This event is for over 18s only - No refunds will be issued for under 18s.
This show's performance date has changed (the old date was Thursday, 18 Apr 2013 at 7:30PM). The show will now take place on Thursday, 14 Nov 2013 at 7:30PM.
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Rarely off the road since the death of Ian Dury in 2000 there’s no doubting that the most lovable, cocky, funny, schoolboy-rude and artful characters from the punk generation are The Blockheads.
Dury’s lyrics were a unique combination of poetry, word play, earthy humour and deadly-accurate observations of everyday, British working-class life and Derek Hussey’s ruminations in the bands new songs keep those themes with an added bite for the 21st century. Hussey is known to the bands followers as Dury's best friend and minder. Combined with the Blockheads’ jazz, rock’n’roll, funk, and reggae steamroller sound Dury's (and now Hussey's) verbals have created a sound that's hard to pigeon hole and has become its own genre.
An album of new material in 2009, “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” (the recent biopic of their erstwhile front man and lyricist Ian Dury) and the musical Reasons To be Cheerful has seen a resurgence in the bands popularity. Along some new material you can expect to hear “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick”, "Wake Up And Make Love With Me", “Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3”, “What A Waste”, “Clevor Trever”, “Sweet Gene Vincent".
Chaz Jankel, Norman Watt-Roy, John Turnbull and Mick Gallagher still remain from the original band and the current line-up is augmented by John Roberts on drums and a rolling line up of saxophonists that includes Gilad Atzmon, Terry Edwards or Dave Lewis."
"Ian Dury owed his brilliance to no one. But he owed his stardom to The Blockheads." The Word
"Given the times, those ancient Blockheads sound more here-and-now than anyone." Uncut
"Dury would be proud." Mojo
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