Joe Brown Announces Dates For Massive Spring 2011 UK Tour & Tickets
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
The phrase Music Legend is frequently bandied about but there are few who deserve the accolade as richly as Joe Brown.
But Joe is not bound by the past – he is as contemporary and relevant today as he ever was and attracts a growing legion of fans wherever he plays. This Spring, along with his band which includes his producer son Pete, he takes to the road again to play an impressive 40 date tour throughout the UK.
Joe has influenced many – Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler, George Harrison to name but a few – and is the only British guitar giant to have spanned over five decades of music, from his early roots in skiffle to his current tour de force musical set. He plays a variety of instruments from banjo to ukulele – he now has his own signature brand of ukes – guitar to violin. Joe’s live work is second to none, not least because he is as loved for being an entertainer and raconteur as he is for his superb musicianship.
Joe Brown’s 50th Anniversary tour in 2008 sold out major venues across the UK. His ‘Very Best Of’ album was on the UK charts for eight weeks, staying four weeks in the top 20, and achieved Gold status for 100,000 sales (now 125,000 and counting). In September that year he also sold out the Royal Albert Hall with his 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert. This was followed by the release of a highly acclaimed new album, ‘More Of The Truth’.
In 2009 Joe received two significant Awards. MOJO magazine’s coveted ‘Outstanding Contribution To Music’ was swiftly followed by an MBE. Joe continued to break box office records throughout 2009 and 2010 and rounded off last year by joining fellow British institutions Status Quo in December for the arena section of their tour.
Jools Holland’s Later and the Glastonbury Festival have both played host to Joe but now a new international audience also love him via his stellar performance closing the George Harrison tribute with ‘I’ll See You In My Dreams’. (His version also recently featured in one of the hit TV CSI programmes.) Joe is, without doubt, a one off. A compelling and unique performer with a rare and singular track record – a real live Music Legend if ever there was one.
Joe Brown's 2011 Spring UK Tour:
February 2011
Thursday 17th - Salisbury City Hall
Friday 18th - Torquay Princess Theatre
Saturday 19th - Truro, The Hall for Cornwall
March 2011
Tuesday 1st - Buxton Opera House
Wednesday 2nd - Grimsby Auditorium
Thursday 3rd - Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Friday 4th - Croydon Fairfield Halls
Sunday 6th - Cheltenham Town Hall
Tuesday 8th - Cardiff St Davids Hall
Wednesday 9th - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Thursday 10th - Llandudno Venue Cymru
Friday 11th - York Grand Opera House
Sunday 13th - Blackpool Grand Theatre
Friday 18th - Weston Super Playhouse Theatre
Sunday 20th - Basingstoke The Anvil
Thursday 24th - Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
Friday 25th - Southsea Kings Theatre
Saturday 26th - Dartford The Orchard
Sunday 27th - Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall Theatre
Wednesday 30th - Eastbourne Congress Theatre
Thursday 31st - Skegness The Embassy
April 2011
Friday 1st – London Cadogan Hall
Saturday 2nd - Worthing Pavilion Theatre
Sunday 3rd - Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
Wednesday 6th - Ipswich The Ipswich Regent
Thursday 7th Chatham Central Theatre
Friday 8th - Southport Theatre
Sunday 10th - Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Tuesday 12th - Derby Assembly Rooms
Thursday 14th - Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Friday 15th - Birmingham Town Hall
Saturday 16th - Kings Lynn Corn Exchange
Sunday 17th - St Albans The Alban Arena
Tuesday 19th - Reading Hexagon Theatre
Thursday 21st - Darlington Civic Theatre
Friday 22nd - Liverpool Philharmonic
Saturday 23rd - Carlisle Sands Centre
Sunday 24th - Gateshead The Sage
Tuesday 26th - Aberdeen Music Hall
Wednesday 27th - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
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