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Hucknall - Tribute to Bobby - 08:00PM 07/07/2008
location - De Montfort Hall, Leicester
For the very first time Mick Hucknall is stepping out from Simply Red, and has announced a new European Summer tour to support his eagerly anticipated debut solo studio LP Tribute To Bobby, released May 19th. The Bobby in question is the enormously influential African- American singer Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, sometimes referred to as the ‘Lion of the Blues’. Tribute to Bobby is a twelve track master class in soul, blues and R&B and a tribute to one of Hucknall’s most important inspirations and musical idols. Along with such artists as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and Junior Parker, Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with blues and R&B. He sang classics such as big-band blues number Farther Up The Road (US R&B top 10 hit in 1957) and perfected his craft in the 1960s with a series of releases including Cry Cry Cry and I Pity The Fool. Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland perhaps achieved his greatest recognition much later in his career; in 1992 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 1997 he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. On the album Tribute to Bobby Hucknall’s compelling vocals emphasise the sentiment of each of the songs, whilst masterfully adopting them and making them entirely his own Tickets £35 (plus £1.50 booking fee on non cash/cheque sales).


Andrew Lawrence Funhouse Comedy - 08:00PM 07/07/2008
location - The Blessington Carriage, 11-17 Chapel Street, Derby, DE1 3GU
Edinburgh Festival Preview Special. Comedy from Andrew Lawrence and Guests, at the Funhouse Comedy Club. Compere Spiky Mike. Adult £5 advance Adult £6 NUS £4 on door


Mick Hucknall - "A Tribute To Bobby" - 07:00PM 07/07/2008
location - De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Gig @ De Monfort Hall, Leicester