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Celebrating their 25th anniversary as the best touring tribute to Thin Lizzy, the Limehouse gents return to Gloucester Guildhall for an extra special performance.
Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of Celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages worldwide. The band have also added a tribute into their show to ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist (and world renowned solo artist) Gary Moore.
From their Official PRS award, performing for Virgin Atlantic in Barbados, T.V. appearances (BBC 2’s ‘Arena’ amongst others), and to actually being recruited to record and tour by members of the original Thin Lizzy, Limehouse Lizzy enter their 21st year with their most explosive show and critically-acclaimed line-up yet.
Despite international tours (UAE, Germany and previously USA, Scandinavia, Caribbean etc.), corporate clients (Mitsubishi, NatWest) and even book appearances (The Rocker, Send In The Clones), they continue to shoe horn long lists of tour dates into each year, luckily including Gloucester each year too!
The Doors Alive are a UK-based tribute band widely regarded as the closest and
most enthralling representation of the legendary 1960's rock gods, The Doors, in the
world today. The band formed in 2005. Since then there have been 3 Jims, 2 Rays,
2 Robbys and just 1 John, but the current line up is the best it has ever been!
The band re-create the sound, look, presence and magic of a real 1960's Doors
concert, perfectly and effortlessly transporting the audience back in time with
classic hits such as 'Light My Fire', 'When The Music's Over, Riders On The Storm, The
End and many more. The Doors Alive have over 1,000 shows under their belt to
date.
Their frontman, Mike, captures the look, attitude, and rich baritone voice of the
late, great Jim Morrison with ease while his compadres showcase the musical
chops of original Doors members Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John
Densmore with finesse and authenticity.
The Doors Alive have left awestruck audiences in 15 countries around the world,
including the UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Spain, The Netherlands, Germany,
Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Malta, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, UAE and Chile. They
repeatedly sell out some of the most well established venues in the UK, including
the 02 Academies. They have played at the legendary Isle of Wight Festival and
played on the same bill with such legendary musicians as Status Quo, Nazareth,
Uriah Heep, Hayseed Dixie, and Eric Burdon, to name but a few. In Chile the band
played an arena show to 4,500 Doors fans. They felt like we were back in the 60s
because they couldn't hear ourselves on stage! The crowd were so loud!!! In
Lebanon the guys were interviewed on national TV on a breakfast show. It was
quite surreal and they were told off by the presenter for accidentally mentioning
the name of a very popular beer! Free advertising :-) Oops…
To achieve their authentic sixties sound, the band use the very same instruments
that members of the Doors originally used. These include vintage keyboards such
as the Gibson G101 and the Fender Rhodes Bass, as well as the vintage Gibson
S.G. guitar and Ludwig Superclassic drumset in Mod Orange finish. They also use vintage Acoustic amplifiers.
BOWIE STARMAN
HEROES WORLD TOUR 2018
“STARMAN are so much more than a mere tribute act who ‘look and sound a bit like the original band’.
The first time I saw and heard them play was a real shivers-down-the-backbone moment. I witnessed the
real thing around the world, many times: it couldn’t be, could it?
Superlative musicianship, skilled interpretation and irresistible exuberance guarantee the closest possible
alternative to a genuine Bowie gig.
Honouring his distinctive sound and unique presentation, STARMAN perform their hero’s best-loved songs
with wit, respect and tongue-in-cheek.
David would have loved them”
Lesley-Ann Jones 2017
Long time friend and on tour with David
Author best seller ‘HERO: David Bowie’
How can a show that isn't an impersonation bring you closer to David Bowie than any other?
Awesome musicianship, great vocals, state of the art media and lighting plus a heartfelt and genuine respect for the
man and his music. All performed in a style fitting to the creative genius that is David Bowie.
Simply the best Bowie sounds you will hear performed by the worlds finest Bowie band.
“A night of breathtaking Bowie brilliance, forget anything you've seen before”
“Bowie Starman is simply on another level"
Put on your red shoes and dance the blues when the highly-charged show Starman comes to town. Packed with
songs from all eras of Bowie’s celebrated career from Rebel Rebel and China Girl to Let’s Dance, Young
Americans, Ashes To Ashes and Life On Mars.
Performed by 'Blackstar' the world's finest Bowie band
“David’s musical legacy could not be in safer hands”
If you only get to see one Bowie show this year, do not miss it..
Website link:
www.bowiestarman.com
Social Media links:
www.twitter.com/starmanshow
www.facebook.com/starmanshow
BanditMusic Projects
Bandit22: 20th 21st 22nd August 2018at Tewkesbury School with the final performance at the Guild Hall on the 23rdAugust 2018
http://www.banditmusicprojects.co.uk/
BandiT is afour-day songwriter and band workshop for 60 to 70 students aged 7 to 17.Students throughout the community come together to form bands and to becreative in song writing and performing. The prime function of the workshop isto give young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to gain experience inmusicianship, creative song writing and performance skills.
Oneof the UK's most potent and electrifying rappers, Lowkey is a toweringfigure of the scene who renews the old traditionof conscious hip-hop activism for the war on terror generation.Fusing politically charged lyrics and deft dissection of topics suchas race, war, global poverty and politics with anthemic chorusesand unrelentingly energetic performance, Lowkey commands a keen andgrowing legion of followers - still treading new ground and generatingfresh hysteria 14 years after releasing his first mixtape.
Born Kareem Dennis in London in 1986 to an Iraqi mother and Englishfather, he first started rapping at the age of 12 and cut his teethat Carnaby Street's legendary Deal Real records. After releasing hisrespected 2003 Key to the Gamemixtape, he took a hiatus and returned in 2009 with debut full length DearListener, at the same time as releasing an album with Reverend and the Makers frontman JonMcClure, Arctic Monkeys drummer MattHelders and members of Babyshambles toform the group Mongrel. Followingseveral humanitarian aid missions in Palestine and various charity projects, hereleased his critically acclaimed sophomore outing, Soundtrack to the Struggle, in2011.
Back on form and with a slew of new releases and collaborations includinghis poignant singles Ahmed & Children ofDiaspora alongside a largely sold-out UK tour in2016, Lowkey is out of retirementand ready to make more memorable marks in the global hip-hopconsciousness.
Press Quotes:
"Arguably the biggestname on the UK hip-hop underground scene" The Guardian
“Soundtrack To TheStruggle solidifies Lowkey’s position at the forefront of UK hip hop" SBTV
'Special Kinda Madness perform a truly authentic set from each band, combining the phenomenally energetic stage presence of The Specials with the wonderful iconic tunes of the Madness ‘Nutty Boys’. Playing a set from each band and producing a show that will have the audience up and dancing from the off, Special Kinda Madness will have everyone hankering after that exciting era of 2-Tone and ska.
On 21st July 1979 at the Electric Ballroom in London, the Specials played a gig with Madness, Dexy’s Midnight Runners and Selecter. That’s a gig that all 2-Tone rude boys and rude girls would die to see, and thought would never happen. The Specials and Madness on the same bill!
In truth, it will probably never happen now … but you can get the next best thing with Special Kinda Madness!
2 Bands … 2-Tone … 1 Fantastic Night!'
Tickets £16 adv / £20 door
Oas-is - The UK's BEST Oasis tribute band.
Oas-is are five Oasis fanatics who live and breath Manchester's finest band and are now dedicated to giving you the best look and sound that you should expect from an Oasis tribute band.
TheKarpets are an Inspiral Carpets tribute band, but a tribute band with adifference: their lead singer Tom Hingley was actually the lead singer withInspiral Carpets from 1989-2011. Tom sang on all the Inspirals chart hits,including This is How it Feels, Saturn Five, Dragging Me Down, I Want You, SheComes in the Fall and all the songs on the bands four Major label albums - Life(1990) The Beast Inside (1991) Revenge of the Goldfish (1992) and Devilhopping(1994).
Formedin 2016, The Karpets have played barnstorming sets at Shine On Weekender,Embrace’s Secret Festival , Readipop Festival, Vicars Picnic, Rochdale Live, Darwen Live, Festival Too & headlinesets at the 100 Club, Audio in Glasgow and over thirty other UK clubs to date.
Theband comprises: Tom Hingley (lead vocals), Dickon Kyme Wright on keys &backing vocals, Philip McIntyre on guitar & backing vocals, Ste Pearce onbass and drummer Malcolm Law.
TheKarpets can play all of Inspirals Greatest Hits as well as the whole of theband’s Revenge of the Goldfish album anda healthy selection of obscure B-side and fan favourites.
Thelive experience is raw, dynamic, punky & energetic. The band play liketheir very existence depends on it with humour, skill and volume.
BLACK GRAPE could only have beenmade in Manchester. The swagger, fun and cryptic humour seem hewn from a cityhistorian AJP Taylor once described as offering an archetypally different wayof English urban life to London. Both Shaun Ryder and Paul Leveridge, known asKermit, came from edgy-but-cool parts of the city. In Shaun’s case Salford, withKermit originating Moss Side.
So we have two restlessly creativemen, both from the wrong side of the tracks, neither inclined to go to artschool or enrol on an MFA programme, yet loaded with street smarts and musicaltalent, and wanting the world. Good old punk had told every scally they couldhave it, and a generation of us went for it in our own ways, with varyingdegrees of success. Shaun’s astonishing rise and fall with the Happy Mondays isthe stuff of legend.
As the friendship developed, so toodid a stunning collaboration. It’s Great When You’re Straight...Yeah,the ironically entitled album, which gave a nod to their hook up as drugsbuddies around the grizzled fag end of Happy Mondays and Kermit’s band TheRuthless Rap Assassins. It was a storming phoenix rising from the ashes of theother projects that seemed to have run their course.
It’s Great When YourStraight...Yeah wasone of my favourite albums of, well I’m calling Shaun from the airport inMilan, and he’s assuring me it was over twenty years ago. Black Grape followedthis up with Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, which, while not hitting the giddyheights of its predecessor, had enough moments to cement the band as a fixture.Then...nothing. Till now.
Shaun’s triumphs, struggles anddiversions have been well documented. The usual contract and money hassles, abest-selling account of life in the Mondays, a stunning electropunk album fromnowhere in Amateur Night in the Big Top, a serious and informativeinvestigation of UFO’s as an author and broadcaster, a reality TV bon vivantand finally, a life as a clean-living family man, which has supplanted hisold ways. And of course, there was the reformation of the Happy Mondays.
Years of hard living, however, hadtaken their toll on Kermit. He would develop health issues making a remarkablerecovery from his life-threatening condition and operation, and this would bethe catalyst for another Black Grape collaboration.
Black Grape are back on the road,and with new album Pop Voodoo that really does rock the **** out of thediscotheque. It’s a rewind to over twenty years ago and the glory days. Shaun’sword play has never been deployed to such devastating effect, and he scores abullseye whether he hits the obvious targets (Trump), and the more obscureones...well, find out for yourself. The world is in a bit of a state right now,and bull reigns more than ever, and perversely disguised as candour. We needManc street sass, intelligence and wit more than ever right now. This album hasthat in spades.
Pop Voodoo was released on 4thAugust 2017 on UMC.
‘PopVoodoo’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6A96gcAL_I
‘IWanna Be Like You’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miN10i08I78
‘NineLives’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJLePBg0DVU
The Floyd Effect - "The Pink Floyd Tribute Show"
The music of Pink Floyd as it was meant to be heard
Pink Floyd’s recording career spanned almost three decades and, for its 10th Anniversary, The Floyd Effect has chosen two of the band’s most remarkable albums to create The Bell And The Moon tour 2018. Spotlighting the music of The Division Bell (1994) and a complete, unbroken performance of the iconic Dark Side Of The Moon (1973), concerts will also include tracks from Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall, delighting Pink Floyd fans everywhere.
The Floyd Effect is renowned for the remarkable accuracy with which it performs the music of Pink Floyd. All of the band’s members are top quality musicians with pedigrees that stretch across all manner of musical genres, and they faithfully recreate the music and intensity of a Pink Floyd concert without recourse to backing tracks, racks of computers, or other technological wizardry. Every note that you hear is played and sung by the band, making each concert a genuine ‘live’ experience; powerful, immersive and emotional. And, of course, the music is supported by a dramatic light show that incorporates the iconic circular screen, two sets of projections, smoke and lasers.
Sit back and enjoy The Floyd Effect as the band takes you on a journey through the music of Pink Floyd. Unless you were there the first time around, it was never as real as this.
Website: www.thefloydeffect.com
Twitter: @thefloydeffect
Facebook: facebook.com/floydeffect
Facebook Fan Page: facebook.com/FloydEffectFans
Twitter Fan Feed: @FloydEffectFans
Direct link to promo reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ_zBQpclMw
Celebrating 50 years of Led Zeppelin
1968 - 2018
In August 1968 fouryoung musicians convened in a small rehearsal room in London and performed anold Johnny Burnette song ‘Train Kept A-Rollin’.
This was the birth of Led Zeppelin.
Little did Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant or John Bonham realise atthe time what the future held for them but within a very short period of timethey were the biggest band in the world and despite disbanding in 1980 theystill are.
Throughout 2018 Whole Lotta Led will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of thebirth of Led Zeppelin with a show that will include songs from all of theirstudio albums, ranging from their beautiful acoustic songs to the huge anthemswe have come to know and love.
Now in their 22nd year, Whole Lotta Led are widely regarded as the closest tothe original that you will ever hear with their five piece line-up reproducingthe songs as near to the album versions as possible.
50 years on Led Zeppelin’s influence and importance is as strong as ever, WholeLotta Led are here to demonstrate why.
“You’re getting great reviews, I wish you all the best” Jimmy Page
AGMPpresents
SKIDS
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The Skids formed in 1977in their home town of Dunfermline, Scotland by Richard Jobson, StuartAdamson, Bill Simpson & Tom Kellichan. After releasingan independent single the band were played by John Peel,supported The Clash in concert and then were signed to VirginRecords in 1978. Their first singles were "Sweet Surburbia", "The Saints are Coming"and "Into theValley" - the latter reaching the UK Top Ten in early1979.
Their seminal debutalbum "Scared toDance" came out in 1979 which was quickly followed by twochart singles - "Masquerade"and "Working for theYankee Dollar". Both singles were taken fromthe Bill Nelson produced second album "Days in Europa".The album also featured new member Rusty Egan of RichKids & Visage fame after the departureof Tom Kellichan. The band released two more albums "The Absolute Game" (1980) and"Joy"(1981) before splitting.
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