NASA

Great to get a tour around NASA yesterday before the rehearsal….The show is tonight to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, featuring choir, orchestra and hundreds of drones!

Apollo 11 Celebration Concert with Duran Duran

Looking forward to this!

Apollo 11 Celebration Concert with Duran Duran

Join iconic British rock band, Duran Duran, in the Rocket Garden at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for a once-in-a-lifetime concert celebrating the historic Apollo 11 launch. Doors open at 8:00 PM, followed by a set from DJ Evalicious. Duran Duran will begin a full performance at 10:30 PM. For this special tribute, part of their set will accompanied by a breathtaking drone art performance by Studio Drift.

NEW! GENERAL CONCERT ADMISSION The visitor complex is now offering a new ticket option for Duran Duran fans interested in concert viewing only.

General Concert Admission – $99

  • Ticket includes general concert admission only.

CELEBRATION CONCERT ELITE PACKAGEThe visitor complex invites guests to experience Duran Duran with a Celebration Concert Elite Package, complete with new inclusions.

Celebration Concert Elite Package* – $300

  • Concert admission
  • Elite concert viewing location
  • One (1) visitor complex daily admission ticket
  • One (1) complimentary drink ticket
  • One (1) Apollo 50th commemorative gift

This package includes one complimentary daily admission ticket to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Concert ticket holders are invited to use their daily admission ticket to the visitor complex, valid for one use, between the day after the concert through July 16, 2020. All shows and attractions, such as Space Shuttle Atlantis®, the newly transformed Apollo/Saturn V Center, the Kennedy Space Center Bus Tour, Heroes & Legends featuring the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame® and IMAX® Theater space films, are included with admission. All guests will receive the daily admission ticket upon arrival to the concert.

*Those who purchased a concert ticket previously will automatically be upgraded to this elite package.

 

Various food trucks will be on site, and beer and wine will be available for purchase. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets for the grass lawn, but no chairs of any kind will be permitted. It is also recommended that guests bring bug spray for this event.

The World’s Largest Space Shop will remain open, but all other attractions and exhibits will be closed for the duration of the concert. Please note that the concert ticket does not permit early admission to the visitor complex the day of the concert. Parking is still included with both tickets.

Formed in Birmingham, England as punk, glam rock, and art-pop gave way to a new and exciting genre of music, Duran Duran quickly became a household name around the world. Four decades later, the multi-platinum, two-time GRAMMY award-winners have sold over 100 million records, had 18 American hit singles, 20 UK chart toppers, won innumerable awards for their continued contribution to music and consistently perform to huge concert audiences around the globe.

 

A portion of the proceeds from the concert will support the STEAM education programs of the non-profit Aldrin Family Foundation.

 

 

https://kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar/2019/july/event-apollo-11-concert-with-duran-duran

POP SAX MASTERCLASS

I’ll be doing some chatting and playing this Wednesday 22nd May at the lovely new sax.co.uk London store. It’s in conjunction with the equally lovely Cannonball saxophones & D’Addario reeds…..It’s FREE to get in and I promise you’ll get exactly what you pay for! Visit www.sax.co.uk for more info and to reserve a place.

Duran Duran Is Coming Back To Iceland

 

14 years after a memorable concert at Egilshöll, the iconic British pop band will be returning to Iceland for a performance to kick off the summer.

RÚV reports that Duran Duran will be holding a concert at Laugardalshöll on June 25. Their last visit to Iceland, in 2005, was an extraordinary event attended by thousands of fans, both veteran and new.

“If the concert we had in Iceland in 2005 is anything to go by, then this next concert is going to be tremendous fun and a great experience,” vocalist Simon Le Bon is quoted as saying in a statement. “I look forward to staying up all night, like I did last time.”

Duran Duran is not only a world famous pop band, practically defining the sound of 80s pop with such hits as ‘Girls On Film’, ‘Rio’ and ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’, they also have a dedicated fanbase in Iceland. So much so that, for a large portion of the 80s, there were basically only two kinds of Icelanders: Wham! fans and Duran Duran fans.

Tickets will go on sale April 24 and can be bought online.

 

Source: https://grapevine.is/news/2019/04/16/duran-duran-is-coming-back-to-iceland/

London Drum Show!

First time (and probably the last) at the London drum show! Great gig with Ian Palmer & friends, featuring the legendary Mike Clark from Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters.

The London Drum Show 2017

 

The London Drum Show is happening this weekend at Olympia.

On Saturday at 1pm  on the main stage will be Johnny Thirkell, Simon Willescroft, Ray Russell, Tom O’Grady and George Baldwin along with special guest drummer Mike Clark who you may have heard on some of the seminal Herbie Hancock albums.

On Sunday it’s drum clinic time in the educational zone at 4pm.

There are some great friends and drummers performing this year including Steve White, Kaz Rodriguez, Andy Gangadeen, Dexter Hercules, Jimmy Chamberlain amongst others.

Foo Fighters, Duran Duran and Zac Brown Band to Perform New Year’s Eve Weekend

 

This holiday season, CBS RADIO will present an electric roster of New Year’s Eve weekend shows at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Beginning Friday, December 29 and lasting into the early morning hours of 2018, Vegas residents and visitors alike will enjoy four epic shows across what’s sure to be three unforgettable nights of music headlined by Foo Fighters, Duran Duran, and Zac Brown Band, with a special performance by Sir Rosevelt. Further details here: http://news.radio.com/2017/10/30/foo-fighters-duran-duran-zac-brown-band-new-years-eve/

A couple of beers and before you know it I’ve joined The legendary VILLAGE PEOPLE!!!