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Sent: 01 September 2010 14:36
Subject: Get ready to rock...
Get
ready to rock with...
Play Jimi
Hendrix, supported by The Hamsters 14+
Sat 25
Sept 7.45pm
Gulbenkian
Theatre, Canterbury
Guitar,
bass and drums trio The Hamsters bring some rock’n’roll to The Gulbenkian on
Saturday 25 September at 7.45pm.
Although a
band in their own right - playing Rock, Blues and Americana
- they've also long widely been regarded as the UK's leading
interpreters of Jimi Hendrix's music. The Hamsters will be performing a show of
Hendrix’s songs to commemorate his passing 40 years ago in September
1970. The band will 'support' themselves by first playing a set of
their own brand of music, then return for a full Jimi show!
Voted the
UK’s best blues-rock band by the readers of Blueprint magazine and having
performed more than 3,750 concerts including a series of open-air shows in the
summer of 2004 as special Guests to Status Quo, The Hamsters are
established as one of the UK's premier live band attraction. Members
have performed with artists such as Eric Clapton, Alison Moyet, Doctor
Feelgood, Walter Trout and the late, great gentleman of British Blues, Alexis
Korner.
The
Hamsters have also been voted one of the UK's best unsigned bands by Kerrang
magazine. Even BBC's Top Gear magazine recognises the band as the UK's
hardest working, and featured The Hamsters in an article on in-car entertainment.
Originally
forming for their own amusement (and taking their name from the Sex Pistols,
who once used it as a pseudonym to outwit hostile councils), The Hamsters enjoy
the irony of being an aggressive band with a cuddly name. Although serious
about what they do, they don't take themselves too seriously, which makes for a
brilliant night out!
"They’re
fabulous! One of Britain’s very best live bands " Bob Harris, Radio 2
“F******
brilliant” Suzi Quatro
Tickets £14 Encore!Gulbenkian £12
Also
Geno Washington Fri 29 Oct
7.45pm
Immortalised in Dexy’s Midnight Runners 1980’s hit
Geno, this legend will be performing his anarchic, beat driven amalgam of blues
and hardcore R&B at the Gulbenkian. Tickets £16
For more information about
the new theatre season pick up a brochure or download online at http://www.kent.ac.uk/gulbenkian/documents/brochures/Autumn2010theatre.pdf.
To find out about the
Gulbenkian’s new theatre club Encore!Gulbenkian offering ticket
discounts and other benefits, visit www.thegulbenkian.co.uk.
Hear all the latest news
first on www.twitter.com/thegulbenkian.
Booking Office 01227
769075
On line bookings www.thegulbenkian.co.uk
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