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Here’s to you: ‘60s icon’s on way to UK


Folk Legend


FOLK-ROCK legend Art Garfunkel will return to UK shores later this year includ- ing a date at St David’s Hall on Thursday September 17. Throughout a career span-


ning more than 50 years, Gar- funkel has received accolades including Grammy awards, Golden Globe nominations, huge chart success and a de- served place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Most famously, the dia- mond-selling New Yorker conquered the world as one half of Simon & Garfun- kel alongside Paul Simon. Many timeless hits followed throughout the ‘60s includ- ing Mrs Robinson, The Boxer, Bridge Over Troubled Water and The Sound of Silence. After the duo disbanded


in 1970, Garfunkel engulfed on a highly successful solo career. The emotive classic Bright Eyes featured in the children’s animated film Wa- tership Down, and was the highest selling single of 1979 in the UK. The multi-talented artist


has also appeared in several films including Catch-22 and penned a collection of his own poetry, Still Water. His new tour arrives af-


TIMELESS HITS: Art Garfunkel


ter recovering from a vocal ailment, but Garfunkel has promised fans he’s back to his best: “I believe I have grown through adversity. A new creation has emerged that is truly exciting me – my stage show”, he said. Tickets are on sale from 10am on Friday January 30 priced £35 (plus £2.95 service charge per transaction). Visit stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk or call 029 2087 8444.


Chance to win tickets to see The Selecter


THESelecterhaveannounced a 22-date UK tour throughout February and March to cel- ebrate five years since their reunion and to support the release of their new album Subculture in the spring. During the past half-decade,


The Selecter, led by their frontwoman Pauline Black, have become increasingly aware that their champion- ing of 2-tone/ska music is firmly rooted outside of to- day’s mainstream genres. De- spite this anomaly, with over 110,000 Facebook fans and many more across other so- cial networks, The Selecter’s following is worldwide and they remain figureheads for a wide stratum of subcultures such as skinheads, mods,


punks, northern-soulers and many other groups who simi- larly define themselves at variance with the status quo. In the last two years alone The Selecter have headlined


hundreds of gigs. The world has moved on since 2-tone first arrived on the scene in 1979, and The Selecter have committed to moving right along with it. We have a pair


GLOBE SHOW: The Selecter


of tickets up for grabs for the gig at The Globe, Cardiff on Friday March 20. To be in with a chance of winning, just tell us the name of The Selecter’s frontwoman. Send your answer, name, address and contact details on a post- card to Selecter Competition, Editor’s PA, South Wales Ar- gus, Cardiff Road, Newport, NP20 3QN or you can enter by text. Start your message with SELECTER, leave a space and then send your answer, name and address to 80360. Messag- es cost 50p plus your normal operator text charge. Service provided by Newsquest Me- dia Group. Terms and Con- ditions at www.southwale- sargus.co.uk/competitions. Closing date: March 1.


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Great music as Northern Soul comes to screen


NORTHERN Soul, the film which portrays the history of many youths in the UK in the 1970s and their love of American soul music, is set to take the cinema screen at The Riverfront from Monday- Wednesday February 9-11. Set in 1974 in Lancashire the


film tells the story of North- ern teenage boy John, an out- cast who finds himself swept up in the craze of Northern Soul and develops a friend- ship with Matt over their love of rare records. Tired of their humdrum lives, the pair de- cide to become DJ’s in their hometown and prepare to the take the Northern Soul mu- sic scene by storm. On their quest for fame John and Matt experience drugs and other dark elements that put their friendship to the test. Northern Soul is Elaine Constantine’s debut feature film and has been in theworks for 15 years. Having been part


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of the subculture herself, Constantine was determined that the film would have an authentic feel and began set- ting up dance clubs in Bolton and London four years before filming to scout for actors and extras. As well as a fantastic soundtrack including the likes of Edwin Starr, Shirley Ellis and The Salavadors, which is sure to get many reminiscing, the film has a great British cast including Ricky Tomlinson as well as comedian Steve Coogan. Described as “a northern Saturday Night Fever” by soul singer Lisa Stansfield, who also makes a brief appear- ance as a northern mother, this film is sure to attract a generation of fans who want to take a trip down memory lane as well as younger audi- ence who can relate to the bat- tles of being a teenager. Cinema tickets are £5.50


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