Saturday, 20 September 2014

ELOBF Gig Guide #17: Q4 2014

#762: Hello ... Hello ... my old friends ... It's great to see you once again! Autumn into Winter 2014 is again looking busy with the latest ELOBF Quarterly Gig Guide highlighting some great gigs to look forward to. Here are some selected dates and general links [with more to follow when confirmed] for you to consider checking out during between 1st October and 31st December [Q4] thus:

 Wednesday 1st October
Quill @ The Abbey Theatre, Nuneaton
Tickets: £15 each (*plus booking fee)
www.abbeytheatre.co.uk/?id=show&s=88

 Friday 3rd October
ELO Again @ The Robin 2, Bilston
Tickets: £12 each (advance) or £15 each (door)(*plus booking fee)
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=3674

Saturday 4th October
ELO Again @ The Assembly Rooms, Ludlow
Tickets: £15 each (*plus booking fee)
www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/event.php?id=2139

Saturday 11th October
Quill @ Nottingham Arts Theatre
Tickets: £16 each (*plus booking fee)
www.nottingham-theatre.co.uk/natmain2/index.php/whats-on-top/69?view=show

Thursday 16th October
Stand Up & Rock! @ Dudley Town Hall
Tickets: £25 each (*plus booking fee)
www.dudley.gov.uk/see-and-do/entertainment-live/whats-on/music/stand-up-and-rock

Friday 17th October
The ELO Experience @ The Prince Of Wales Theatre, Cannock
Tickets: £18 each (*plus booking fee)
www.boxoffice.wlct.org/stageitweb/select_seats.aspx?perfid=289

 Explosive Light Orchestra @ Clarence Hall, Crickhowell, Powys
Tickets: £9 each (*plus booking fee)
http://www.skiddle.com/e/12248845

 Saturday 18th October
Red Shoes @ Broseley's Birchmeadow, Telford
Tickets: £9 each (advance) or £10 each (door)(*plus booking fee)
www.wegottickets.com/event/263248

Friday 24th October
Jim Onslow @ The Harlescott Social Club, Shrewsbury (in aid of Cancer Research UK)
Tickets: £5.00 each (door)

Sunday 26th October
The Steve Gibbons Band @ The Grapes, Stafford
Tickets: £8 each (advance) or £10 each (door)(*plus booking fee)
www.wegottickets.com/event/285608

 Sunday 2nd November
The Steve Gibbons Band @ The Roadhouse, Birmingham
Tickets: £10 each (door)
www.theroadhousebirmingham.com/?q=node/873

Thursday 6th November
The 4th Annual Trevor Burton Charity Show @ Hall Green Stadium, Birmingham
Tickets: £15 each (advance) or £18 each (door)(*plus booking fee)
www.wegottickets.com/event/292196

 Quill @ The Assembly Rooms, Ludlow
Tickets: £16 each (*plus booking fee)
www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/event.php?id=2167

Saturday 15th November
Explosive Light Orchestra @ Henighans, Bolton
Tickets: £7 each (*plus booking fee)
www.henighans.com/events/elo-tribute-by-the-explosive-light-orchestra

Tuesday 18th November 
Roy Wood Rock 'n' Roll Band @ The Robin 2, Bilston
Tickets: £17.50 each (advance) or £20 each (door)(*plus booking fee)
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=3877

 Phil Bates @ The Jam House, Birmingham
Free entry
www.thejamhouse.com/birmingham/live-music/event/3287/phil-bates-november-2014

Thursday 20th November
21 Today: Justice 4 The 21 @ Birmingham Town Hall
Tickets: £12 each (*plus booking fee)
www.thsh.co.uk/event/21-today-justice-4-the-21

Friday 21st November
The Traveling Pilburys @ The Feathers Inn, Lichfield
Free entry
www.feathersinn.co.uk/?cid=all&page_id=8&month=11&yr=2014

 Saturday 22nd November
The Trevor Burton Band @ Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge
Free entry
www.katiefitzgeralds.co.uk/giginfo.asp?eventid=1961

Saturday 29th November
Sight 'n' Sound @ The Tackeroo, Hednesford
Tickets: £6 each (door)
www.tackeroo.com/gig_guide.htm

Friday 5th December
Magnum @ The Robin 2, Bilston
Tickets: £20 each (advance) or £22.50 each (door)(*plus booking fee)
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=3821

Saturday 6th December
Explosive Light Orchestra @ Redhouse Cymru, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan
Tickets: £10 each (*plus booking fee)
Box Office: (01684) 384111
www.redhousecymru.com

Tuesday 9th December
The Roy Wood Christmas Show @ The Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Tickets: £27.50 each (*plus booking fee)
www.thsh.co.uk/event/the-roy-wood-christmas-concert

Friday 12th December
The Trevor Burton Band @ The Queen's Head, Wolverley
Free entry
www.queensheadwolverley.com/pages/music.html

Friday 19th December
Quill @ Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Tickets: £15 each (*plus booking fee)
www.leisurebookings.birmingham.gov.uk/theatre/start.htm

Sunday 21st December
The Trevor Burton Band @ The Grapes, Stafford
Free entry
www.erndor50.co.uk/Gigs.html

Tuesday 30th December
The Trevor Burton Christmas Show @ The Roadhouse, Birmingham
Tickets: £12 each (door)
www.theroadhousebirmingham.com/?q=node/796

Stand Up & Rock!
Bev Bevan, Jasper Carrott and Trevor Burton 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 Thursday 4th September and Friday 5th December for 'Stand Up & Rock!', a new nationwide theatre tour of music and comedy that carries on from the outstanding success of 'Made In Brum' last year. Find out where to see the show via the official tour web site thus:

Jeff Lynne
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 and The Everley Brothers. He also found time to co-found 'supergroup' 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:
www.elo.biz

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 2014! Find out where to see Roy via his official web site thus:
www.roywood.co.uk/gigs

The Orchestra
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:

The Move
The Move featuring Bev Bevan, Trevor Burton, Phil Tree and Tony Kelsey will sadly be performing their last ever live gigs during Q3 2014. Find out where to see them via their official web site thus:
www.themove-live.com/dates

The Trevor Burton Band
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 by ELOBF.

Until next "Time" in the ELO (and related) Universe ... KJS ... 20-Sep-2014
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