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| Wednesday
21st January 2009 - 7pm |
American
rock trio who blend big vocals, intricate
grooves and heavy guitars. Fronted by vocalist/guitarist
Ty Tabor, and ably supported by vocalist/bass
guitarist Doug Pinnick and vocalist/drummer
Jerry Gaskill. Kings X produce classic rock
for a new generation. (back
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| Thursday
22nd January 2009 - 7pm |
Buzzcocks
will perform their first two classic albums
Another Music In A Different Kitchen and
Love Bites in their entirety + other hits.
Buzzcocks' first album, Another Music in
a Different Kitchen, was released almost
exactly thirty years ago. It is a major
punk landmark and a great record to boot.
It's full of fire, wit, speed, philosophical
lyrics and gender explorations, as well
the sly psychedelia that always made Buzzcocks
stand out from the pack. Love Bites is the
second Buzzcocks recording. It came at a
troubled period for the group and the culture
that had formed them. After the demise of
the Rotten Sex Pistols in January 1978,
Punk was seen as over: its original unitary
thrust dissipated into movement and countermovement,
Power Pop, Post-Punk, Mod Revival. As a
front rank punk group, Buzzcocks were in
danger of becoming yesterday's future. Or
so it seemed. In fact, 1978 was an extraordinary
year for the group. They released two albums,
five singles - all of them hits, with two
in the top twenty - and toured relentlessly.
One of those singles, "Ever Fallen
In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)"
is now acknowledged as a pop classic.
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SEASICK
STEVE (Civic
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| Thursday
29th January 2009 - 7pm |
| This
is the real deal. Having learnt about the
hobo lifestyle early on in life (via many
a freight train) Steve 'Seasick' Wold has
developed a vivid and wholly authentic folk-blues
style. He's been playing music professionally
since the 1970s and still has it today. (back
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| Saturday
31st January & Sunday 1st February 2009
- 7pm |
| Formed
in South London in 2000, Indie band Bloc Party
were previously known as Angel Range. They
are known for their hit singles like Little
Thoughts, Banquet and She's Hearing Voices.
They spent most of 2004 recording and touring
and released their debut album Silent Alarm
early 2005. (back
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CBSO
- BRAVE NEW WORLD (Civic
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Wednesday 4th February 2009 - 7.45pm |
| City
of Birmingham Symphony Hall perform Prokofiev's
Classical Symphony No.1, Rachmaninov's Rhapsody
on a Theme of Pagnini & Dvorak's Symphony
No.9 from the New World. With conductor Michal
Dworzynski and soloist Alexander Kobrin. (back
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| Friday
6th February 2009 - 7pm |
Imagine
the wind in your hair as you cruise the
highway, losing yourself amongst the sounds
of The Eagles, Cher, Meatloaf, Starship,
Shania Twain, The Doors, Tina Turner, Neil
Diamond, Elvis Presley, Bryan Adams, Rolling
Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd and many more…
Combine a highly acclaimed cast of performers
and musicians with first class staging to
create the perfect atmosphere. This is a
production which features something which
appeals to all ages; from the power ballads
of Leanne Rhymes to the laid back acoustic
classics of John Denver, all the way through
to rockier sounds of Springsteen and Bon
Jovi. So climb aboard your Harley, it time
to take a trip, be sure to get your kicks
down at Route 66. (back
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| Tuesday
10th February 2009 - 7pm |
Soulfly's
sixth offering for Roadrunner Records, Conquer,
may very well be the musical equivalent
of the movie Braveheart. The songs -much
like the warriors in the film- channel raw,
unbridled rage through a cacophony of thrash
guitars, infectious grooves, tribal polyrhythms
and Max Cavalera's unmistakable, thunderous
roar. (back
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| Wednesday
11th February 2009 - 7pm |
| The
Script are an Irish trio, Danny on vocals,
Mark on guitar & Glen on drums, whose
music boasts the kind of artful twists sure
to turn all preconceptions on their head.
This is a whole new brand of Celtic Soul,
blending hip hop lyrical flow with pop melodiousness,
state-of-the-art R'n'B production with anthemic
rock dynamics, classic song construction with
gritty contemporary narratives. (back
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ARE
YOU EXPERIENCED (Civic
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| Saturday
14th February 2009 - 7pm |
| One
of the best tribute bands around, they play
all of Hendrix's greatest hits with an authenticity
which die hard fans will love. Full outfits
and wild stage shows to boot, they bring the
spirit of the greatest guitar player ever
to life at live music venues across the UK.
Includes 'Hey Joe', 'Voodoo Chile', 'All Along
The Watchtower', 'Foxy Lady' and many more.
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FOREVER
THE SICKEST KIDS (Civic
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| Tuesday
17th February 2009 - 7pm |
| Dallas-born
power pop combo. Their first EP, 'Television
Off, Party On' was released in 2007 and their
first album 'Underdog Alma Mater' shortly
afterwards in April 2008. The band signed
to Universal Motown and saw television spots
and slots with the Warped Tour soon after.
It wasn't long after this that the band were
being booked for overseas dates with success
looking inevitable.
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| Wednesday
18th February 2009 - 7pm |
Shimmering
indie-rock from this youthful Scottish four-piece.
The View make the kind of music that Primal
Scream and The Charlatans would be proud
of - clashing guitars, swirling melodies,
unexpected crescendos and psychedelic vocals.
Tickets available from Friday 5th
December at 9am. (back
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HALLE
ORCHESTRA - FROM BRUCH TO BEETHOVEN (Civic
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Saturday 28th February 2009 - 7pm |
| Manchester's
Halle Orchestra performs Strvinsky's Divertimento
from The Fairy's Kiss, Bruch's Violin Concerto
No.1 & Beethoven's Symphony No.4. With
conductor Rory Macdonald and soloist Henning
Kraggerud.
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THE
TING TINGS (Civic
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| Monday
2nd March 2009 - 7pm |
| It's
nothing you'll see on Shameless, but - whisper
it - Salford has an artsy underside that is
shaping up to be a Northern variant on Warhol's
early Factory. Based in a former disused Mill
and shrouded by council high-rises, its first
breakout stars have emerged. Welcome, if you
will, The Ting Tings - the Sonny and Cher
of Salford Precinct for the Noughties. The
Ting Tings are Jules de Martino and Katie
White. They met when she was just out of being
a Wigan school-girl and bonded over a shared
ambition to rock the foundations of pop music.
Together, Jules and Katie have configured
a sound that represents the pure heart of
British pop. Driven by personality, unstoppable
momentum, friendship and the love of great
pop music - however stylised it arrives -
The Ting Tings learnt to forget the attention
to detail that they had slaved over in their
previous band Dear Eskiimo and drove their
new beast on raw adrenaline. It is littered
through their debut album We Started Nothing;
snappy choruses trade off against angular
guitar work, whipsmart drumming and a succession
of loops that they create live with the use
of delay pedals. Half redolent of a thrusting
girlband schooled at CBGBs and half informed
by a post modern desire to break the codes
of manufactured pop, their sound is immediately
identifiable and purposefully perky. (back
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