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THE DOVES LUCINDA WILLIAMS KATE NASH
FRI 26 JULY // BRIGHTON RACECOURSE MON 29 JULY // BRIGHTON DOME WEDS 31 JULY // CONCORDE 2
One of British music’s rarest treasures The incredible country-folk songwriter Star of charts amd small-screen, Kate
come to the hills above Brighton comes to Brighton to perform her classic Nash brings a new selection of songs
this summer. Dove’s reputation as a Car Wheels On A Gravel Road album. inspired by 90s one-hit wonder Meredith
committed and consistent albums act is It’s 20 years after the release of this Brooks. One of the most honest, self-
enhanced by smash hits like There Goes Southern Gothic masterpiece, which effacing and unpretentious in British
The Fear, Pounding and Black And White traverses the sounds and mythos of the pop music, Nash is back with a fabulous
Town. American South. selection of songs to shake things up.
Over their career, The Manchester band
have won Mercury Prize-nominations It calls on Memphis soul, Delta blues and A BRIT school graduate, she started
for Lost Souls and The Last Broadcast,, puts Georgia on her mind. Her lyrics are writing pop aged 14. Those songs went
which stand as monuments of refined novelistic in detail, telling stories of bar on to inform her smash-hit Brit-Award
song writing. After a split in 2010, they brawls, broken hearts and even more gleaning debut, Made Of Bricks. Since
made a triumphant comeback last year broken men. It’s a journey like no other. then she’s constantly changed up her
– better and bolder than ever. This will be game, progressing to this year’s brilliant
the show of the summer. fourth album, Yesterday Was Forever.

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SKUNK ANANSIE BEIRUT MOLLY SARLÉ
MON 26 AUG // BRIGHTON DOME FRI 30 AUG // BRIGHTON DOME FRI 30 AUG // THE GREEN DOOR STORE
One of Britain’s most distinctive Beirut’s 12-track Gallipoli album started One third of Mountain Man, Molly Sarlé is
and powerful bands ever, Skunk life in the winter of 2016, with Zach solo and fancy free right now. Her debut
Anansie manage to simultaneously be Condon returning to his old Farfisa album, Karaoke Angel, came crammed
confrontational and tender. A politically- organ. Following recording stints in with an ethereal quality, reflecting on her
charged blend of influences, cultures New York and Berlin, Condon settled experiences of trying to make it in LA.
and personalities, they continued to in a studio complex deep in rural Italy.
KIEFER SUTHERLAND forge new ground while staying true to It was here that he rediscovered the old Bit the otherworldliness doesn’t
TUES 23 JULY // CONCORDE 2 their roots. joys of music as a visceral experience stop her from being an incisive and
which became the founding principle for observational songwriter. She possesses
Almost a quarter century since forming the album. Now released to enormous a powerful and striking voice, but it never
and they remain as vital and influential commercial and critical success, he’s overpowers the vulnerabilities. Poetic
as always. They’re celebrating 25th touring the fruits of his labours- A brass- and strikingly beautiful, this is stripped
anniversary with 25LIVE@25, a live album tinged layered collection of honest and honest folk music for an uncertain world.
bringing together a prime selection of ethereal pop songs.
their back catalogue.

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