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JOE
SATRIANI (Symphony
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| Monday
12th May 2008 - 7.30pm |
| Joe
Satriani, one of rock music’s most
renowned electric guitarists, will undertake
a UK tour starting Monday 12th May 2008
at Symphony Hall. Joe Satriani has been
a worldwide guitar hero since his 1986 breakthrough
album, Surfing With The Alien. Over 10-million
albums and CD’s later, in addition
to 13 Grammy nominations including this
year for his latest studio release Super
Colossal, Joe continues to push the envelope
of modern rock guitar playing. Although
he originally started his career by teaching
some of the top rock guitar players of the
’80s and ’90s, Joe Satriani
is universally hailed as the most technically
accomplished and respected guitar player
in the history of rock music. Satriani,
who cites Jimi Hendrix as a major influence,
quickly established his reputation as one
of the most important electric rock guitarists
of the decade. Paul Gilbert, is recognised
as brilliant guitar player, both as soloist
and within the bands he is best known by.
Gilbert first became known for his work
with Racer X and went on to platinum success
with Mr. Big who topped the pop charts in
1992 with the ballad To Be with You. A recent
poll of the Top 100 Greatest Rock Guitarists
ranked Satriani at Number 7 and Gilbert
at Number 14.
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STEELEYE
SPAN (Town
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| Thursday
15th May 2008 - 8pm |
| Since
their debut in 1969, Steeleye Span havebeen
one of the most influential names in British
roots music. Pioneers of folk-rock, Steeleye
Span changed the face of folk music forever,
taking it from small clubs into the world
of gold discs and international tours. Members
have come and gone over the years, with
past and present lineups virtually a who’s
who of the British folk scene, but Steeleye
has always remained an institution, at the
forefront of the genre they helped define.
Steeleye Span 2008 finds Maddy Prior –
the voice of Steeleye for 34 years –
back at the helm of a line-up featuring
band stalwart and fiddler extraordinaire
Peter Knight, Rick Kemp on bass, Ken Nicol
(Albion Band) on guitar and vocals and Liam
Genockey on the drum stool. (back
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FRON
MALE VOICE CHOIR (Symphony
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| Friday
16th May 2008 - 7pm |
| Situated
in the beautiful Vale of Llangollen in North
Wales, some 15 miles from Chester, the village
of Froncysyllte is the home of one of Wales'
most distinguished male choirs. In 2006,
it was announced that Froncysyllte Male
Voice Choir had signed to Universal Music
Group. The choir signed the deal after being
spotted at a wedding by Daniel Glatman,
manager of boy band Blue. The Fron Choir's
debut album, Voices Of The Valley, was released
on 20 November 2006 and their latest album,
Encore, is in the shops now. (back
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MARK
KNOPFLER (NEC
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| Friday
16th May 2008 |
| Mark
Knopfler, the guitar legend behind hit seventies
group Dire Straits, will be making a welcome
return to the live scene next year with
a ten-date UK tour. Made famous by classics
such as Money For Nothing, Sultans Of Swing
and Brothers In Arms, Dire Straits disbanded
in 1995. Mark Knopfler has continued to
perform, record and write, and in 1999 was
awarded an OBE. Kicking off on Friday 16th
May 2008, Mark will visit seven cities up
and down the country.
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HERE
AND NOW TOUR (NEC
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| Saturday
17th May 2008 - 7.30pm |
| Legends
of the Eighties come together again for
the Here And Now Tour. Rick Astley came
from the famous Stock, Aitken & Waterman
stable where he was famously discovered
as a tea boy. Rick went on to have many
hits including Never Gonna Give You Up.
Bananarama were the girl band of the eighties
and remain one of the most successful girl
groups of all time. ABC, featuring the iconic
Martin Fry, were one of the bands that defined
the decade. Paul Young, most recently seen
on ITV1's Hell's Kitchen, is soul singer
with hits that have spanned the decades.
This former singer with the Q-Tips returns
for this tour after appearing on the very
first tour in 2001 to great critical acclaim.
Curiosity Killed The Cat's Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot
graced the covers of every pop magazine
in the country during the late eighties.
With their unique brand of cool pop they
enjoyed a string of top ten hits including
Down To Earth, Misfit, Hang On In Their
Baby and Name & Number. Johnny Hates
Jazz formed in 1987 and enjoyed a wealth
of top 5 hits including Shattered Dreams,
Me and My Foolish Heart, I Don't Want To
Be A Hero, Heart Of Gold and Turn Back The
Clock. Cutting Crew are the Grammy nominated
band fronted by the enigmatic Nick Van Ede
and are best known for their classic songs
(I Just) Died In Your Arms and I've Been
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TEATRO
- CANCELLED!!! (Symphony
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| Wednesday
21st May 2008 - 7.30pm |
| Take
outstanding vocal talent of four good looking
young men and a unique collection of timeless
classics from musical theatre and you have
all the ingredients for the success of Teatro,
already billed as Theatreland’s first
supergroup captivated the nation with their
stunning rendition of ‘I Dreamed A
Dream’ on the 79th Royal Variety Performance
their debut album, simply entitled Teatro
has achieved gold disc status. Join them
and their special guests celebrate great
anthems from a century of musicals which
have captivated successive generations including
numbers such as Music of the Night (Phantom
of the Opera), Maria (from West Side Story)
Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina (Evita),
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (La Cage Aux
Folles) and Love Changes Everything (Aspects
Of Love). This concert has been
postponed with no future date currently
confirmed.
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| Friday
23th May 2008 - 7.30pm |
| Cheryl,
Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah first
came to the nation's attention in 2002,
as the winners of Popstars: The Rivals.
They were the first all-female group to
debut at Number One in the UK and the first
band ever to get the Christmas Number One
with their first single, 'Sound Of The Underground'.
A hard act to follow, but subsequent releases
have proved these girls are anything but
one hit wonders.
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BUENA
VISTA SOCIAL CLUB PRESENTS MIRABAL CACHAITO,
AGUAJE
& GALBAN (Symphony
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| Friday
23rd May 2008 - 7.30pm |
| An
internationally renowned eighteen piece
big band who are the true and original veterans
of Cuban music. Led by Guajiro Mirabal,
Cachaito Lopez, Manuel Galban and Aguaje
Ramos, the band was rediscovered in 1996
and have gone on to win a Grammy Award in
1997.
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| Saturday
24th May 2008 - 6.30pm |
| Since
winning X Factor in 2005, Shayne Ward has
had a string of hit singles and a successful
debut album. His first single, That's My
Goal, was released in the UK on 21 December
2005 and became the fourth fastest selling
single of all time after selling 313,000
copies on its first day of sales. The Anglo-Irish
pop singer is currently working on his new
album, due for release later this year,
but is prior to that due to make a tour
across the UK and Ireland, starting in Dublin
on 21 January and ending in Birmingham on
17 February.
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TINARIWEN
with JUSTIN ADAMS & JULDEH CAMARA (Town
Hall) |
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| Friday
24th May 2008 - 7.30pm |
| Rebellion
and rock’n’roll have been strutting
hand-in-hand for more than half a century,
but only very rarely has their union involved
real weapons and a painfully real struggle
for survival. Tinariwen fought a rebellion
in the early 1990s to win greater freedom
and self-determination for the Touareg people
of the southern Sahara. The fight was brief
and bloody but it gave birth to a whole new
style of desert music, powered by rolling
camel-gait rhythms and the electric guitars.
Tinariwen invented the style and used it to
carry their message of desert pride and survival
to the four corners of the globe. They are
originators, survivors, the Stones and the
Clash of the Sahara all rolled into one, and
their roots rock rebellion of the soul is
one of the most entrancing sounds to emerge
from Africa in years. (back
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MARTHA
WAINWRIGHT (Symphony
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| Saturday
24th May 2008 - 7.30pm |
| Daughter
of musical legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon
Wainwright III, as well as the sister of Rufus
Wainwright, Martha is now a highly regarded
musician in her own right. This is due to
the strength of her material, which is a fascinating
mix of folk, rock, pop and more, all sung
with her dramatic and extremely versatile
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THE
ZOMBIES & THE YARDBIRDS (Symphony
Hall) |
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| Sunday
25th May 2008 - 7.30pm |
| As
part of "The British Invasion" in
the 1960s, following The Beatles in 1964 The
Zombies were the second UK group to score
an American #1 hit. The Zombies were uniquely
different, with a subtler style, often jazzier
and more inventive chord structures, the prominent
keyboards of Rod Argent, and the distinctive
voice of Colin Blunstone. She's Not There
and Tell Her No were quick hits, but despite
continually stunning musical output that has
influenced other artists ever since, another
hit record was more than four years away,
after they'd broken up! The band went their
separate ways and eventually, in pieces, the
ex-Zombies generated more U.K. chart action
during the 70s than they had as bandmates
in the 60s. Since regrouping in 2001 the richness
of The Zombies' entire catalog been discovered
by a whole new generation of fans. The Yardbirds
famed for laying the groundwork for rock guitar
as we know it spawned three of the greatest
rock guitarist of all time: Eric Clapton,
Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Together with bandmates
Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty they created hardrock
out of standard twelve-bar blues, doubling
the tempos and whacking the amps up to ten.
On the British club scene, The Yardbirds,
along with The Animals and The Rolling Stones
ruled the stages, with performances of their
classic hits For your Love and Heart Full
of Soul . The Yardbirds expanded the range
of the electric guitar, experimenting with
feedback, sustain, and fuzztone. The Yardbirds
were the bridge between the tributary white
R&B of early-sixties London and the pastures
of fuzz-toned psychedelia and power-chorded
heavy metal plowed much later in the decade
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