AGMP presents

BLANCMANGE

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"Listening to Blancmange Obsessively. Probably the most under-ratedelectronic act of all time.” - Moby
 
"Blancmange have been a part of the soundtrack to my life ever since'Happy Families' was released.” - John Grant
 
British electronic band Blancmange first broke through in the early 80s withtheir mix of synthesizers and surrealism, fused in groundbreaking singles suchas 'Feel Me', 'Living On The Ceiling', 'Blind Vision' and 'Don't Tell Me'.The epic synthpop of 'Waves' and a cover of Abba's 'The Day Before YouCame' illustrated a band who were always willing to change and adapt new styleswithin their electronic framework.

Doors 7pm
Tickets £20

At a Bravado show you will hear a large selection of classic material, taken largelyfrom the classic Terry Brown period, performed in a man-for-man, WYSIWYG kindof way, without the use of additional musicians or click-tracks and sequencer.

Establishedin 2004, Bravado are quite simply Britain's most accurate three-piece tributeperforming the music of Canadian Prog Rockers Rush.

Performingas a three-piece rock band, Bravado play songs that Rush themselves stoppedplaying long before retiring. Alongside the 'deep cuts’ you will hear eternalfavourites including Tom Sawyer and The Spirit of Radio. PLUS, those tracks younever thought you'd ever hear in concert!

Pod,Neil and Dean, combine an exciting performance with a sound as faithful to Geddy,Alex and Neil as is possible.

Throughouttheir history of over 40 years, Rush have been the proud recipients of 24 goldrecords and 14 platinum (3 multi-platinum) records. Rush’s sales statisticsplace them fourth behind The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Aerosmith for themost consecutive gold or platinum albums by a rock band.

Rushhave become known for their virtuosity, complex compositions, and eclecticlyrical motifs drawing heavily on science fiction, fantasy, and libertarianphilosophy, as well as addressing humanitarian, social, emotional, andenvironmental concerns.

 
£15 Adv / £18 on the door.
RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19
ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID
7pm doors.

Oas-is - The UK's BEST Oasis tribute band return to Gloucester, after 6 SOLD OUT shows in a row!

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.

£13
Rescheduled date. Original tickets for Fri 2 Oct 2020 remain valid. 
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Doors 7.30pm / 8pm Start

With their fifth record, Back in Love City, The Vaccines have crafted their most euphoric, visceral and visionary work to date. It’s a record that sees the five-piece assert themselves as one of Britain’s most vital guitar bands, with 13 songs set against the fictional metropolis of the album’s title. The new record follows the tenth anniversary celebrations of their seminal debut What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? which catapulted the band into the modern rock and roll canon.

With a mammoth four UK Top 5 albums - including a Number 1 with 2012’s Come of Age - and a fierce live reputation forged through arena-filling headline shows and unforgettable slots at Glastonbury and Reading/Leeds, Back in Love City is a career-high evolution for The Vaccines.

A modern-day pleasure island - equal part utopia and dystopia - Love City was born from the band’s fascination with emotions as commodities and the desperation for human connection. “In some obvious ways we’re more connected than ever,” Vaccines’ vocalist and chief songwriter Justin Young explains. “But we’re also more polarised than we’ve been for 100 years and the world is getting colder. What if there was a place where love and other emotions had run dry - but you could go to Love City to get them?”

Ticket Info
Music Venue Trust & The National Lottery = The Revive Live Tours

Buy a ticket to this show and bring a friend for free! We’ve all missed music and mates over the last year. Now is the time to #ComeTogether to #ReviveLive music.

The free ticket holder must demonstrate you're a National Lottery player by showing either a physical ticket or one on the app at the door. This could be a weekly draw ticket or a scratch card and they must be over 18 to purchase and hold a National Lottery product. The original ticket holder must adhere to the age restrictions of the venue (14+ for Gloucester Guildhall shows)

£17.50
Standing & Seated Tickets available
Doors 7.30pm

Be prepared fora totally immersive experience when we take you back to the 1970s and celebrate the songs of the influential progressive rock band Genesis. The show accurately recreates the music and songs from 1970 – 1977 complete with period musical instruments,reproduction Gabriel masks and costumes, animated slide show, and atmospheric synchronised lighting in a packed 3-hour show.

An absolute must for lovers of early Genesis music!

Enjoy a brief sample of what you can expect from the show: https://youtu.be/p7BCBtqoyLA

The cast includes:

Nigel Betteridge (as Peter Gabriel/Phil Collins) has many years of experience singing the early Genesis songs. This coupled with the theatrical costumes and masks that Gabriel used (including “The Flower”, “Bat Wings”, “Magog”, “Crested Britannia” and more) makes for a truly dramatic performance;

Howard Boder (as Tony Banks) our classically trained keyboards maestro, has gone to a lot of trouble to re-create the early ‘Genesis/Banks’ keyboard sounds. Generous to a fault, Howard tells you how to get these vintage sounds on YouTube (now with over 99,000 hits);

Bob Arnold (as Steve Hackett) with his Les Paul Gold Top as his main instrument is a hard-coredevotee of Steve Hackett’s work (including both electric and acousticrepertoires) – marvelling at his jaw-dropping rendition of the Firth of Fifthsolo is one of many highlights!

Kirk Watson (asMike Rutherford) not only has a multi-instrumentalist role (‘Rickenbacker’double neck-bass/12-string, bass guitar, bass pedals, 12 string acousticguitar), but sings backing vocals too – his contribution is, quite simply,awesome!

Russ Wilson (asPhil Collins) is our phenomenal drummer. A professional drummer performing with(amongst others) the Ultimate Elton and The Rocket Band, Curfew, and Fragile.He provides the band with a powerhouse of percussion!”

Seated

The Improvised Doctor Who Parody is landing near you! Travel anywhere in time and space with a live radiophonic workshop, incredibleprops & set and a collection of hilarious improv comedy performers. Travelon an adventure everyone can enjoy made entirely from your suggestions.Allons-y!

"Laughter so hard the seating shook" ***** One4Review

 "A must see" ***** ScottishField

“The Doctor would approve” **** BroadwayBaby

“A talented cast, sharp improv skills and a slick live soundscape” Recommendedby the British Comedy Guide

"A splendid, inventive contagiously funny show [...]I’ll go again!" Jon Culshaw (Dead Ringers)

Regarded with awe throughout the music world, Lee “Scratch” Perry holds status as one of the most enduring and original reggae producers and artists of all time. From his early days in the 1960’s as a singer and engineer for Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One in Kingston, through his production of the seminal Wailers’ classics African Herbsman and Soul Revolution, Perry’s innovative style marks him as one of reggae’s original treasures. His on the edge creative genius remains evident in his own solo albums of the 1970’s through his steady stream of mind-boggling releases of the 1980’s.

One of reggae’s undisputed pioneers, Lee “the Upsetter” Perry has worked with almost everyone from the Heptones to the Skatalites to the Clash. Certainly one of his most notable contributions was the pairing of Bob Marley, to Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer with the Barnet Brothers (Carley and “Familyman” who had been the heart of the Perry’s group, the Upsetters) and thus the forming of the Bob Marley and the Wailers.

After his own studio, “Black Ark,” burned to the ground in the late 1970’s, Perry laid low for a while, only to resurface with a vengeance in England in the mid-1980’s. He went back into the studio with a variety of partners, from Adrian Sherwood to Terence Trent D’Arby. During this time, Perry took up residence in the Swiss Alps (“The mountains give me the fresh Swiss air to replenish my structure so I can soon join the immortal race”). Proof positive that talent on this scale will win out no matter what, since the “madman” has come down from the mountain, the World Music market has been gifted with more Lee Perry Product.

Perry’s stream of consciousness rants have been called the babblings of the lunatic by some to the offerings of a prophet by others. Either way, his unique dubbing style is infectious. Often, the words are broken down into their purest elements, sound and feeling. Perry’s groundbreaking use of sound effects, echo reverb, and rewind adds a new dimension to the folk tradition of Reggae and has influenced countless other artists.

In his plethora of newer material, “Scratch” expounds on his favourite themes of extraterrestrials, judgment, justice, corruption, carnality, and self proclamation, all over some killer riddims.

Always one to follow the beat of his own drummers, the eccentric genius Perry continues to break new ground with the hardest rebel Rasta tunes and the most unpredictable instrumental dubs. Lee Perry has most recently been touring Europe, riveting both old and new fans with a full measure of his blessings.

The “Upsetter” charges forward making music that recalls African roots, at the same time, it reaches for the vastness of the outer space.

Lee is perhaps the only 80 + year old that can dance on one leg for 1 hour straight!

Following the announcement of the release of the re-recorded version of A Bit Of What YouFancy–to celebrate its 30th Anniversary –The Quireboys will embark on a special UK TOUR

Australian beer drinking rock n roll warriors MASSIVE, who are no strangers to the UK music scene, are returning as tour support for the Quireboys. The band are on the road promoting their 3rd studio album Rebuild Destroy out now through Off Yer Rocka Recordings.

£22
Doors 7pm / Starts 7.30pm
Standing

'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

The Wurzels –  return to Gloucester Guildhall!
Support – Corky

PLEASE NOTE -- This event was rescheduled due to COVID-19. Tickets for all previous dates remain valid. These are:  Sat 23 May / Sat 22 Aug / Sat 19 Dec

The Wurzels are back in Gloucester!

Every time they come back this just builds & builds to a SELLOUT!  so please buy your tickets as soon as you can

The Wurzelshave paved the way for Scrumpy n’ Western – a genre packed full of doubleentendre, mainstream parody and a comical folk style. The perfect accompanimentto cider drinking

Signed tolabel heavyweights Columbia and EMI, The Wurzels continue to play 100`s ofsell-out shows and festivals every year and insist on returning to Gloucester!

Theirquintessentially West Country cover of Kaiser Chiefs’ ‘Ruby’ has been a massiveshow favourite of late, as well as their hip hop version of the ubiquitous hit‘Combine Harvester’
West Country Icons travel to see these West Country heroes

The GigCartel presents Hugh Cornwell Electric The Monster Tour

'GOLDEN BROWN, STRANGE LITTLE GIRL, ALWAYS THE SUN, PEACHES,