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TIMBERS
RESTAURANT AT BLAKE END: Tel: 01376 552553 THE LAMARSH LION:
Tel: 01787 227918 RIVERSIDE
SPICE - Tel: 01787 221728 COLCHESTER
ORGAN SOCIETY CONCERTS CHORAL
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460350 THE KINGS HEAD AT GOSFIELD: Tel: 01787 474016 THE BELL HOTEL - CLARE SUFFOLK: Tel:
01787 237653 HIGH BARN - GREAT BARDFIELD: Tel: 01371 811291 THE
CHERRY TREE - KNOWL GREEN, BELCHAMP ST PAUL, SUFFOLK. 01787 237653,
8.00-10.30pm HALSTEAD
CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL CLUB Tel: 01787 477540 THE BENSON BAR & HOTEL– BRAINTREE: Tel: 01376 326621 RED LION - BELCHAMP OTTEN: Tel: 01787 277537 THE WHITE HORSE - HITCHAM, NR BILDESTON: Tel: 01449 740981 THE FIVE BELLS - COLNE ENGAINE: Tel:
01787 224166 THE FOX INN, FINCHINGFIELD: Tel: 01371
810151 THE SWAN – BURES: Tel: 01787 228121 THE BAY HORSE – SUDBURY: Tel: 01787 377450 ONLEY ARMS – STISTED: Tel: 01376 325204 THE WELSH PRINCESS, RAYNE, Tel: 01376 345822 THE COCK, RAYNE, Tel: 07957 296351 COCK
AND BELL - LONG MELFORD - Tel: 01787 373578 ST. ANNE’S CASTLE, Great Leighs, Chelmsford.
Tel: 01245 361253 THE SHOULDER OF MUTTON - ASSINGTON VILLAGE
Tel: 07980 348959 THE RETREAT - Bocking Tel: 01376 554923
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| Following on from the brilliant Selecter show
at the Bocking Arts Theatre last year, The Beat are coming to the recently
re-launched Braintree venue for another night of classic Ska music. The show, on February 10th is already selling fast, so you're encouraged to buy your tickets in advance as this is sure to be a sell out. Supporting on the night are Buster Shuffle, who won the crowd over at the recent Selecter concert. The Beat hailed from working class, industrial Birmingham, England. When The Beat rushed on to the music scene in 1979, it was a time of social, political and musical upheaval. Into this storm came The Beat, trying to calm the waters with their simple message of love and unity set to a great dance Beat. Along with their contemporaries The Specials, The Selecter, and Madness, The Beat became an overnight sensation and one of the most popular and influential bands of the British Ska movement. By Christmas of 1979, The Beat were riding high in the UK charts with their first single, a smoking remake of the classic Smokey Robinson tune "Tears of a Clown". Over the course of the next five years The Beat toured relentlessly and released three studio albums: "I Just Can't Stop It", "Wh'appen", and "Special Beat Service". The band toured the world, touring with such artists as David Bowie, The Police, REM, The Clash, The Talking Heads, The Pretenders, and The Specials, to name but a few. The Beat kept scoring hits with tunes that have now become so popular that it's hard to remember a time when they didn't exist, such as "Mirror in the Bathroom", "Save it for Later", "I Confess", "Stand Down Margaret", and their serene cover of Andy William's "Can't Get Used To Losing You". Having re-established The Beat in the UK, the band has had continued success with their tours of the UK, Ireland, Europe and Australia. Additionally Matthew aka Ranking Junior, has had combined success with The Ordinary Boys with their top 3 single “Boys will be boys”. At long last Roger and the boys have recorded the first album for The Beat since the early 1980’s. Currently being mixed by Adrian Sherwood the album is once again a work of pure brilliance by a band whose musical prowess has lasted 3 decades. Tickets for the event are priced at £15 and available from www.wegottickets.co.uk, or in person from the following: Area 51 Records, Braintree, Stationary Solutions, Braintree, Going Underground Clothing, Halstead, Tourist Information Office – Witham |
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