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By Arrangement with
MM !!!! £16 and £14 concessions Posters
& Flyers Link ELIZA CARTHY
(Topic Records) “Eliza Carthy is one of the figureheads of the English folk revival … compelling” LONDON STANDARD JANE
TAYLOR (Bicycle Records) |
Midnight Mango Presents
on !!!! **** DOORS OPEN 12:00 noon Venue Contact 01278 422093 £8 in advance, £10 on the Door LISA FITZGIBBON Armed with her acoustic guitar and an arsenal of self penned anthems, Lisa is building bridges and burning fences dispensing her powerfully original and refreshingly personal style of Power Folk to audiences around the world. From her humble beginnings, growing up in a small Out-back town in Australia, to her current London base, Lisa’s musical account on life, love and experience draws from the length and breadth of her wild journey. Lisa has graced the stage at prestigious venues such as London’s Shepherds Bush Empire and has been invited to play at major festivals in the UK including WOMAD, Glastonbury Festival’s Acoustic Stage and the Cambridge Folk Festival. With four self produced albums up her sleeve she spends most of her time on the road touring either with her Power Folk Quintet here in the UK or throughout Europe with her Italian and German bands. She has shared the stage with musical legends such as Arlo Gutherie, Roger McGuinn (from the Byrds), The Blind Boys of Alabama, Chris Difford (from UK band SQUEEZE) & Ani Difranco and has collaborated with many writers and producers including Rob Hirst from Midnight Oil, Rick Grossman from the Hoodoo Guru's and Tim Powles from The Church. Lisa is currently writing her fifth album and is consistently building a dedicated following amongst music lovers around the world. “If you took the sexiness of Charlene Spiteri, the angst of Natalie Merchant and the vocal range of Eddie Reader, you’d have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Lisa Fitzgibbon.” -Cora Wade, WightVibe. “Raw… Real… Powerful!” - Metro, SMH “When the world finds her she’ll be ready” - Time Out AMY NEWTON
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Midnight
Mango Presents on
THE COMMUNICATORS !!!!! £5 in advance, £7 on the door THE COMMUNICATORS SHOOT
THE MOON (Bridgwater) |
Midnight Mango Presents
on THE
YOUNG REPUBLIC !!!! £6 in advance, £8 on the Door Posters
& Flyers Link THE YOUNG
REPUBLIC The Young Republic walk the line between country soaked power pop and classical soaring strings. They layer their sounds, instruments and melodies to make harmony led songs of beauty, love, longing and belonging. Their ability to blend their talents and influences has resulted in a sound that is truly theirs, and has had critics struggling for comparison: From Jack White to Belle and Sebastian, Jonathan Richman to Arcade Fire, Mozart to The Shins, Springsteen to Bright Eyes no one seems quite able to put their finger on what it is that makes the band so special. 2007 saw the band play studio sessions for John Kennedy and Gideon Coe, festival appearances at Glastonbury and End of the Road, and a support tour with My Brightest Diamond in the UK, as well as a handful of rapturously received headline shows proving the band to be a force to be reckoned with on stage as well as on record. Word Magazine: “This Debut achieves plenty, seamlessly skipping from folk introspection and lonesome country balladry to high voltage power-pop sparkiness with a glitteringly perfect cohesion.” Q: “...the sense of potential is tantalising.” Guardian: “His [Julian Saporiti] voice fizzles with Jonathan Richman’s wryness and Jack White’s bite, adding extra dazzle to songs that flit playfully between 1960’s Phil Spector style sparkle, power pop, and jaunty country… Catch them while you can” JASON
ROWE BONDE DE WOLF
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Midnight Mango Presents
on !!!!! Doors Open 8:00pm |
Midnight Mango Presents
on !!!! Posters
& Flyers Link ALLAN
TAYLOR STUMBLEFOOT |
Midnight
Mango Presents on
FLIPRON !!!!! £5 in advance, £7 on the door FLIPRON GILBERT QUICK ORCHESTRA |
Midnight Mango Presents
on !!!!! £10 in advance, £12 on the Door CHAS
& DAVE In 1980 they hit the charts with “RABBIT”, which reached No. 8 in the charts. Another chart success was “STARS OVER 45” in 1981 and a No. 2 record in 1982 “AIN’T NO PLEASING YOU”. This was one of their biggest hit records for it also spent six months in the Australian charts. This was followed by further hits “MARGATE”, “LONDON GIRLS” and “MY MELANCHOLY BABY”. In 1986 they had a top six record with “SNOOKER LOOPY” and then in 1987 “THE ROMFORD RAP” was also a hit. Their songs have been covered by many artistes, including Tom Jones, and they have also written title songs for TV shows ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ and children’s shows ‘Crackerjack’ and ‘Bangers & Mash’. Other shows using their material include ‘Only Fools & Horses’ and ‘The Two Ronnies’. Because of over thirty years of playing their special kind of music all over the world, Chas ‘n’ Dave have amassed a gigantic following, with fans from every age group. The list of TV shows they have appeared on is endless and include ‘Ant & Dec’, ‘Skinner & Baddiel’, ‘Jools Holland’, ‘Big Brother’, ‘Des O’Connor’, ‘Jim Davidson’, numerous appearances on ‘Top of the Pops’ and the ultimate accolade appearing on ‘This Is Your Life’. As the years go on they gain more fans daily and today have a bigger following of young fans than they have ever had. In 2005 They appeared at the GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL to rave reviews, released on CD “CHAS & DAVE GREATEST HITS” .and appeared as special guests on the Catherine Tate Xmas TV Special.. 2006 followed on in the same high profile way with the release of their DVD “Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire” and now in 2007 they played GLASTONBURY again on three different stages,over 2 nights. Chas ‘n’ Dave are great musicians and know how to give an audience a good time. They have gained a cult audience of both young and old and this is why they are filling theatres and playing top festivals throughout the country and receiving great acclaim everywhere they appear. JANKIE
FARDAL (Bridgwater) |
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Midnight Mango &
SNG Present on !!!! £27.50 in advance, £30on the Door 10cc Graham left school in his hometown of Manchester as soon as was legally possible, and was soon fronting the Whirlwinds on lead guitar. This was the Sixties, the most exciting time in the history of Western music when the Beatles were happening, Graham had his first Top 10 hit at the age of 19, with the haunting, For Your Love, recorded by The Yardbirds. Graham’s songwriting career was off with a flourish. He penned two more big hits for The Yardbirds, Heartful Of Soul and Evil Hearted You and had his next Top 10 hit with Look Through Any Window which he wrote for The Hollies. Bus Stop and the hits continued. Pamela Pamela was ex-Mindbenders Wayne Fontana’s biggest solo hit. Herman’s Hermit hit the Top 10 with No Milk Today, which featured the unforgettable suburban comment, “the bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn”, and East West which was covered in 1991 be fellow Mancunian Morrissey. Between 1972 and 1976, 10cc had an outstanding string of hit records, such as the two No 1’s Rubber Bullets and the aforementioned I’m Not In Love, I’m Mandy Fly Me, Wall Street Shuffle, Art For Art’s Sake and many more, making them one of the most successful and influential English bands of the ‘70s. I’m Not In love became an all time classic love song. In the 20-something years since Gouldman and Stewart wrote the song, its been covered by artists as diverse as the Pretenders (their version featured in the smash movie Indecent Proposal), Will To Power, and, more recently, The Fun Loving Criminals. 10cc Chart Positions: |
Midnight Mango Presents
on EDEY,
POWER & RANDALL !!!! EDEY, POWER
& RANDALL Edey, Power & Randall played with Eleanor McEvoy in Bar 27 earlier in the year. The show went down so well we have bought back this fabulous trio to do a show all of their own. “It’s folk Jim, but not as we know it.” Mike Harding BBC |
Midnight
Mango Presents on ROSIE
& THE GOLDBUG !!!!!
£5 in advance, £7 on the door ROSIE AND THE GOLDBUG THE COUNTRYSIDE
(Bridgwater) |
Midnight Mango Presents
on THE
DAMNED !!!! we hope to reschedule this for the Autumn, the band are in the recording studio all summer now. Refunds available from point of sale. Sorry Posters
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