Friars Aylesbury
is thrilled to announce the first gig of its 2019 50th
Anniversary Celebration Year.
Tickets go on sale this Friday 2
November 10.00am from Waterside Box Office,
ATGtickets.com and
SeeTickets.com
Friars Aylesbury in association
with Crosstown Concerts is thrilled to announce the first Friars gig
of the 2019 Friars Aylesbury 50th Anniversary Year when
we present THE VACCINES on Thursday
January 24. This will also be the first date of the bands 2019
tour.
Formed in 2010 in West London the
Vaccines first album ‘What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?’ was
the best selling debut album of 2011. Since then the band have
released their second album ‘Come of Age’ in 2012 which debuted at
No 1 in the UK album chart and ‘English Graffiti’ in 2015, and have
toured as special guests to The Rolling Stones, Arcade Fire, Arctic
Monkeys, The Stone Roses, Muse and Imagine Dragons.
To date they have sold over one million records.
The Vaccines returned to their
roots in 2018 with their 4th studio album ‘Combat Sports’
featuring the single ‘I Can’t Quit’ which
was named Radio One’s ‘Hottest Record in the World’. With influences
from Dylan, The Ramones, Tom Petty and the Jesus and Mary Chain, The
Vaccines songwriting is getting to a whole new level with Combat
Sports, which many regard as their best album to date.
Says main man Justin Young “We
lost sight of who we were and why we were there. When you’re as
insecure and self-aware as me, there’s a constant process of
second-guessing everything you do. I’ve brought the Vaccines into my
heart again now.”
Huge thanks to Friars member Paul
Hutton of Crosstown Concerts for inviting us to co-promote this
date. It marks an exciting return to how Friars used to
be….operating on the cutting edge of contemporary live music. This
one’s going to be special.
STEVE HACKETT CONFIRMED FOR FRIARS AYLESBURY 2
NOV 2019 - TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Friars Aylesbury is over the moon to confirm that Steve Hackett will
be playing as part of Friars Aylesbury’s 50th Year celebrations, on
2 November 2019. Tickets on sale now from the Waterside Box Office in person, Online www.atgtickets.com or
by telephone 0844 8717 607.
For the first time ever, Steve will perform the seminal Genesis
album ‘Selling England By The Pound’ in its entirety. Released in
1973, the album went to No.3 in the UK charts and has been described
as ‘the definitive Genesis album’. It includes such favourites as
‘Dancing With The Moonlight’, ‘Firth Of Fifth’, ‘Cinema Show’ and,
of course, ‘I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)’. Other favourite
classic Genesis tracks will also feature in the show.
2019 also
marks the 40th anniversary of one of Steve’s most popular solo
albums Spectral Mornings and Steve will rightly celebrate this
milestone by performing some of the masterpieces from this album.
Fans will also be treated to highlights from Steve’s new album, to
be released in 2019.
Joining Steve on this tour are Roger King (keyboards), Gary O’Toole
(drums/percussion), Rob Townsend (saxes/flute), Jonas Reingold
(bass/twelve string) and Nad Sylvan on vocals.
Also!!
NICK
MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS
Tuesday
30 April 2019
Remaining tickets on sale
now
Tickets for
the Friars Aylesbury date are
available from
the Waterside Box Office and online from
www.atgtickets.com
or from Ticketmaster at
www.ticketmaster.co,uk Tickets
will be limited to a maximum of 4 per person.
Circle seats only available from
www.atgtickets.com.
Minimum age 16 for standing tickets. No age restriction for circle
seats.
Friars has
presented Nick Mason only once before when it presented Pink Floyd
on 9 November 1969. Now, almost 50 years later Friars will present
Nick Mason again mostly playing material from the first two classic
Pink Floyd albums ‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ and ‘A
Saucerful of Secrets’.
Having played
four intimate and acclaimed live shows at London’s Dingwalls and
Half Moon Putney in May, Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets
toured their unique live set of early Pink Floyd across
Europe, including six shows in the UK. The tickets sold out almost
immediately so the five new shows have been announced including the
Friars date.
Nick Mason
kindly allowed Friars to exhibit his 1969 ‘Waves’ drum kit in the
2014 Friars Exhibition which took place at the Buckinghamshire
County Museum.
Nick Mason’s
Saucerful Of Secrets
are Nick Mason, Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd),
Lee Harris and Dom Beken.
This is an
opportunity to experience Pink Floyd’s celebrated and
significant early body of work played live including songs from
albums 'The Piper At The Gates of Dawn' and 'A Saucerful
Of Secrets’.
Very few bands
are as culturally important as Pink Floyd. They are one of
the best selling music artists of all time and Nick Mason is
a co-founder and the only constant member of the band performing on
all of their albums as well as all of their live shows. This
September’s tour is Nick Mason’s first live music tour since Pink
Floyd's Division Bell Tour in 1994, and the show at Dingwalls (20
May 2018) was his first live performance since Pink Floyd played at
the 2005 Live 8 concert in London.
Photo
reportage of the unveiling of the Earthly Messenger in case you
didn't see it
Live webcam of the Earthly Messenger
The Thin White
Book now available to purchase
At last it's
here!
The
Thin White Book - A History of David Bowie and Friars Aylesbury
is now available here from the Friars Aylesbury online shop -
link above in menu or click this link.
goo.gl/D6LbGf
If you are in
the Aylesbury area you can also purchase the book from Rocky &
Kook or Aylesbury Music, both in Temple Street, Aylesbury or
Deco
Audio/Vicious Squirrel in Kempson Close, Aylesbury
(Avoids P&P charges).
All
proceeds from the book will go to the Aylesbury Bowie Statue
fund. We still need to raise £65K to fully fund the project
so every amount helps. The book is written by the legendary
Kris Needs and also has contributions from Pete Frame,
Robin Pike,
Rick Pearce,
Vivien Symons,
Mike O'Connor
and
David Stopps.
It contains some amazing Friars Aylesbury photographs by
Michael Putland and Mick Rock as well as copies of the Bowie
Friars newsheets, tickets, posters and contracts. Mick
Rock’s famous fellatio shot with Bowie and Mick Ronson taken
at Friars Aylesbury on 15 July 1972 is included.
For those of
you who received copies of the book through the Kickstarter
reward packages, here is Kris Needs signing the books (in
the same room and on the same sofa that he designed the iconic Friars
original news-sheets
including the Bowie ones)
Please join us on
Twitter, the Facebook group and Facebook page or all preferably!
Thank you
for your continued support of Friars Aylesbury and till the next
time, be good to each other.
Mike
Webmaster
