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"Memories are
everything apparently, and I have only great ones of the
fabulous Friars." David Bowie,
February 28th 2014
Friars Aylesbury
is thrilled to announce its second gig of its 2019 50th
Anniversary Celebration Year.
STEVE HACKETT CONFIRMED FOR FRIARS AYLESBURY 2
NOV 2019 - TICKETS ON SALE TODAY, FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER 10.00am
Friars Aylesbury is over the moon to confirm that Steve Hackett
will be playing as part of Friars Aylesbury’s 50th Year
celebrations, on 2
November 2019. Tickets will go on sale at 10.00am TODAY, Friday
5th October from the Waterside Box Office in person, Online www.atgtickets.com or
by telephone 0844 8717 607.
We
apologise that we didn’t announce this date on Tuesday
of this week when the tour was officially announced. This was
because our dear friends at Kilimanjaro had actually put the
date in to the Waterside. Bearing in mind the Friars history
with Steve, they have now kindly agreed to pass the date on to
us completely, for which we are extremely grateful. We were
talking to Steve at the Prog Awards two weeks ago and he was
saying how much he wanted to play Friars again.
For the first time ever, Steve will perform the
seminal Genesis album ‘Selling England By The Pound’ in its
entirety. Released in 1973, the album went to No.3 in the UK
charts and has been described as ‘the definitive Genesis album’.
It includes such favourites as ‘Dancing With The Moonlight’,
‘Firth Of Fifth’, ‘Cinema Show’ and, of course, ‘I Know What I
Like (In Your Wardrobe)’. Other favourite classic Genesis tracks
will also feature in the show.
2019 also
marks the 40th anniversary of one of Steve’s most popular solo
albums Spectral Mornings and Steve will rightly celebrate this
milestone by performing some of the masterpieces from this
album.
Fans will also be treated to highlights from Steve’s new album,
to be released in 2019.
Joining Steve on this tour are Roger King
(keyboards), Gary O’Toole (drums/percussion), Rob Townsend
(saxes/flute), Jonas Reingold (bass/twelve string) and
Nad Sylvan on vocals.
ALSO!!
Tuesday
30 April 2019
Remaining tickets on sale
now
Tickets
for the Friars Aylesbury date will be
available
from the Waterside Box Office and simultaneously on line from
www.atgtickets.com
or from Ticketmaster at
www.ticketmaster.co,uk
Tickets
will be limited to a maximum of 4 per person.
Circle seats only available from
www.atgtickets.com.
Minimum age 16 for standing tickets. No age restriction for
circle seats.
Friars has
presented Nick Mason only once before when it presented Pink
Floyd on 9 November 1969. Now, almost 50 years later Friars will
present Nick Mason again mostly playing material from the first
two classic Pink Floyd albums ‘The Piper at the Gates of
Dawn’ and ‘A Saucerful of Secrets’.
Having
played four intimate and acclaimed live shows at London’s
Dingwalls and Half Moon Putney in May, Nick Mason’s Saucerful
Of Secrets toured their unique live set of early Pink
Floyd across Europe, including six shows in the UK. The
tickets sold out almost immediately so the five new shows have
been announced including the Friars date.
Nick Mason
kindly allowed Friars to exhibit his 1969 ‘Waves’ drum kit in
the 2014 Friars Exhibition which took place at the
Buckinghamshire County Museum.
Nick
Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets
are Nick Mason, Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Guy Pratt (Pink
Floyd), Lee Harris and Dom Beken.
This is an
opportunity to experience Pink Floyd’s celebrated and
significant early body of work played live including songs from
albums 'The Piper At The Gates of Dawn' and 'A
Saucerful Of Secrets’.
Very few
bands are as culturally important as Pink Floyd. They are
one of the best selling music artists of all time and Nick
Mason is a co-founder and the only constant member of the
band performing on all of their albums as well as all of their
live shows. This September’s tour is Nick Mason’s first live
music tour since Pink Floyd's Division Bell Tour in 1994, and
the show at Dingwalls (20 May 2018) was his first live
performance since Pink Floyd played at the 2005 Live 8 concert
in London.
HEROES....JUST FOR ONE DAY
The statue was unveiled on Sunday
March 25th to a large crowd, a large audience watching live
online and covered by local and national media. This was
followed by an amazing gig featuring local heroes Marillion,
Howard Jones, John Otway and the Dung Beatles.
To see the statue live, there is a dedicated
webfeed
here
Full gallery
here
Neale Wareham's gallery
here
Full gallery from Erasure gig
here
The Thin White
Book now available to purchase
At last it's
here!
The
Thin White Book - A History of David Bowie and Friars Aylesbury
is now available here from the Friars Aylesbury online shop -
link above in menu or click this link.
goo.gl/D6LbGf
If you are in
the Aylesbury area you can also purchase the book from Rocky &
Kook or Aylesbury Music, both in Temple Street, Aylesbury or
Deco
Audio/Vicious Squirrel in Kempson Close, Aylesbury
(Avoids P&P charges).
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