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Coming to The International in March 2026
Doors 7.30pm Starts 8.30pm (2 sets)
"For a fantastic night out where the hits just keep coming, enjoy the very best of 'The Beatles'. The top Beatles tribute band in the industry performing live for just one night only. Having been together for the last twelve years playing all over the UK and overseas these boys will take you back to the great days of 'The Sixties". Just listen and watch the show ..... Could it really be them? From The early 'Cavern' days, through 'Beatlemania' then right up to 'Abbey Rd' and back calling at 'Penny Lane' on route this is one 'Magical Mystery Tour' you won't want to miss!
This gig is at The International Garden St Leicester
Doors 1.30pm Starts 2pm
It's been a strange old journey for Stone Foundation. From once playing half empty bars to the present day, in front of sold out arenas supporting the Specials, their story and progression is still unfolding.
They have honed their sound over the course of five studio albums released during their career and along the way have worked alongside the likes of Paul Weller, Dr. Robert, Bettye Lavette, William Bell, Nolan Porter, Kathryn Williams, Mick Talbot, Hamish Stuart, Steve White, Joe Harris and many more.
The Midlands-based outfit deliver their own unique brand of soul, funk and jazz featuring a perfect blend of electric guitar, Hammond organ and horns over a solid soulful (stone) foundation, the time has never been better for Stone Foundation to spread their gospel further afield.
Both Nick Drake and Sandy Denny possessed unique voices that created haunting and
melancholic personal songs. Influenced in the 60s by the emergence of acoustic songwriting, their songs had a singularly British identity.
Both were signed by Joe Boyd to Island Records and sadly both died at a tender age.
This evening of classic English Folk music is brought to you by Martin Ansell and Sally
Barker, friends of many years standing. Martin and Sally have written and played music together over the years and perform these wonderful songs with a love, care and ease in
the way only old friends can.
Wistful and ethereal, Nick Drake's three critically acclaimed albums - Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layter, and Pink Moon - combining his ethereal voice with jazz and orchestral
arrangements, sold poorly in his lifetime. Drake suffered from depression and found it
difficult to perform in front of live audiences. After the recording of his 3 rd album, his mental
health declined and he died of an overdose of antidepressants in 1974. Since his death at
the age of 26, interest in his music has garnered widespread influence and a sizeable cult
following.
Having had interest from labels and publishers from both the UK and USA, she signed to TRO Essex Music and Shamus Records in New York. She was excited to sign to a company which holds the publishing for the Woody Guthrie archive, original David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and T Rex catalogue, along with breakthrough artists such as Flamy Grant and The Pairs.
Born in England to musical parents, Ilana spent the majority of her childhood in New Haven, Connecticut, bouncing back and forth between continents as her parents toured.
After settling back in the UK in 2015, she has formed a band that reflects the Americana aesthetic that surrounded her throughout her childhood with the articulation and dry wit of her British sensibilities.
Named after the patron saint of eloquent women, her vocal strength and poetic songwriting shines at the heart of St. Catherine’s Child.