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Springield tribute set to dazzle
Newsong to mark 25 years
AWARD-WINNING: Maxine Mazumder
AN EVENING with Dusty Springfield & friends is a cel- ebration of the incomparable Queen of British Soul brought to you this evening by award winning singer/songwriter Maxine Mazumder. Voted the UK’s No 1 tribute
to Dusty Springfield at the Na- tional Tribute Awards, Maxine recreates an impressively accu- rate portrayal of this legendary performer. With a fantastic live band on stage and packed full of some of the greatest songs ever writ- ten, this fabulous show also in- cludes exciting special guest ap- pearances from the tribute acts of Ray Charles, James Brown& Little Richard. You can catch Dusty and friends at The Riverfront Thea- tre on January 31. Please call 01633 656757 for ticket details.
Streaming favourites go on tour
GLOBE: Glass Animals to per- form in March
TICKETS for Glass Animals’ biggest UK & Irish headline tour yet, including a date at Car- diff Globe on March 12 are now available. The release of Glass Animals’ debut album ZABA at the begin- ning of summer 2014 was the catalyst for an incredible few months of relentless live perfor- mance across the globe. The band have been picked
by Spotify US for their Emerge shortlist, and the single Goo- ey was Spotify’s second most shared track. Tickets for all shows are on general sale now.
TEXAS celebrate their 25th anniversary in style with the release of their latest album Texas 25, which con- tains brand new songs along with the very best of the multi-million selling (over 38 million album sales so far), multi-platinum, Ivor Novello Award-winning band. The first single to be taken
from Texas 25 is a brand new single, Start A Family, which is released on the same day as the greatest hits album, on February 16. Start A Family is written
by Texas stalwarts Sharleen Spiteri and Johnny McEl- hone, along with newcom- ers Karen-Anne and Jack Townes. The track was recorded by
Texas in Glasgow and New York. The song is classic Texas
– beautiful soulful pop with a stunning melody built around Sharleen’s powerful and evocative vocal. Start A Family will come
with a cinematic video star- ring long-time Texas fan Alan Rickman, who memo- rably danced the tango with Sharleen in the video for In Demand, back in 2000. Meanwhile, Texas 25 con- tains three further brand new songs and highlights
Anniversary Show
from the bands greatest hits, completely re-recorded and re-worked for 2015 with acclaimed NYC soul outfit Truth & Soul (Amy Wine- house, Adele). Recorded in the Queens studio of Truth & Soul and mixed at The Black Key’s Dan Auerbach’s Nashville studios, working on Texas 25 was a chance for Sharleen Spiteri and the boys to hear major hits Black Eyed Boy, Halo, I Don’t Want a Lover, Say What You Want, Summer Son, The Conversation with new ears. “It was incredible to be
able to reflect on our body of work after 25 years and re- work the tracks in a way that somehow is the very essence of what we’ve always been about – soul music,” says Sharleen. Catch Texas live at St Da-
vid’s Hall, Cardiff, on May 5. Texas tickets are available
from
livenation.co.uk or tick-
etmaster.co.uk.
ANNIVERSARY: Sharleen Spiteri of Texas Errors have a newlease of life
ERRORS announce the release of their fourth album Lease of Life, due out 23 March 2015 on Rock Action Re- cords on digital, CD & 12-inch vinyl LP formats. Lease of Life is the follow up to Er-
rors’ critically acclaimed 2012 album Have Some Faith In Magic. Formu- lated on the Hebridean Isle Of Jura – the location where George Orwell wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four and the place where The KLF are rumoured to have burned a million pounds – it is a bold work, borne by the confi- dence and ambition of a band with a desire to mix the exploration of fresh sound worlds combined with their most accessible, immediate songwriting yet. Lease of Life is also the band’s most cohesive album statement to date: a start-to-finish experience that is bound by recur- ring constituents and accomplished craft. In support of the release of Lease
Of Life, Errors are also to play a UK tour including dates at Clwb Ifor Bach on April 1 and Bristol’s Ex- change on April 3.
ERRORS: Band has announced the release of their fourth album
Get ready for a night of blues
CHANTEL McGregor re- turns to Beaufort Theatre & Ballroom for an evening of blues on Saturday 31st Janu- ary at 8pm. Chantel attended Leeds College of Music, where she won the Leeds College of Music Prize for Outstanding Musicianship. She has since gone on to develop her career in theUKand on the interna- tional blues music scene. Her debut album Like No Other released in 2011, was produced by Livingstone Brown, who has worked with Tina Turner, Bryan Ferry and Bill Withers. Tickets are priced at £15
in advance / £13 Blues Club members / £17 on the door. Call 01495 355800 or visit:
blaenaugwentvenues.com.
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