RISING ARTIST BILLY RAFFOUL DEBUTS NEW SINGLE, “I’M NOT A SAINT”

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CONFIRMS SUMMER TOUR DATES WITH NEEDTOBREATHE, INCLUDING A STOP IN TORONTO ON AUGUST 15

 

11 May 2018 (Toronto, ON) - “I’m Not A Saint”, the new song from rising singer-songwriter Billy Raffoul, debuts today via Interscope Records/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. Available to stream/download online now, the new track was written by Raffoul, alongside the GRAMMY® Award-nominated and multi-platinum selling artist, Julia Michaels.

 

Of the song, Raffoul says, “One of the first songs written for this EP, and my first collaboration with Julia Michaels. I’ve been playing this song live for a few years now and I’m happy to say that I’m not quite sick of it yet. Excited to share “I’m not a Saint” with you.” Raffoul is continuing work on his forthcoming EP, with additional music to come shortly.

 

After spending the past two years on the road sharing the stage with Kings of Leon, ZZ Ward, Mondo Cozmo, Judah & The Lion and more, Raffoul recently announced that he will be hitting the road again this August with NEEDTOBREATHE. Raffoul is set to support the band throughout their upcoming tour, which stops in Toronto on August 15. Full list of show dates and ticket information is available online at billyraffoul.com/tour.

 

Raffoul grew up in a creative family in the small farming town of Leamington, ON. His mother is an artist, writer and teacher and his father Jody Raffoul, is a solo artist and hometown hero who has opened for everyone from Joe Cocker to Bon Jovi. Raffoul’s earliest musical influences come from his dad. “The Beatles were like Jesus in our house,” he recalls, adding that he also listened to soul singers like Otis Redding and Sam Cooke. On his tenth birthday, Billy received a British Invasion-inspired guitar with a Union Jack on its front from Jody and started teaching himself to play. By 16 he had bought his first real guitar, a 1968 Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty.

 

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