ELOBF Gig Guide #19: Q2 2015

#864: Hello ... Hello ... my old friends ... It's great to see you once again! Spring into Summer 2015 sees the latest ELOBF Quarterly Gig Guide again filled with some great gigs! Here are some selected dates and general links (with more to follow when confirmed) for you to consider checking out during between Wednesday 1st April and Tuesday 30th June (Q2) thus:

Friday 3rd April

ELO Again @ The Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton
Tickets: from £12 each (*plus booking fee)
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=3916

Friday 10th April
Quill @ The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster
Tickets: £16 each (*plus booking fee)
www.rosetheatre.co.uk/WhatsOn.php#Quill

The ELO Experience @ The Artrix Theatre, Bromsgrove
Tickets: £23.50 each (*plus booking fee)
www.artrix.co.uk/Music/ELO-Experience--Mr-Blue-Sky-Tour-2015/2629

Thursday 16th April
Phil Bates @ The Red Lion, Cheddleton, Staffordshire
Tickets: £10 each
www.facebook.com/FolkAtTheRedLion/posts/812283672180791

Friday 17th April
The Trevor Burton Band @ The Queen's Head, Wolverley
Free entry
www.erndor50.co.uk/Gigs.html

Thursday 23rd April
Renaissance @ The Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton
Tickets: from £20 each (*plus booking fee)
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=4005

Quill @ The Walker Theatre, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
Tickets: £18 each (*plus booking fee)
www.theatresevern.co.uk/BookEvent.aspx?eventID=84974

Friday 24th April
Explosive Light Orchestra @ Marsden Mechanics Hall, Huddersfield
Tickets: £12.50 each (*plus booking fee)
www.wegottickets.com/event/306476

Saturday 25th April
Explosive Light Orchestra @ Henighans Live Music Venue, Bolton
Tickets: £7 each (*plus booking fee)
www.henighans.com/events/elo-tribute-by-the-explosive-light-orchestra

Thursday 7th May
Rebecca Downes @ The Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton
Tickets: £10 each (*plus booking fee)
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=3947

Friday 8th May
Roy Orbison & The Traveling Wilburys Tribute Show @ The Artrix Theatre, Bromsgrove
Tickets: £20 each (*plus booking fee)
www.artrix.co.uk/Music/Roy-Orbison-The-Traveling-Wilburys-Tribute-Show/2618

Saturday 9th May
Sight 'n' Sound @ The Tackeroo, Hednesford
Tickets: £6 each
www.tackeroo.com/gig_guide.htm

Explosive Light Orchestra @ Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil
Tickets: £15 each (*plus booking fee)
www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Cardiff/Theatr-Soar/Explosive-Light-Orchestra/12302818

Sunday 17th May
The Robin 2 Record & CD Fair @ The Robin 2, Bilston
Free entry
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=4001

Friday 22nd May
Explosive Light Orchestra @ The Roadhouse, Birmingham
Tickets: from £7 each (*plus booking fee)
www.theroadhousebirmingham.com/?q=node%2F807

Saturday 23rd May
Pugwash @ The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
Tickets: £15 each (*plus booking fee)
thetradesclub.com/events/pugwash

Wings Over Abbey Road: The Abbey Road Experience @ The Regal, Tenbury Wells
Tickets: £16 each (*plus booking fee)
regaltenbury.co.uk/RegalCinemaTenbury.dll/WhatsOn?Programme=660500

Quill @ Tamworth Assembly Rooms, Tamworth
Tickets: £17 each (*plus booking fee)
www.tamworthassemblyrooms.co.uk/whats-on/2015/05/23/30063/quill

Explosive Light Orchestra @ The Diamond, Sutton-in-Ashfield
Tickets: from £7 each (*plus booking fee)

thediamonduk.com/gigs

The Trevor Burton Band & Rebecca Downes @ The Jubilee Hall, Brewood
Tickets: £8 each from The Mess, Brewood

Sunday 24th May
Pugwash @ Sumo, Leicester
Tickets: £10 each
sumoleicester.co.uk

Monday 25th May
Pugwash (Acoustic) @ The Pack Horse, Hayfield, Derbyshire
Free entry
www.thepackhorsehayfield.com/Whats_On.html

Wednesday 27th May
Pete Kent @ The Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton
Tickets: from £5 each (*plus booking fee)
www.therobin.co.uk/whats_on/giginfo.asp?gigid=3939

Friday 29th May
Pugwash @ The Barfly, Camden Town, London
Tickets: £12.50 each (*plus booking fee)
www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/pua2905

Saturday 30th May
Pugwash @ Westway Cinema, Frome, Somerset
Tickets: £10 each (*plus booking fee)
www.songkick.com/concerts/22689828-pugwash-at-westway-cinema

The Trevor Burton Band @ Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge
Free entry
www.katiefitzgeralds.co.uk/giginfo.asp?eventid=2204

Sunday 31st May
Pugwash @ The Joiners, Southampton
Tickets: £12 each (*plus booking fee)
joiners.vticket.co.uk/product.php/241/pugwash

Thursday 4th June
Explosive Light Orchestra @ Blackwood Miners Institute, Caerphilly
Tickets: £16 each (*plus booking fee)
your.caerphilly.gov.uk/bmi/whatson/whats-on

Friday 12th June
Judie Tzuke @ The MAC, Birmingham
Tickets: £20 each (*plus booking fee)
macbirmingham.co.uk/event/judie-tzuke

Saturday 13th June
The Trevor Burton Band & Mods & Sods @ The Roadhouse, Birmingham
Tickets: from £6 each (*plus booking fee)
www.theroadhousebirmingham.com/?q=node/1055

Sunday 21st June
Quill @ The Acoustic Festival Of Britain, Uttoxeter
Tickets: £38 each (*plus booking fee)
www.acousticfestival.co.uk/tickets.html

Saturday 27th June
Wings Over Abbey Road @ The Garrick Theatre, Lichfield
Tickets: £19.50 each (*plus booking fee)
www.lichfieldgarrick.com/Shows/Wings-Over-Abbey-Road

Sunday 28th June
The Trevor Burton Band @ The Grapes, Stafford
Free entry
erndor50.co.uk/Gigs.html

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 via the official tour web site:

www.brianyeates.co.uk/Stand-Up-Rock

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 (hopefully) 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:

quilluk.com

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 -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:

www.elotributeband.com/Live_Dates

All of the above artistes and shows are 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 KJS/ELOBF.

Until next "Time" in the ELO (and related) Universe ... KJS ... 04-March-2015