This musical comes with a brilliant pedigree with music by the ABBA boys and lyrics crafted by Sir Tim Rice.
A triumph on Broadway and London’s West End you are guaranteed a great night of musical theatre with this clever take on the game of chess, political rivalry and two men battling for the love of a
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I’ve always related that country music crosses the boundaries of any musical genre.
It also crosses the boundaries of Canada and America, and apart from all the musical output from the States, Canada has always played a big part in producing its fair share of country talent.
Names like Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot, Lisa Brokop, Michelle Wright, Hank
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In the unique world of entertainment a variety show has always scored great ratings when it comes to family entertainment.
Now an extra special show comes to the North East not only offering great variety but also performed completely on ice.
Extravaganza On Ice is such a show that will tick all the boxes for a great night out at
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They have come full circle with their own brand of folk, blues, roots, gospel, bluegrass and country tinged sometimes with a hint of rock and roll.
They formed in 1998 and like many more started their musical career travelling to and from the cities by van and busking on the streets.
Whilst playing outside a pharmacy in North Carolina they were heard by the
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On todays show there’s some really interesting facts in our ‘On This Day ‘ feature including taxi licences, the Tower of London executions, Cologne Cathedral, bath tubs and Michael Jackson spending money.
There’s the usual look at the Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts and our Album of the Week comes from Big and Rich.
There’s a reminder of Mary Chapin Carpenter coming to The
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After the musical brilliance of the Summertyne Americana Festival held recently at The Sage Gateshead more news has been announced that will bring cheers to many country appreciators.
Already having had many guests from the States appearing not only at the Fest but throughout the year so far with appearances from Glen Campbell, Gretchen
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On this weeks show I’ll be reminding you about our phone in request line where you can leave your personal message to broadcast to your loved ones or just ask for your favourite song and I’ll give it a play……(tele 0771 6628974).
In our ‘On This Day’ feature I’ll be mentioning Elvis, Cigarettes, Shredded Wheat, Michael Jackson, Christopher
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On todays show I’ll be asking you to take part in an experiment with regard to contacting the show and being a part of it with your own personal broadcastable message.
Make a note of this number 0 7 7 1 6 6 2 8 9 7 4.
Our ‘On This Day feature gives mention to
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It is always very difficult being the opening act.
In the majority of cases everyone comes to a show to see ‘the headliner’ and to many the opening act is incidental.
I have to confess to never having heard of Elizabeth Cook until I attended a Suzy Bogguss concert a few year ago when she was that opening act and was certainly not ‘incidental’.
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The motion picture The Wild Geese is now available on DVD distributed by Mosaic.
Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Kruger, headline a rip roaring adventure yarn set in Africa sometime in the seventies.
Three old hands, and a South African “expert” are hired by corrupt Stewart Granger to “do a job ”in
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