ELOBF Gig Guide #18: Q1 2015

#817: Hello ... Hello ... my old friends ... It's great to see you once again! Winter into Spring 2015 sees the latest ELOBF Quarterly Gig Guide packed to the rafters with some great gigs to relish. So without further ado, here are some selected dates and general links (with more to follow when confirmed) for you to consider checking out during between 1st January and 31st March (Q1) thus:

Tuesday 6th January
Tim Arnold @ 12 Bar Club, Soho, London
Tickets: £10 each (*plus booking fee)
www.12barclub.com/gig_listings.html

Wednesday 14th January
Rebecca Downes (supporting Matt Woosey) @ The Robin 2, Bilston
Tickets: £8 each (advance) or £10 (door)(*plus booking fee)
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=3974

Thursday 15th to Friday 16th January
The ELO Experience @ The Arts Complex, Solihull
Tickets: £20 each (*plus booking fee)
www.solihullartscomplex.co.uk/Music/The-ELO-Experience/4188

Friday 23rd January
Tim Arnold @ St. Moritz Club, Soho, London
Tickets: £10 each (*plus booking fee)

www.wegottickets.com/event/300925

Saturday 24th January
The ELO Experience @ Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
Tickets: £20 each (*plus booking fee)
www.theatresevern.co.uk/shows/music/elo-experience

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

The Explosive Light Orchestra @ The Diamond, Sutton-in Ashfield
Tickets: £7 each (advance) or £8.50 (door)(*plus booking fee)
www.thediamonduk.com/gigs

Saturday 31st January
The Trevor Burton Band @ Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge
Free entry
www.katiefitzgeralds.co.uk/giginfo.asp?eventid=2101

Sunday 1st February
The Rebecca Downes Band @ The Grapes, Stafford
Free entry
www.facebook.com/events/320545348154153

Tuesday 3rd February
Phil Bates @ The Jam House, Birmingham
Free entry
www.thejamhouse.com/birmingham/live-music/event/3461/phil-bates-february-2015.htm

Friday 6th February

Quill @ The Garrick Theatre, Lichfield

Tickets: £19.50 each (*plus booking fee)

www.lichfieldgarrick.com/Shows/Quill

Friday 13th February
The Trembling Wilburys @ The Roadhouse, Birmingham
Tickets: £7 each (*plus booking fee)
www.theroadhousebirmingham.com/?q=node/977

Explosive Light Orchestra @ The Clarence Hall, Crickhowell, Powys
Tickets: £15 each (*plus booking fee)
www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Newport/Clarence-Hall/Explosive-Light-Orchestra-live/Clarence-Hall/12298184

Saturday 14th February
The BeatBack Brothers Final Show @ The Great Western, Bilston
Free entry
www.facebook.com/events/1404906409806294

Sunday 15th February
The Robin 2 Record & CD Fair @ The Robin 2, Bilston
Free entry
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=4000

King's Heath Walk Of Fame Beatle Fest 2015, Birmingham
Tickets: from £3 each (*plus booking fee)
elobeatlesforever.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/recommended-kings-heath-walk-of-fame.html

Thursday 19th February
Rebecca Downes (supporting The Blues Band) @ The Robin 2, Bilston
Tickets: £18.50 each (advance) or £19.50 (door)(*plus booking fee)
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=3854

Spectacular 60's starring The Move @ The Cresset Theatre, Peterborough

Tickets: £25 each (*plus booking fee)
cresset.ticketsolve.com/shows/873521176/events?show_id=873521176

Friday 20th February
The Trevor Burton Band @ Legends Blues Club, Tamworth
Tickets: £6 each (*plus booking fee)
www.erndor50.co.uk/Gigs.html

Saturday 21st February

Mothers Club Reunion 2015 @ St. Barnabas Church, Erdington

Free entry

www.facebook.com/events/771710992895285

Quill (support: Under A Banner) @ The Robin 2, Bilston

Tickets: £12.50 each (advance) or £15 (door)(*plus booking fee)

www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=3828

Friday 27th February

The Trevor Burton Band @ The Marr's Bar, Worcester
Tickets: £8 each (advance) or £10 each (door)(*plus booking fee)
www.erndor50.co.uk/Gigs.html

Explosive Light Orchestra @ Garth Olwg, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan
Tickets: £15 each (*plus booking fee)
www.gartholwg.org/wordpress/?page_id=106

Sight 'n' Sound @ The Cross Keys, Hednesford
Entry: £6 (door)
www.facebook.com/events/867557916639494

Tuesday 3rd March
Drawn To The Beat with Alex Vann @ The Plough Inn, Shifnal
Free entry
elobeatlesforever.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/recommended-drawn-to-beat-alex-vann.html

Thursday 5th March
The Steve Gibbons Band @ The Robin 2, Bilston
Tickets: £12.50 each (advance) or £15 (door)(*plus booking fee)
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=3909

Friday 6th March
ELO Again @ Baddeley Green WMC, Stoke-on-Trent
Tickets: £10 each
www.baddeleygreenclub.co.uk/Friday%20Entertainment.htm

Wings Over Abbey Road @ The Grapes, Stafford
Tickets: £3 each (*after 9:30PM)
www.erndor50.co.uk/thegrapes.html

Saturday 7th March
ELO Again @ The Grand Opera House, York
Tickets: £23.90 each (*plus booking fee)
www.atgtickets.com/shows/elo-again/grand-opera-house-york

Sunday 8th March
Trevor Burton: 50 Years On The Road @ The Roadhouse, Birmingham
Tickets: £6 each (advance) or £8 each (door)
www.theroadhousebirmingham.com/?q=node/998

Wednesday 11th March
ELO Again @ New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
Tickets: £23.90 each (*plus booking fee)
www.atgtickets.com/shows/elo-again/new-alexandra-theatre-birmingham

Thursday 12th March
Phil Bates @ Liverpool Marina, Liverpool
Tickets: £11 each (advance) or £12 each (door)
www.johnnysbluesclub.co.uk

Friday 13th March
ELO Again @ The Pavilion, Rhyl
Tickets: £16.50 each (*plus booking fee)
www.rhylpavilion.co.uk/?p=6324

Saturday 14th March
Wings Over Abbey Road @ The Theatre On The Steps, Bridgnorth
Tickets: £12 each (*plus booking fee)
www.theatreonthesteps.co.uk/product/wings-abbey-road

ELO Again @ Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
Tickets: £19 each (*plus booking fee)
www.tickets.wyllyottstheatre.co.uk/en-GB/shows/a%20night%20of%20elo/info

Thursday 26th March
The ELO Experience @ The Swan Theatre, Worcester
Tickets: £20 each (*plus booking fee)
www.worcesterlive.co.uk/events_review.asp?eid=453058329

Friday 27th March
Quill @ The Arts Complex, Solihull
Tickets: £17 each (*plus booking fee)
www.solihullartscomplex.co.uk/Arts/Quill/4190
 
Jeff Lynne

After a stint with classic Birmingham bands The Idle Race and The Move, Jeff Lynne co-found 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:
www.elo.biz

Roy Wood

The co-founder of The Move and ELO and the founder of Wizzard, The Helicopters et al will be on the road again during 2015! Find out where to see Roy via his official web site thus:
www.roywood.co.uk

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:

www.theorchestra.net/gigs

Quill

Legendary Midlands Celtic-tinged rockers Quill, led by the incomparable Joy Strachan-Brain, have built up an impressive live reputation over a four 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:

www.quill-uk.com/GigGuide.htm

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:

www.thetrevorburtonband.co.uk/gigs

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:

www.eloagain.co.uk/tour-dates

Explosive Light Orchestra (ExpLO)

Not only an ELO tribute act but also Symphonika (an original, independent artiste in their own right) 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:

www.elotributeband.com/Live_Dates

The BeatBack Brothers

The BeatBack Brothers featuring Craig Whale and Adam Willetts will be performing regularly at various Midlands venues. Find out where to see them via their official Facebook page thus:

www.facebook.com/The BeatBack Brothers

 All of the above artistes and shows are endorsed and recommended by Yours Truly KJS & 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 KJS/ELOBF.

Until next "Time" in the ELO (and related) Universe ... KJS ... 18-Dec-2014