Hello ... Hello ... my old friends ... It's great to see you once again! Autumn into Winter 2015 sees the latest
ELOBF Quarterly Gig Guide #21 packed with some more great gigs! Listed below are some selected dates [with more to follow when confirmed] and general links for you to consider checking out during
between Thursday 1st October and
Thursday 31st December [Q4] thus:
Saturday 3rd October
ELO Again @ The Lyceum Theatre, Crewe
Tickets: £21.00 each [*plus booking fee]
crewelyceum.co.uk/whats-on/2015/10/03/elo-again
Friday 9th October
Quill @ The Prince of Wales Theatre, Cannock
Tickets: £18.00 each [advance] or £20.00 [door]
boxoffice.wlct.org/stageitweb/select_seats.aspx?perfid=463
Sight 'n' Sound @ Hednesford Town FC, Staffordshire
Tickets: £5.00 each [door]
Wednesday 14th October 2015
The Upbeat Beatles @ The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
Tickets: £17.00 each or £18.50 each [*plus booking fee]
www.grandtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/concerts/the-upbeat-beatles
Thursday 15th October
The Trevor Burton Band & Stacie Collins @ The Roadhouse, Birmingham
Tickets: £8.00 each [advance] or £10.00 each [door]
www.theroadhousebirmingham.com/?q=node/1031
Friday 16th October
The Trevor Burton Band @ The Queen's Head, Wolverley
Free entry
www.queensheadwolverley.com/events
Saturday 17th October
The ELO Experience @ The Palace Theatre, Redditch
Tickets: £19.25 each [*plus booking fee]
www.redditchpalacetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/elo-experience
Sunday 18th October
Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders @ The Robin 2, Bilston, West Midlands
Tickets: £20.00 each [*plus booking fee]
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=4088
Friday 23rd October
The ELO Experience @ The Assembly Rooms, Tamworth
Tickets: £19.25 each [*plus booking fee]
www.tamworthassemblyrooms.co.uk/whats-on/2015/10/23/34695/the-elo-experience
Friday 6th November
Jeff Lynne's ELO recording session @ TFI Friday, London
Entry by invitation
www.sroaudiences.com
Saturday 7th November
Quill @ The Assembly Rooms, Ludlow
Tickets: £20.00 each [*plus booking fee]
www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/event.php?id=2849
Monday 9th November
Jeff Lynne's ELO @ Porchester Hall, London
Tickets: £47.50 each [*plus booking fee]
www.livenation.co.uk/artist/jeff-lynne-s-ELO-tickets
Thursday 12th November
Jeff Lynne's ELO @ BBC Radio Theatre, London
Entry by invitation
www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/radio2_in_concert_elo#apply-form
Friday 13th November
Roy Wood Rock 'n' Roll Band @MIND Charity Christmas Ball, Burton Albion FC
Tickets: £60.00 each
t: [01889] 568229
www.burtonmail.co.uk/Founder-Wizzard-Electric-Light-Orchestra/story-27984670
The ELO Experience @ The Prince of Wales Theatre, Cannock
Tickets: £20.00 each [*plus booking fee]
boxoffice.wlct.org/stageitweb/select_seats.aspx?perfid=451
Saturday 14th November
Roy Wood Rock 'n' Roll Band @ Albert Hall, Nottingham
Tickets: £29.50 each [*plus booking fee]
www.ents24.com/nottingham-events/albert-hall/roy-wood/4349683
Thursday 19th November
Roy Wood Rock 'n' Roll Band @ Floral Pavilion Theatre, New Brighton
Tickets: £27.50 each [*plus booking fee]
www.floralpavilion.com/en-GB/shows/roy-wood-and-his-band/info
Friday 20th November
The ELO Experience @ The Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Tickets: £23.90 each [*plus booking fee]
boxoffice.wlct.org/stageitweb/select_seats.aspx?perfid=451
Saturday 21st November
Roy Wood Rock 'n' Roll Band @ St. Andrews & Blackfriars Halls, Norwich
Tickets: £28.00 each [*plus booking fee]
www.ents24.com/norwich-events/st-andrews-and-blackfriars-halls/roy-wood/4275388
Sunday 29th November
Roy Wood Rock 'n' Roll Band @ The Dome, Doncaster
Tickets: £22.00 each [*plus booking fee]
www.ents24.com/doncaster-events/the-dome/roy-wood/4293885
The Robin 2 Record & CD Fair @ The Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton
Entry: £1.00 each
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=4140
Friday 4th December
Quill @ The Town Hall, Sutton Coldfield
Tickets: £20.00 each [*plus booking fee]
www.leisurebookings.birmingham.gov.uk/theatre/start.htm
Saturday 5th December
Sight 'n' Sound @ Burns Street Club, Cannock
Tickets: £5.00 each [door]
Sunday 6th December
Roy Wood Rockmas 2015 @ Barclaycard Arena [NIA], Birmingham
Tickets: from £33.75 each [*plus booking fee]
www.barclaycardarena.co.uk/whats-on/roy-wood-rockmas
Tuesday 8th December
The Rutles @ The Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton
Tickets: £19.50 each [advance] or £22.50 each [door][*plus booking fee]
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=4336
Friday 11th December
Roy Wood Rock 'n' Roll Band @ Pyramid & Parr Hall, Warrington
Tickets: £20.00 each [*plus booking fee]
www.ents24.com/warrington-events/pyramid-and-parr-hall/roy-wood/4271067
Quill @ Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
Tickets: £20.00 each [*plus booking fee]
www.worcesterlive.co.uk/events_review.asp?eid=453058579
Saturday 12th December
Desperado @ The Roadhouse, Birmingham
Tickets: £10.00 each
www.theroadhousebirmingham.com/?q=node/411
The Trevor Burton Band @ Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge
Free entry
erndor50.co.uk/Gigs.html
Explosive Light Orchestra @ Blakeney Harbour Room, Norfolk
Tickets: £12.00 each [*plus booking fee]
www.blakeneyharbourroom.co.uk/event/the-explosive-light-orchestra
Sunday 13th December
Roy Wood Rock 'n' Roll Band @ The Engine Shed, Lincoln
Tickets: £22.00 each [*plus booking fee]
www.ents24.com/lincoln-events/the-engine-shed/roy-wood/4310972
Monday 14th December
Roy Wood Rock 'n' Roll Band @ The Apex Theatre, Bury St. Edmunds
Tickets: £20.00 each [advance] or £22.00 each [door][*plus booking fee]
www.theapex.co.uk/whats-on/event/1729/roy-woods-rock-roll-christmas-party
Wednesday 16th December
The Trembling Wilburys @ Dingwalls, London
Tickets: £12.00 each [*plus booking fee]
dingwalls.com/event/the-trembling-wilburys
Thursday 17th December
Roy Wood Rock 'n' Roll Band @ Holmfirth Picturedrome, Holmfirth
Tickets: £20.00 each [*plus booking fee]
www.ents24.com/holmfirth-events/holmfirth-picturedrome/roy-wood/4267410
Saturday 19th December
ELO Again @ The Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton
Tickets: £15.00 each [advance] or £16.00 each [door][*plus booking fee]
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=4096
Sunday 20th December
Roy Wood Rock 'n' Roll Band @ The Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton
Tickets: £20.00 each [advance] or £22.50 each [door][*plus booking fee]
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=4176
The Trevor Burton Band @ The Grapes, Stafford
Free entry
Monday 21st December
Morganisation @ The Kitchen Garden Cafe, Kings Heath, Birmingham
Tickets: £12.00 each [advance] or £13.00 each [door][*plus booking fee]
www.wegottickets.com/event/339051
Rebecca Downes with Chris Bevington @ The Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton
Tickets: £10.00 each [*plus booking fee]
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=4177
Thursday 24th December
The Upbeat Beatles @ The Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton
Tickets: £12.50 each [advance] or £15.00 each [door][*plus booking fee]
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=3917
Tuesday 29th December
The Trevor Burton Christmas Show @ The Roadhouse, Birmingham
Tickets: £8.00 each [advance] or £10.00 each [door]
www.theroadhousebirmingham.com/?q=node/796
Jeff Lynne's ELO
After a stint with classic Birmingham bands
The Idle Race and
The Move,
Jeff Lynne co-founded
The Electric Light Orchestra in 1971, one of the most successful groups of the seventies and eighties. Multiple hit singles and best selling albums followed making
Jeff's anthemic
ELO songs some of the most loved and recognisable of the last four decades.
Jeff went on to a successful solo career and worked with many of his musical heroes including
Brian Wilson,
Paul McCartney,
Del Shannon and
The Everly Brothers. He also found time to co-found the ultimate 'supergroup' in
The Traveling Wilburys, who included pals
Tom Petty,
Bob Dylan,
George Harrison and
Roy Orbison in their ranks. Find out what the driving force and creative mind behind
ELO is currently up to via his official web site thus:
jefflynneselo.com
Roy Wood
The co-founder of
The Move and
ELO and the founder of
Wizzard,
The Helicopters et al will [hopefully] be on the road again during 2015! Find out where to see
Roy via his official web site thus:
www.roywood.co.uk
Xanadu: The Musical
Xanadu: The Musical will be finally making its theatrical debut here in the UK later this year at
Southwark Playhouse in London between
Friday 16th October and
Saturday 21st November 2015. The Broadway run of
"Xanadu" back in 2007 was successful beyond expectation garnering several awards and four [4]
Tony nominations. The film - originally released in Summer 1980 - was somewhat overshadowed by the success of the Original Soundtrack album [UK: #JETLX526] where it reached #2 in the
Official UK Album Chart with the title track produced
ELO's
only #1 UK single [in tandem with
Olivia Newton-John] and six [6] other UK Top 40 hits including
"I'm Alive",
"All Over The World" and
"Don't Walk Away". This production also includes
"Evil Woman" and
"Strange Magic" in its suite of
Jeff Lynne penned songs. Tickets are already on sale priced nominally at
just £22.00 each and these can be purchased via this link thus:
southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/the-large/xanadu
Stand Up & Rock!
Jasper Carrott and
Bev Bevan will again be joined on stage by
Geoff Turton,
Joy Strachan-Brain and
The Bev Bevan Band featuring
Tony Kelsey,
Phil Tree and
Abby Brant between
Friday 1st May and
Saturday 28th November for
"Stand Up & Rock!", their acclaimed theatre show featuring superb music and hilarious comedy. Find out where to see the show at the official tour web site:
Former members of ELO and ELO Part II: Mik Kaminski, Louis Clark, Eric Troyer, Parthenon Huxley, Glen Burtnik and Gordon Townsend continue to tour the world extensively. Find out where to see them via their official web site thus:
Quill
Legendary Midlands Celtic-tinged rockers
Quill, led by the incomparable
Joy Strachan-Brain, have built up an impressive live reputation over a four [4] decade span and now feature
Bev Bevan and
Tony Kelsey in their ranks. Find out where to see them via their official web site thus:
Trevor Burton will be performing regularly at various venues in the Midlands with Pez Connor, Bill Jefferson and [occasionally] Tony Kelsey and Abby Brant. Find out where on their web site thus:
The ELO Experience
This fantastic Hull based
ELO tribute band deservedly won the
National UK Tribute Awards in 2013 and they continue to faithfully reproduce classic
Electric Light Orchestra hits [and more] live. Find out where to see them via their official web site thus:
www.elotribute.com/giglist
ELO Again
This South Wales based ELO tribute act are now spreading their wings across the UK to faithfully recreate live those ELO hits we all know and love. Find out where to see them via their official web site thus:
Explosive Light Orchestra [ExpLO]
Not only an
ELO tribute act but an original, independent artiste in their own right -
Symphonika [a.k.a. The
Explosive Light Orchestra] - have reproduced the exciting works of
ELO at packed theatres and live music venues all around Europe. Find out where to see them via their official web site thus:
All of the above artistes and shows are endorsed and recommended by:
ELO Beatles Forever [ELOBF]. The above gig listing may be amended periodically, as applicable. Interviews with some of the above artistes are also planned for
ELOBF.
See you at one or three of the above gigs for a chat?
Until next "Time" in the ELO [and related] universe ... KJS ... 20-Sep-2015
