As the year comes to a close, and with the follow up to Rex’s debut release - the ‘Apricot Princess’ mixtape - planned for early 2019, Rex is perfectly poised to continue his stratospheric rise to world domination.
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