Way to Blue and Robert Kirby Memorial

Greetings, Mailing List

More Nick Drake concerts coming up. Following the January shows and the BBC’s broadcast of the Barbican show this past spring, we’re doing 6 more shows, 2 in Italy and 4 in Britain.

The lineup and dates for the UK are:

Vashti Bunyan, Green Gartside, Robyn Hitchcock, Scott Matthews, Karine Polwart, Teddy Thompson, Krystle Warren

Thur 14 October
7.30pm
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Tel: 0151 709 3789
Website: liverpoolphil.com

Sat 16 October
7.30pm
Usher Hall
Tel: 0131 228 1155
Website: usherhall.co.uk

Sun 17 October
7.30pm
Sage Gateshead
Tel: 0191 443 4666
Website: thesagegateshead.org

Mon 18 October
7.30pm
Bridgewater Hall
Tel: 0161 907 9000
Website: bridgewater-hall.co.uk

The UK Press Release can be found attached to this email

The lineup and dates for Italy are:

Roberto Angelini, Vashti Bunyan, Green Gartside, Robyn Hitchcock, Scott Matthews, Violante Placido, Teddy Thompson, Krystle Warren

Sunday 10 October
9pm
Teatro Kursaal Santa Lucia,
Largo Adua, 5
Bari

Tuesday 12 October
9pm
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Teatro Studio
Viale de Coubertin, 30
Rome
Website – www.auditorium.com

I’ll be at all the shows and doing on-stage interviews in Bari at 6.30pm on Friday October 8 at Teatro Kursaal and in Rome at 11am on Sunday October 10 at Auditorium Parco della Musica. After both of these events there will be a special screening of the Nick Drake documentary ‘A Skin Too Few’.

There is also a tribute concert to the late Robert Kirby at the Cecil Sharpe House in London on Sunday Oct 3 at 2.30pm (doors 1.30pm), organized by his son Henry. The lineup includes the following artists Teddy Thompson, Ben & Jason, Vashti Bunyan, Luke Jackson, Steve Ashley, Harvey Brough & Clara Sanabras, Fab Cabs, and Danny Thompson. For tickets and further details please visit Robert Kirby’s website

ciao for now,

Joe