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Bobby Womack and his full American entourage at Blackburn June 25th 2011

Bobby Womack and his full American entourage at Blackburn June 25th 2011 magazine cover

MASSIVE news indeed... Bobby Womack and his full American entourage (inc Altrina Grayson) will be playing a concert prior to the next 3-roomed Soul Night Out at the King Georges Hall in Blackburn on SATURDAY JUNE 25th

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As the concert ends the 3 rooms of music start up and as usual runs until 3am.

As this is Bobby's first appearance for quite some time we are proud to bring him to the UKs number one soul night - tickets will fly so please distribute / promote this with immediate effect......and yes, I ve already asked the man if he can remember the words to "Give it up", "How could you break", "Home is where the heart is" etc etc :)

Full details below - updates to you all now on a regular basis

'SOUL NIGHT OUT SPECIAL' WITH AMERICAN SOUL LEGEND BOBBY WOMACK

Saturday 25 June 2011, 8pm

One of the greatest voices in soul music and Gorillaz "STYLO" vocalist makes his Blackburn debut.

Bobby Womack is a stalwart soul and gospel legend whose resume includes musical contributions across the four decades as a singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has written songs for Wilson Pickett, George Benson, Janis Joplin and dozens of others. A solid guitarist who worked on the Memphis session scene for a period in the Sixties, Womack played on sessions for Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Joe Tex, King Curtis, Dusty Springfield and other soul and R&B artists.

In 2010, Womack contributed lyrics and sang on "Stylo" alongside Mos Def, the first single from the third Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach which led to him hitting the road as a special guest accompanying Gorillaz on their full world tour.

This is Bobby's ONLY UK concert date outside of London so don't miss out!!

Tickets £30 standing, £35 seated

**Please note: Ticket also includes admission to the 3 Room Soul Night 10pm-3am after the concert**

Box Office 0844 847 1664

Visit the kgh website for further info

http://www.kinggeorgeshall.com

Visit Bobby's website

http://www.bobbywomack.com/




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Wow!!! Mega news indeed, Bobby has managed to stay relevant musically and as far as the Northernsoul Scene is concerned he is one of the few artists who seem to appeal to all of the genres including oldies and modern!

I can't wait!!!

Bobby will always be part of my Northernsoul journey for me with "So many sides of you" and that superb album from "So Many Rivers"!

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Sorry to be negative but wheres his head at currently? I was one of the many disappointed folk at the Birmingham Hilton a few years ago when he stropped on sang three tracks and cleared off. Not value for money at £35 a head for tickets!

I d love to see him when he s in the mood tho!

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Why bring a major star over for one gig only? The potential for selling gigs out is there for all to see,same scenario with the impressions,legends but only 2 dates.By the way,saw bobby at the manchester apollo a couple of years ago,he was very much in the mood that night and delivered!

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Also playing the Hague Jazz Festival 17/6 and a free open air set the night before in the Hague. Then hes off to Stokholm I believe before the UK gigs

Cheers Paul

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What a pity this clashes with the Brid weekender!

Hundreds who would otherwise have gone will miss this gig

Can you move it back a week Kev?:ohmy: ........

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Sorry to be negative but wheres his head at currently? I was one of the many disappointed folk at the Birmingham Hilton a few years ago when he stropped on sang three tracks and cleared off. Not value for money at £35 a head for tickets!

I d love to see him when he s in the mood tho!

Saw him in '84 during 'The Poet' tour, lots of folk type stuff mixed in wth his 60's solo stuff and lots of his Poet album (which i personally love & still have).

hopefully as Kev says, if he hits the audience with HIWTHI etc etc, then a good night will be on the cards :ohmy: .

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When it was first mentioned I quickly got my tickets for Monday night at the Jazz Cafe, booked the train and hotel and sat back and looked forward to it.

Now all of a sudden it is

- 'this is Bobby's first appearance for quite some time we are proud to bring him to the UKs number one soul night' - he's doing FOUR nights at the Jazz Cafe first!!,

- he was ''crap' last time!,

- it clashes with something else!,

- he's not doing enough dates!

I was so looking forward to ityes.gif

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Sorry to be negative but wheres his head at currently? I was one of the many disappointed folk at the Birmingham Hilton a few years ago when he stropped on sang three tracks and cleared off. Not value for money at £35 a head for tickets!

I d love to see him when he s in the mood tho!

Yeah, I was in Birmingham too that night and it wasn't good.:lol:

In fact one of the girls with us (a big fan) , it took her about three years before she bring herself round to playing his records at home again. :ohmy:

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Sorry Mike, I m really not trying to be a prophet of doom but I ve been stung before and would like a bit of reassurance that BW is in the mood for a tour. Looks like a fair number of dates but I m not going to buy tickets, book a room and book time off work without a bit more information. I really hope that he is totally up for putting on great shows this time.

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Well he's here folks!

After 4 great nights at the Jazz Cafe in London, this is the final leg of his tour.... and its gonna be tremendous!

Look forward to seeing you there.

:rolleyes:

Sean

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Blackburn's Soul Night Out

Warm Up!!!!

Jazz Funk Modern Grooves

Soul with a bit of everything for everybody.

Introducing your host and selector for the evening...

DJ Malc Jackson

(The Barn)))

Free admission / 3pm until 8pm

Saturday 25th June 2011

Woodlands Hotel

361-363 Preston New Road,

Blackburn BB2 7AA.

Music policy:

Across the Board

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