William goes it alone on tour

WILLIAM Francis, lead singer of Seattle alt rock outfit Aiden, is braving the UK tour circuit alone for a series of solo gigs.

He will debut tracks from forthcoming solo album “William Control” as well as treating fans to a selection of tracks from the Aiden back catalogue.

The jack of all trades has also written a book of poems, “Flowers and Filth” that will be on sale at the show.

William and the rest of the band — Jake Davison (drums), Nick Wiggins (bass), and Angel Ibarra (lead guitar) — released their fourth studio album ‘Knives’ earlier this year.

You can catch William at Manchester’s Dry Bar on Monday.