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Thursday, May 21, 2009

England Swings VIII is Saturday night



It's time for England Swings VIII, and once again I (David de Young) will be serving as master of ceremonies.

Details below. Hope you can make it down for this star-studded extravaganza where Twin Cities musicians play covers for an entire evening with one caveat: each of the artists covered must be from the UK.

Event: England Swings VIII
When: Saturday, May 23rd
Where: The Fine Line Music Cafe
Doors: 7 pm
Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 at the door (available at The Fine Line and Electric Fetus)

Dee Jay: Red Star Radio

Acts scheduled to appear: Stephanie Says, Mars To Mercury, Little Man, 'Fab' Tab & the Teds (featuring Katy Vernon), Sika, The Wag, Pretty in Pink and Johnny & the Moondogs (featuring members of The Alarmists, The Duke of Dark, The Melismatics, Ouija Radio and Jacques Wait.)

Raffle prizes throughout the evening for UK-related items.

Compere (emcee): David de Young of HowWasTheShow.com.

Sponsored by Brit's Pub and Total Music.

Little Man's Chris Pericelli leaked the contents of his set on his mailing list earlier today:

Little Man's short set will incude:

All Too Much - The Beatles
Stay With Me - The Faces
20th Century Boy - T. Rex
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Suffragette City - David Bowie

Special acoustic opening set from Jeremy Gordon, Robert Wilkinson, Mike Schwant, Emily Muchmore, Raven & Jon Larson.

3 comments:

David said...

Mars To Mercury sent a Facebook update tonight revealing some of their song picks:

"We got in a few good rehearsals and are really excited to play these tunes on Saturday - get ready to rock out to some Def Leppard, The Cult, The Babys, UFO, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, Black Sabbath, and maybe a couple other surprises thrown in. hope to see you there!"

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